7th year for Tombstone Western Music Festival Oct 21, 2008
don wrote on Oct 18, 2008 5:42 PM:" deidn't pay that much to see Mickey Gilley,The Statler Brothers Paul Rever and the Raiders, Leroy Van Dyke, Charlie Pride, The Blackwood Brothers, or Rex Allen Junior. $15.00 is nuts. ". Copyright. (Sierra Vista Herald, AZ)
North Iowa Arts & Entertainment Briefs Aug 17, 2008
He was the bass singer with The Blackwood Brothers Quartet for more than 15 years. He has recorded more than 100 records and sung in more than 50 countries. (Mason City Globe-Gazette, IO)
Today in the Cedar Valley Jul 19, 2008
Details: Gospel Sing featuring the Blackwood Brothers. Tickets: Call 268-0787. (Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier)
Still Making Beautiful MusicNovell School brings in gospel talent of all ages to MSU Jul 17, 2008
At that time, J.D. Sumner, the Blackwood Brothers' bass singer, targeted Novell to take the challenge of heading up the school and continuing its success ... He has been a vocal coach and teacher to such artists as The Blackwood Brothers, Kenny Bishop, Garry Sheppard, The Isaacs, Craig Nobles, Ivan Parker, Jeff Stice, David Brooks and Charlotte Richie ... He has also worked as a recording producer with such artists as Perfect Heart, The Blackwood Brothers, J.D. Sumner tamps, The Kingsmen, The... (Murray Ledger & Times, KY)
Choir festival kicks off Riverview Conference Centers season Apr 16, 2008
Promoters of the Cedar Valley Sing also hope the Blackwood Brothers, new to Riverview, will draw a big crowd ... Gospel groups featuring the Blackwood Brothers. (Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier)
Randall Franks: Terrific tenor Jerry Trammell Apr 10, 2008
He traveled with other mainstays such as The Blackwood Brothers (1983-88), J.D. Sumner and the Stamps (1988-1991), and The Blue Ridge Quartet. These are not the only groups with which he performed, just the most widely recognized. (Catoosa County News, GA)
Blackwood Brothers quartet plays Marco Presbyterian Church Feb. 23 Feb 22, 2008
The Blackwood Brothers gospel quartet from Memphis will perform at 7 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 23, at Marco Presbyterian Church, 875 West Elkcam Circle. The Blackwood Brothers first came to national prominence in 1954 when they won the "Arthur Godfrey Talent Scout Show" on CBS radio ... Songs with which the Blackwood Brothers are most associated include "Have You Talked to the Man Upstairs," "How Great Thou Art," "The Old Country Church," "Just A Little Talk with Jesus" and "I'll Fly Away.". (Marco Island Sun-Times, FL)
PORTER WAGONER: 1927-2007 Oct 31, 2007
" For 21 years, appearing on television in flashy suits and a cotton-candy pompadour, he was the host of "The Porter Wagoner Show," which was eventually syndicated in 100 markets, reaching 3.5 million viewers a week. Wagoner recorded some of country music's earliest concept albums, in which individual tracks combine in a thematic whole. On one, titled "What Ain't To Be Just Might Happen" (1972), he explored insanity with songs that included "Rubber Room," derived from his experience in a... (San Francisco Chronicle)
Porter Wagoner, country singer, dies at 80 Oct 30, 2007
He won three Grammys for gospel recordings he made with the Blackwood Brothers. For more than half a century, Waggoner was a fixture of the Grand Ole Opry; in 1992, after the death of Roy Acuff, he became its unofficial spokesman. (International Herald Tribune -- Arts)
More of this story Oct 25, 2007
Back then The Blackwood Brothers, The Statesmen and The Blue Ridge Quartet were popular. But many of the older listeners liked the songs of The Chuck Wagon Gang and Jimmy Davis, the former Governor of Louisiana. (Atmore Advance, AL)
ADDING MULTIMEDIA Broadcast Pioneer and First Televangelist Rex Humbard Dies at Age 88 Sep 22, 2007
Regular musical guests on Humbard s program included Mahalia Jackson, Bill Gaither, Andrae Crouch, Pat and Debby Boone, Roy Rogers and Dale Evans, Johnny and June Cash, the Blackwood Brothers, the Statesmen Quartet and the Cathedrals. Humbard was the son of a minister and a member of the Humbard Family Singers. (BusinessWire)
Branson among attractions for Watermelon Fest ... Crime Stoppers looking for fugitives ... Buddy Bowl games slated ... Chamber to host 7th golf tourney ... Gospel Music Day to be a highlight of festival ... ';var marqueewidth="350px";var marqueeheight="20px";var marqueebgcolor="#FFFFFF";////NO NEED TO EDIT BELOW THIS LINE////////////var pauseit=1;var marqueespeed=1 //slow speed down by 1 for NSvar copyspeed=marqueespeedvar pausespeed=(pauseit==0)? copyspeed: 0var iedom=document.all||document.getElementByIdif (iedom)document.write(''+marqueecontent+'')var actualwidth=''var cross_marquee, ns_marqueefunction populate(){if (iedom){cross_marquee=document.getElementById? document.getElementById("iemarquee") : document.all.iemarqueecross_marquee.style.left=parseInt(marqueewidth)+8+"px"cross_marquee.innerHTML=marqueecontentactualwidth=document.all? temp.offsetWidth : document.getElementById("temp").offsetWidth}else if (document.layers){ns_marquee=document.ns_marquee.document.ns_marquee2ns_marquee.left=parseInt(marqueewidth)+8ns_marquee.document.write(marqueecontent)ns_marquee.document.close()actualwidth=ns_marquee.document.width}lefttime=setInterval("scrollmarquee()",20)}window.onload=populate;function scrollmarquee(){if (iedom){if (parseInt(cross_marquee.style.left)>(actualwidth*(-1)+8))cross_marquee.style.left=parseInt(cross_marquee.style.left)-copyspeed+"px"elsecross_marquee.style.left=parseInt(marqueewidth)+8+"px"}else if (document.layers){if (ns_marquee.left>(actualwidth*(-1)+8))ns_marquee.left-=copyspeedelsens_marquee.left=parseInt(marqueewidth)+8}}if (iedom||document.layers){with (document){document.write('')if (iedom){write('')write('')write('')write('')}else if (document.layers){write('')write('')write('')}document.write('')}}Saturday, July 14, 2007 Denny Yeary and Shelia Whittington Yeary will be performing at the Watermelon Festival at 3 p.m. Saturday afternoon. Shelia Renee is a graduate of Rosepine High School and McNeese State University. Branson among attractions for Watermelon Fest Jul 14, 2007
Denny Yeary sang bass with the Blackwood Brothers quartet and has been performing in Branson for many years. Shelia Renee is a graduate of Rosepine High School and McNeese State University. (DeRidder Beauregard Daily News, LA)
NASHVILLE SKYLINE: Death, the Mental Asylum and a Comeback at Age 79 Jul 6, 2007
Remarkably, Wagoner's three Grammy awards are for gospel recordings he made with the Blackwood Brothers. In this case, it was the support of Marty Stuart and Los Angeles record label Anti that were instrumental in coaxing the somewhat frail Wagoner into remounting a foray into recording and performing. (VHI.com -- CMT.com Music News)
Gaither Band Comes Back to Lakeland Mar 21, 2007
Last year, Winter Haven's Wally Varner, a flamboyant pianist and accompanist for the Blackwood Brothers, was posthumously inducted into the Gospel Music Hall of Fame. Gaither said Varner was "a pioneer" and lamented the loss of his old friends. (The Ledger)
Blackwoods coming back to Clanton Jan 19, 2007
His father, R.W. Blackwood, was a member of the southern gospel group The Blackwood Brothers, who were scheduled to close the Peach Festival ... At the time of the plane crash, The Blackwood Brothers had just appeared on the television show The Arthur Godfrey Show. (Clanton Advertiser, AL)
