Comments on: More on sg and black gospel http://averyfineline.com/2007/04/03/more-on-sg-and-black-gospel/ Criticism and commentary on southern gospel music Sat, 11 Feb 2012 09:14:10 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3 By: www http://averyfineline.com/2007/04/03/more-on-sg-and-black-gospel/#comment-9068 www Wed, 04 Apr 2007 12:15:18 +0000 http://averyfineline.com/2007/04/03/more-on-sg-and-black-gospel/#comment-9068 DBM Gotta get best of the Golden Gate Quartet. For a second there, when you said they sounded white, I thought you were slamming them. IMHO, though the Blackwoods were, I suppose, precise, the Brothers pale (no pun intended) in comparison to the expertise and raw chariama of GGQ. DBM
Gotta get best of the Golden Gate Quartet. For a second there, when you said they sounded white, I thought you were slamming them. IMHO, though the Blackwoods were, I suppose, precise, the Brothers pale (no pun intended) in comparison to the expertise and raw chariama of GGQ.

]]> By: David Bruce Murray http://averyfineline.com/2007/04/03/more-on-sg-and-black-gospel/#comment-8973 David Bruce Murray Wed, 04 Apr 2007 03:16:10 +0000 http://averyfineline.com/2007/04/03/more-on-sg-and-black-gospel/#comment-8973 I've only heard one 11-minute sound clip by the Golden Gate Quartet, and I would have sworn they were a white gospel group if I hadn't been told otherwise. On this clip, they are extremely polished and precise, much like the Statesmen or Blackwood Brothers...not soulful or bluesy like the Fairfield Four or the Blind Boys Of Alabama, which is what I was expecting to hear. You can hear the clip I'm talking about at the following link: http://www.btmemories.com/sounds/sound_index.htm I’ve only heard one 11-minute sound clip by the Golden Gate Quartet, and I would have sworn they were a white gospel group if I hadn’t been told otherwise. On this clip, they are extremely polished and precise, much like the Statesmen or Blackwood Brothers…not soulful or bluesy like the Fairfield Four or the Blind Boys Of Alabama, which is what I was expecting to hear.

You can hear the clip I’m talking about at the following link:
http://www.btmemories.com/sounds/sound_index.htm

]]> By: www http://averyfineline.com/2007/04/03/more-on-sg-and-black-gospel/#comment-8915 www Tue, 03 Apr 2007 12:59:17 +0000 http://averyfineline.com/2007/04/03/more-on-sg-and-black-gospel/#comment-8915 Anyone who EVER heard the Golden Gate Quartet knows that they were the real deal. Ben Speer once told me that they were like pure electricity on stage when they came to Nashville in his younger years. The rhythmic phrases were uncanny. Every white quartet who tries to copy a Statesmen uptempo song is really trying to cop the Golden Gate Groove whether they know it or not! Anyone who EVER heard the Golden Gate Quartet knows that they were the real deal. Ben Speer once told me that they were like pure electricity on stage when they came to Nashville in his younger years. The rhythmic phrases were uncanny. Every white quartet who tries to copy a Statesmen uptempo song is really trying to cop the Golden Gate Groove whether they know it or not!

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