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I'M STANDING BY THE RIVER...

HI, I'M BILL GAITHER AND WELCOME TO

AN AMAZING JOURNEY INTO
THE STORY AND MUSIC OF

MY GOOD FRIEND, GEORGE YOUNCE.

UP ABOVE MY HEAD, THERE'S
A MUSIC IN THE AIR...

IN ANY GENRE OF MUSIC,
THERE ARE CERTAIN INDIVIDUALS

WHO EMERGE AS
DOMINANT PERSONALITIES.

PEOPLE WHO MAKE AN
IMPACT THAT FAR OUTLIVES

THEIR TIME ON EARTH.

COUNTLESS GOSPEL MUSIC LOVERS
WILL REMEMBER GEORGE YOUNCE

AS THE GREATEST
BASS SINGER OF ALL TIME.

BUT UPON A CLOSER
LOOK AT GEORGE'S LIFE,

THERE'S A HAPPY RHYTHM
KEEPS A ROCKIN' AND A ROLLIN'

I CAN FEEL IT MOVIN'
WHEN I SING THIS SONG...

WHAT A PRIVILEGE IT WAS FOR ME

TO ENJOY A FORTY YEAR
FRIENDSHIP WITH THIS MAN.

THIS JOY GENERATOR
WHOSE LIFE AND MUSIC

MADE A UNIQUE CONNECTION
TO EVERYONE WHO MET HIM.

AND DID HE EVER KNOW
HOW TO TELL A STORY.

DAD SAID, WILLY, I'VE HEARD
SO MUCH OF PITCH SINGING

HE WAS LOVED BY CHILDREN,
ADMIRED BY OLD PEOPLE

AND CHERISHED BY EVERYONE.

SIMPLY PUT, HIS LIFE
MADE A DIFFERENCE.

AND SOMEDAY I'LL SING
WITH THE ANGELS ABOVE.

GEORGE OFTEN DESCRIBED
HIMSELF AS A SIMPLE COUNTRY BOY

AND HIS DOWN TO EARTH
NATURE WAS UNDOUBTEDLY

A VITAL PART OF WHO HE WAS.
BUT HE WAS FAR FROM ORDINARY.

THANKS TO CALVARY, I AM NOT
THE MAN THAT I USED TO BE.

TODAY WE ARE GOING TO
REVISIT THE LIFE OF A GIANT.

A GIFTED PERFORMER ON STAGE
WHO ALSO FOUND JUST AS MUCH

SATISFACTION OFFSTAGE
SURROUNDED BY HIS LOVED ONES.

A MAN BIGGER THAN HIS BIG
VOICE, WHOSE LIFE COMMUNICATED

A FAR MORE IMPORTANT
MESSAGE THAN THE SUM

OF THE SONGS HE SANG.

TODAY WE CELEBRATE THE
LEGAC Y OF MY GOOD FRIEND,

GEORGE YOUNCE.

THIS OLD HOUSE ONCE
KNEW MY CHILDREN,

THIS OLD HOUSE
ONCE KNEW MY WIFE,

THIS OLD HOUSE WAS
HOME AND COMFORT

AS WE FOUGHT THE
STORMS OF LIFE:

THIS OLD HOUSE ONCE
RANG WITH LAUGHTER,

THIS OLD HOUSE
HEARD MANY SHOUTS,

NOW SHE TREMBLES
IN THE DARKNESS

WHEN THE NIGHT
WIND WALKS ABOUT.

AIN'T A GONNA NEED
THIS HOUSE NO LONGER,

AIN'T A GONNA NEED
THIS HOUSE NO MORE:

AIN'T GOT TIME TO
FIX THE SHINGLES,

AIN'T GOT TIME
TO FIX THE FLOOR,

AIN'T GOT TIME TO
OIL THE HINGES

NOR TO MEND NO WINDOW PANE:

AIN'T A GONNA NEED
THIS HOUSE NO LONGER,

I'M A GETTING READY
TO MEET THE SAINTS.

THIS OLD HOUSE
IS A GETTING SHAKY,

THIS OLD HOUSE
IS A GETTING OLD,

THIS OLD HOUSE
LETS IN THE RAIN,

THIS OLD HOUSE
LETS IN THE COLD,

ON MY KNEES I'M
A GETTING CHILLY

BUT I FEEL NO FEAR OR PAIN,

'CAUSE I SEE AN
ANGEL PEEKIN' THRO'

A BROKEN WINDOW PANE.

AIN'T A GONNA NEED
THIS HOUSE NO LONGER,

AIN'T A GONNA NEED
THIS HOUSE NO MORE:

AIN'T GOT TIME TO
FIX THE SHINGLES,

AIN'T GOT TIME
TO FIX THE FLOOR,

AIN'T GOT TIME
TO OIL THE HINGES

NOR TO MEND NO WINDOW PANE:

AIN'T A GONNA NEED
THIS HOUSE NO LONGER,

I'M A GETTING READY
TO MEET THE SAINTS.

NOW MY OLD HOUND
DOG LIES A SLEEPIN',

HE DON'T KNOW
I'M GONNA LEAVE,

ELSE HE'D WAKE UP
BY THE FIREPLACE

AND HE'D SIT THERE
AND HOWL AND GRIEVE:

BUT MY HUNTIN'
DAYS ARE OVER,

AIN'T A GONNA HUNT
THE COON NO MORE,

GABRI'L DONE BRO'T
IN THE CHARIOT

WHEN THE WIND BLEW
DOWN THE DOOR.

AIN'T A GONNA NEED
THIS HOUSE NO LONGER,

AIN'T A GONNA NEED
THIS HOUSE NO MORE:

AIN'T GOT TIME TO
FIX THE SHINGLES,

AIN'T GOT TIME
TO FIX THE FLOOR,

AIN'T GOT TIME
TO OIL THE HINGES

NOR TO MEND NO WINDOW PANE:

AIN'T A GONNA NEED
THIS HOUSE NO LONGER,

YEAH.

AIN'T A GONNA NEED
THIS HOUSE NO LONGER,

I'M A GETTING READY
TO MEET THE SAINTS.

GLEN PAYNE: WHEN THE
SAINTS GO MARCHING IN,

WHEN THE SAINTS
GO MARCHING IN

LORD, I WANT TO
BE IN THAT NUMBER

WHEN THE SAINTS
GO MARCHING IN.

WHEN THE SAINTS
GO MARCHING IN,

WHEN THE SAINTS
GO MARCHING IN.

OH LORD, I WANT TO
BE IN THAT NUMBER

WHEN THE SAINTS
GO MARCHING IN.

AIN'T A GONNA NEED
THIS HOUSE NO LONGER,

AIN'T A GONNA NEED
THIS HOUSE NO MORE:

AIN'T GOT TIME TO
FIX THE SHINGLES,

AIN'T GOT TIME
TO FIX THE FLOOR,

AIN'T GOT TIME
TO OIL THE HINGES

NOR TO MEND NO WINDOW PANE:

AIN'T A GONNA NEED
THIS HOUSE NO LONGER,

YEAH.

AIN'T A GONNA NEED
THIS HOUSE NO LONGER,

I'M A GETTING READY
TO MEET THE SAINTS.

YEAH. YEAH.
YEAH. YEAH. YEAH.

BORN ON FEBRUARY
22ND, 1 99930, IN PATTERSON,

NORTH CAROLINA, GEORGE WAS THE
YOUNGEST OF FIVE CHILDREN.

AND WHEN HE WAS STILL A KID,
GEORGE FELL IN LOVE WITH

GOSPEL QUARTET MUSIC.

SOME BOYS WHERE I
LIVED, SOME NEIGHBORS, INVITED

ME TO GO TO GAMEVILLE, NORTH
CAROLINA, TO SEE THE HARMONEERS.

WELL, I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT THE
HARMONEERS WERE, YOU KNOW?

BUT I WENT WITH THEM,
SAT ON THE FRONT ROW.

SEALES HILTON, BOBBY STRICKTON,
FRED C. MAPLES WALKED OUT

ON STAGE THAT DAY WITH THEIR
PIANO PLAYER, CHARLES KEY.

AND I THOUGHT I DIED
AND WENT TO HEAVEN.

WHEN I GOT THROUGH MY
FRONT OF MY SHIRT WAS WET

WHERE I SLOBBERED ON MYSELF.
I NEVER DID CLOSE MY MOUTH.

AND I KNEW THEN THAT
THAT'S WHAT I WANT

TO DO IF SOMEHOW THE
LORD WILL LET ME.

I WENT TO GLEN'S HOMETOWN
THE OTHER DAY WITH HIM

AND WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THAT.

AND HE SHOWED ME WHERE HE GREW
UP, AND I HAD A GREAT DAY

WITH GLEN THAT DAY.

I NEVER HAD BEEN TO
HIS HOMETOWN, BUT WHEN

WE WERE LEAVING,
THERE WAS A BUILDING

DOWN IN THERE AND I SAID,
GLEN WHAT IS THAT?

HE SHOWED ME WHERE HE WENT
TO SCHOOL AND EVERYTHING.

HE SAID, THAT'S
A NURSING HOME.

AND GLEN SAID, I USED TO
SING THERE WHEN I WAS A KID.

SO I SAID, LET'S GO BY.

WE WENT BY AND GLEN, THERE
WASN'T NOBODY IN THE LOBBY

BUT THERE WAS A NURSE
SITTING IN THE HALL

AND GLEN WALKED UP
TO HER AND SAID,

DOYOU KNOW WHO I AM?

AND SHE TOOK HIS HAND
AND PATTED IT AND SAID,

NO, HONEY, BUT IF YOU
GO UP TO THE FRONT DESK,

THEY CAN TELL YOU.

GOD'S CHILDREN WERE
SLAVES IN EG YPT LAND

SO GOD TOOK
MOSES BY THE HAND

HE SAID MOSES TELL OL'
PHARAOH TO SET 'EM FREE

BUT MOSES WANTED
A WAY TO GET OUT

CAUSE IN HIS MIND
HE'S BEGINNIN' TO DOUBT

HE SAID LORD OL' PHARAOH HE
AIN'T A GONNA LISTEN TO ME

NOW THE LORD SAID SON
THROW DOWN THAT ROD

SO MOSES DID AND
HE CRIED TO GOD

CAUSE IT TURNED TO A SNAKE
AS EVIL AND WICKED AS SIN

THEN HE CRIED AGAIN
WITH AN AWFUL WAIL

THE LORD SAID SEIZE
HIM BY THE TAIL

OLD MOSES DID AND IT
TURNED TO A ROD AGAIN

GOD PROMISED TO LEAD HIS
CHILDREN OUT OF BOND AGE

HE SAID HE'D FREE THEM
FROM PHARAOH'S EVIL HAND

HE PROMISED TO GUIDE AND
PROTECT THEM ON THEIR JOURNEY

AND LEAD THEM TO
THE PROMISED LAND

WELL THE LORD SAID
MOSES I'VE GOT THE POWER

AN I'LL BE
WITH YOU EVERY HOUR

GO TELL PHARAOH
TO SET MY CHILDREN FREE

WELL MOSES DID BUT
THE LORD HELPED OUT

HE SENT A PLAGUE
TO THE LAND ABOUT

SO OL' PHARAOH TOLD HIM
TO GO AND LET HIM BE

WELL THEY STARTED OUT
WITH A CLOUD THAT DAY

AND A FIRE BY NIGHT
TO LEAD THE WAY

BUT OL' PHARAOH SUDDENLY
DECIDED TO CHANGE HIS MIND

SO HE GATHERED TOGETHER
HIS SOLDIER BAND

GOT ALL THEM CHARIOTS
THROUGHOUT THE LAND

SAID I'LL LET THEM ISRAELITES
GO SOME OTHER TIME

GOD PROMISED TO LEAD HIS
CHILDREN OUT OF BOND AGE

HE SAID HE'D FREE THEM
FROM PHARAOH'S EVIL HAND

HE PROMISED TO GUIDE AND
PROTECT THEM ON THEIR JOURNEY

AND LEAD THEM TO
THE PROMISED LAND

WELL THEY CAME TO THE
BANKS OF THE OCEAN BLUE

TURNED TO MOSES
AND SAID WHAT'D WE DO

AND OL' MOSES FELL ON HIS
KNEES THERE IN THE SAND

WELL THE LORD SAID
MOSES TRUST IN GOD

ALL YA GOTTA DO
IS RAISE UP THAT ROD

AND OVER THOSE WATERS
STRETCH FORTH YOUR HAND

WELL MOSES FOLLOWED
THE LORD'S COMMAND

THE WATERS PARTED
AND THERE IN THE SAND

THEY SAW A PATH THAT
LED TO THE OTHER SHORE

WELL THE GROUND WAS DRY
AND THEY PASSED ON THROUGH

AND OLD PHARAOH'S ARMY
THOUGHT THEY WOULD TO

BUT THE WATERS FELL THEY
AIN'T NEVER BEEN SEEN NO MORE

GOD PROMISED TO LEAD HIS
CHILDREN OUT OF BOND AGE

HE SAID HE'D FREE THEM
FROM PHARAOH'S EVIL HAND

HE PROMISED TO GUIDE AND
PROTECT THEM ON THEIR JOURNEY

AND LEAD THEM TO
THE PROMISED LAND

AND LEAD THEM TO
THE PROMISED LAND.

GEORGE YOUNCE.

GEORGE LEARNED SHAPE
NOTE SINGING AT THE STAMPS

BAXTER SCHOOL OF MUSIC WHEN
HE WAS JUST A TEENAGER

AND HE GAINED EXPERIENCE
WITH HIS FIRST QUARTET AS THEIR

LEAD SINGER UNTIL
HIS VOICE CHANGED.

BACK IN THE EARLY
DAYS, LEROY ABERNATHY SAID,

GEORGE, BE A SINGER
WITH A LOW VOICE.

AND I THINK BEING ABLE TO
STARTING OUT SINGING LEAD IN A

QUARTET, THE LEAD SINGER I
WAS ABLE TO TAKE A LEAD

AND SING LIKE A LEAD SINGER
IN A LITTLE LOWER RANGE.

SO, A FEW PEOPLE
HELPED ME IN THAT WAY.

NOW I'M A CHILD WITH
A HEAVENLY HOME.

MY HOLY FATHER, WELL
HE'S MADE ME HIS OWN.

AND I'M WASHED BY HIS BLOOD
AND I'M CLOTHED IN HIS LOVE

AND SOMEDAY I'LL SING
WITH THE ANGELS ABOVE.

OH, YES, OH, YES,
I'M A CHILD OF THE KING...

THIS IS NOT FOR ME.

I'M SERVING THREE
OR FOUR OTHER PEOPLE

SHE'S EATING MORE THAN I AM.

WHAT WAS YOUR
FIRST, WHAT WE WOULD CALL

PROFESSIONAL, QUARTET?

THE WEATHERFORDS AND
THEY HAD A GREAT QUARTET.

WELL, FIRST OF ALL, LILY
WAS ONE OF THE GREATEST

FEMALE SINGERS
TO BLEND WITH MEN

AND MAKE MEN SOUND GOOD.

WHEN WE DID RADIO
PROGRAMS IN FORT LANE,

WE HAD A 8: 1 8 AND A 1 0: 1 8
THAT MORNING, EVERY MORNING.

BUT WHEN WE'D GO OUT AT NIGHT

TO DO CONCERTS, THE
PEOPLE WOULD COME IN

AND WHEN WE WALKED ON THE STAGE
AND LILY STARTED SINGING,

PEOPLE WERE, BILL,
ABSOLUTELY SHOCKED

TO KNOW IT WAS A WOMAN SINGING.

BECAUSE SHE SOUNDED
AS MUCH LIKE A MAN.

IT SOUNDED LIKE A
MALE QUARTET DIDN'T IT?

YEAH.

NOW DIDYOU SING
WITH THEM WHEN GLEN

FINALLY CAME TO SING WITH THEM.

NO, I HAD LEFT THEN. BY THEN,
I WAS WITH BLUE RIDGE QUARTET

WHEN GLEN CAME
TO THE WEATHERFORDS.

FOR SEVEN DAYS,
THEY DID NOT SPEAK,

A MIGHTY BATTLE WAS AT HAND.

GOD HAD TOLD HIS CHILDREN TO
GO IN AND POSSESS THE LAND.

ON THE SEVENTH DAY,
THE SEVENTH HOUR,

THE SEVENTH TIME AROUND, HIS
HOLY PURPOSE WAS FULFILLED

AND THE WALL CAME
A TUMBLIN' DOWN.

SET ME ON THE ROCK, JOSHUA.
LET ME VIEW THE PROMISED LAND.

SET ME ON THE ROCK, JOSHUA.

HE DELIVERED UNTO US
BY HIS MIGHTY HAND.

THROUGH THE
WILDERNESS, HE LED US.

BY HIS BOUNTIFUL
HAND, HE FED US.

OH, WON'T YOU SET ME
ON THE ROCK, JOSHUA?

LET ME GAZE UPON
ISRAEL'S PRIZE.

WHAT ARE YOU
TALKING ABOUT ROGER?

HE'S GOT A LITTLE
BOY NAMED JORD AN.

JORD AN IS SEVEN YEARS OLD.

AND SO WHEN HE WAS FIVE,
YOU KNOW HOW THEY TAKE

THE KIDS ON, KIDS CAN BE
VERY PROFOUND SOMETIMES,

TAKE FIELD TRIPS?

WELL, THEY LEFT ON A FIELD
TRIP WITH THE KINDERGARTEN

CLASS WHEN JORD AN WAS FIVE.

WENT TO THE STOW POLICE STATION.

THEY WERE SHOWING THEM
THE TEN MOST WANTED MEN

AND JORD AN IS A PISTOL.

JORD AN SAID, ASKED THE
POLICE CHIEF, SAID,

ARE THESE MEN MEAN?

HE SAID, THEY SURE ARE AND
WE'RE GONNA CATCH 'EM.

AND JORD AN SAID, WHY DIDN'T
YOU KEEP THEM THE DAY

YOU TOOK THEIR PICTURE?

SO NOW YOU'RE WHAT,
YOU'RE 2 4, YOU'RE 28 YEARS OLD

AT WOWO.

AND THEN YOU LEAVE
THERE TO GO TO THE

HOMELAND HARMONY
FOR A WHILE, RIGHT?

I WENT, YEAH, JAMES
MCCOY AND CONNER HALL ASKED

ME TO COME AND I THOUGHT THAT
WOULD BE A BIG MOVE FOR ME.

SO I WENT TO ATLANTA
WITH CLARA AND

CLARA HAD NEVER BEEN HARDLY
OUT OF WEST VIRGINIA.

SO, WE MOVED TO ATLANTA AND IT
JUST DIDN'T WORK OUT DOWN THERE.

THE HOMELAND HARMONY WAS,
THEY HAD BEEN A GREAT QUARTET

AND WAS A GOOD QUARTET THEN.

THAT WAS A TOUGH PERIOD OF
TIME FOR ANY GOSPEL GROUP

PROBABLY WITH THE EX CEPTION OF
THE STATESMEN, THE BLACKWOODS

AND THE SPEER FAMILY.

YEAH, THE QUARTETS
BACK IN THOSE DAYS

WERE HAVING A ROUGH TIME.

STRUGGLING.

EVERYBODY EX CEPT
THE ONES YOU MENTIONED

WERE STILL DOING PRETTY WELL.

BUT MOST QUARTETS BACK THEN
WERE STRUGGLING. IT WAS ROUGH.

I THINK WHEN A
LOT OF YOUNG KIDS

SEE ANYBODY DOING WELL NOW,

THEY JUST THINK IT MUST
BE A PIECE OF CAKE.

IT'S BEEN LIKE THAT
FOR ALL THEIR LIFE.

BUT THERE WAS A LOT OF
OLD TIMERS OUT THERE

THAT PAID A LOT OF DUES.

THAT MOST THE GROUPS
WILL NEVER KNOW ABOUT.

UP ABOVE MY HEAD

THERE'S A MUSIC IN THE AIR.

UP ABOVE MY HEAD

THERE'S A MUSIC IN THE AIR.

UP ABOVE MY HEAD

THERE'S A MUSIC IN THE AIR

AND I REALLY DO BELIEVE

THERE'S A HEAVEN SOMEWHERE.

UP ABOVE MY HEAD

THERE'S MUSIC IN THE AIR.

UP ABOVE MY HEAD

THERE'S MUSIC IN THE AIR.

UP ABOVE MY HEAD

THERE'S MUSIC IN THE AIR.

I REALLY DO BELIEVE THERE'S
A HEAVEN SOMEWHERE.

WELL MUSIC MAKES
THE WORLD GO ROUND

THAT'S THE WAY TO BE
HAPPY THAT MUCH I FOUND.

SING A SONG AND
BE HAPPY AND FREE

SO TURN AROUND
CHILDREN AND FOLLOW ME.

ONE MORE THING, GLEN, ROGER
WAS AT THE HOUSE THAT DAY,

GLEN DON'T GO SHOPPING MUCH

GLEN PAYNE: HARDLY EVER.

HE JUST DON'T SHOP.

I SAW HIM COME UP BY MY
DRIVEWAY THE OTHER DAY

AND ROGER WAS OVER AT MY HOUSE

AND I SAID, HERE COMES GLEN.

AND HE'S GOT A THERMOS
JUG UNDER HIS ARM.

AND I KNOW GLEN, THE
FIRST ONE HE HAD EVER HAD.

HE COME TO MY
BACKDOOR AND I SAID,

HEY GLEN, WHATCHA GOT THERE?

HE SAID, IT'S A THERMOS JUG.
HE SAID, IT'S WONDERFUL.

HE SAID, YEAH, IT
KEEPS HOT THINGS HOT

AND COLD THINGS COLD.

HE SAID, CHILI AND ICED TEA.

SOYOU'RE BACK AT WOWO?

UH HUH.

WHAT YEAR DIDYOU
GO DOWN TO SPARTENBURG

TO SING WITH THE
BLUE RIDGE QUARTET?

I JOINED THE BLUE RIDGE IN
1 999 , NEW YEAR'S EVE OF 1 9998 7.

IN CHARLOTTE, NORTH
CAROLINA, AT THE

AUDITORIUM THERE IN CHARLOTTE,
I JOINED THEM THAT NIGHT.

THE NINE YEARS I
SPENT WITH THEM,

NOW WHAT YEAR DID GLEN
CALL YOU ABOUT JOINING THE

CATHEDRAL TRIO AT THE TIME?

1 99964, REX, I REMEMBER
REX CALLING ME AT HOME,

AND SAID, GEORGE, I WAS IN
SPARTENBURG WITH BLUE RIDGE,

THINGS WERE GOING PRETTY WELL.

BUT HE CALLED ME AND SAID,
GEORGE, I, WE NEEDYOU HERE

AT THE CATHEDRAL AGAIN.

DANNY AND GLEN AND
BOBBY CLARK HAVE A TRIO

AND I'D LIKE TO
MAKE IT A QUARTET.

AND I'D LIKE FOR YOU TO
COME BACK TO THE CATHEDRALS.

SO I'D TALKED IT
OVER WITH MY WIFE

AND SOMEHOW OR
ANOTHER, I JUST FELT

IF GOD HAD EVER SPOKEN
TO ME IN AN AUDIBLE VOICE,

IT WAS THROUGH REX HUMBARD
THAT DAY SAYING, COME BACK,

CAUSE I NEEDED A PLACE TO GO

NEEDED A HOME.

AND NEEDED A HOME.

SO I WENT BACK TO THE CATHEDRAL

AND THE REST IS
HISTORY FROM THERE.

DURING THOSE VERY EARLY
YEARS, THE CATHEDRALS

MADE TWO MONUMENTAL
RECORDINGS FOR THEIR DAY.

THE CATHEDRALS WITH BRASS

AND THE CATHEDRALS WITH
STRINGS, WHICH BECAME TWO

OF THE CLASSIC ALBUMS OF THE
CENTURY. THEY WERE MAGNIFICENT.

AND AKRON'S BEEN YOUR HOME
FOR 38 YEARS, HADN'T IT?

YEAH, EVERYBODY I THINK
WILL KNOW WHAT I MEAN

WHEN I SAY WITH THE
BLUE RIDGE, I KIND OF GOT OFF

ON THE WRONG FOOT, DOING
THINGS THAT I SHOULDN'T DO.

BUT WHEN REX CALLED,
I WENT BACK TO CATHEDRAL,

STARTED TEACHING
A SUNDAY SCHOOL CLASS:

THE 8 AND 6 YEAR OLD CLASS,

WHICH WAS ONE OF THE
BIGGEST BLESSING OF MY LIFE.

THAT GOD OPENED THAT DOOR FOR ME
TO TEACH A SUNDAY SCHOOL CLASS

TO SOME INNOCENT, YOUNG KIDS
WHO I REALLY WANTED TO GIVE

A MESSAGE TO: THAT JESUS, ALL
YOUR LIFE KIDS, JESUS IS RIGHT

FOR WHATEVER IS
WRONG IN YOUR LIFE.

AND THAT'S WHAT I TRIED
TO TELL EACH KID THAT

COME THROUGH THAT DOOR.
LEAVE WITH THAT MESSAGE THAT

WHEREVER YOU GO, WHATEVER
YOU DO, JESUS IS RIGHT.

JESUS IS RIGHT FOR
WHATEVER'S WRONG IN YOUR LIFE.

JESUS IS RIGHT FOR WHATEVER'S
WRONG IN YOUR LIFE.

JUST GIVE HIM A CHANCE
AND JESUS WILL PROVE

THAT EVERY PROMISE
HE MADE IS TRUE.

JESUS IS RIGHT FOR WHATEVER'S
WRONG IN YOUR LIFE.

I GOTTA TELL YOU THIS,
HIS WIFE AND SINCE HE'S HERE

TONIGHT, HIS WIFE INVITED
SOME PEOPLE OVER FOR THE LAST

PART OF THE WEEK, A COUPLE
OF WEEKS AGO. SHE INVITED

THEM THE FIRST OF THE WEEK FOR
THE LAST PART OF THE WEEK.

IN THE MIDDLE OF THE WEEK,
SHE STARTED FEELING BAD.

AND SHE WAS WONDERING,
MAYBE I SHOULD HAVE WAITED,

MAYBE I SHOULD CALL AND
TELL THEM NOT TO COME.

WELL SHE DIDN'T CALL, THEY
CAME AT THE END OF THE WEEK,

ABOUT 1 8 OF THEM SAT DOWN FOR
DINNER. AND HOW OLD'S MARLA?

PAYNE: SHE'S SEVEN YEARS OLD.

SEVEN. SO THEY ASK MARLA TO
PRAY AND SHE LEANED OVER TO GLEN

AND SHE SAID,
WHAT WILL I SAY?

GLEN SAID, JUST SAY
WHAT YOUR GRANDMA SAYS.

SHE BOWED HER HEAD AND SAID,

DEAR LORD, WHY DID I INVITE
THESE PEOPLE OVER HERE?

SHE'S SITTING RIGHT THERE.

LET'S TALK ABOUT
YOUR RELATIONSHIP WITH GLEN.

THAT DIDN'T JUST HAPPEN
EITHER, FOR WHATEVER REASON,

IT WORKED AND IT WORKED WELL
DIDN'T IT, FOR 38 YEARS?

YOU KNOW, GLEN AND I WERE
SUCH DIFFERENT PERSONALITIES.

AT THE CATHEDRAL WE HAD A
BOSS WHICH WAS REX HUMBARD.

AND WE SANG AND HE PAID US.

WE WERE A HIRED QUARTET TO SING
WITH THE CATHEDRAL TOMORROW.

WHICH WAS VERY, VERY COMFORTABLE
AT THAT TIME IN MY LIFE.

SO I WAS ABLE TO BE AT HOME FOR
ABOUT FIVE YEARS WHEN MY KIDS

REALLY NEEDED ME.

I WAS HOME WITH THEM
EVERY NIGHT, BASICALLY.

BACK THEN, WE HAD A LODESTAR
4 7 WITH, 4 7 PEOPLE IT SEATED.

WE'D FLY OUT TO A RALLY IN
AUGUSTA, GEORGIA, AND THEN FLY

BACK HOME THAT NIGHT.
SO I WAS HOME WITH MY KIDS.

AND GLEN AND I WERE SUCH
DIFFERENTLY PERSONALITIES,

THAT WHEN WE DECIDED TO GO OUT
ON OUR OWN FROM THE CATHEDRAL,

PEOPLE SAID, YOU AND GLEN,
IT'LL NEVER WORK.

WELL, WE WERE DIFFERENT
BUT I NEVER HAD ANYTHING

WORK SO PERFECT IN ALL MY LIFE.

I WAS ONE WAY, GLEN WAS THE
OTHER WAY BUT SOMEHOW IT GELLED.

WE NEVER HAD ANY PROBLEMS.

GLEN WAS THE
BUSINESSMAN OF IT ALL

AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT I DID.

EVERY TIME I TURN
AROUND AND LOOK AT HIM,

I THINK ABOUT A LOT OF THINGS
WHEN I LOOK AROUND AT YOU, TOO.

GLEN'S BROTHER, KEN, SAID
WHEN HE WAS GOING TO SCHOOL,

HE FELL IN LOVE WITH HIS
FOURTH GRADE SCHOOL TEACHER.

WE WERE TALKING ABOUT
HOW RIDICULOUS THAT WAS,

HE WAS 11 YEARS
OLDER THAN SHE WAS.

SOMEBODY ASKED ME
THE OTHER NIGHT, SAID,

WHY DOYOU PICK ON
GLEN LIKE YOU DO?

I SAID, GOD HAS
CALLED ME TO DO THIS.

AT THE PRAISE GATHERING
IN INDIANAPOLIS ONE TIME,

THIS LADY CAME AND SHE WAS ABOUT
GLEN'S AGE, SHE WAS ABOUT 9990'S.

BUT I WAS, BILL WILL REMEMBER, I
WAS WEARING GLEN OUT THAT NIGHT.

AND FINALLY SHE STOOD UP AND SHE
SHOOK HER CANE AT ME AND SAID,

ALL THE TIME THE LAST 4 0 YEARS
I'VE BEEN SEEING YOU FELLAS,

YOU'VE TEASED GLEN, OVER
AND OVER YOU TEASED HIM.

YOU OUGHT NOT TO DO THAT.

YOU OUGHT NOT TO
TEASE HIM LIKE THAT.

AND SHE RAKED ME OVER THE
COALS GOOD FOR TEASING GLEN.

I HAD A TERRIBLE TIME
EXPLAINING TO HER

THAT I'M NOT TEASING.

HEY, SHOULD I TELL THEM ABOUT
NEW YORK? I GOTTA TELL YOU THIS.

HE WENT TO NEW YORK CITY ON
VACATION HERE A FEW WEEKS AGO.

AND THE LADY WHO LIVED BESIDE
OF HIM HEARD HE WAS GOING.

SHE COME OVER TO
THE HOUSE, SHE SAID,

GLEN, MY SON WENT TO NEW
YORK CITY EIGHT YEARS AGO

AND I HAVEN'T
HEARD A WORD FROM HIM.

MRS. DUNN IS HER NAME. AND SHE
SAID, HIS NAME IS JOHN DUNN.

WHEN YOU GET TO NEW YORK,
LOOK HIM UP AND TELL HIM

TO CALL HIS MAMA.

AND GLEN SAID, OKAY.

A PLACE LIKE NEW YORK AND HE WAS
GOING TO FIND HIM RIGHT AWAY.

GLEN SAID, OKAY,
I'LL LOOK HIM UP.

SO HE FLEW INTO NEW YORK,
GOT IN THE CAB, WENT DOWNTOWN,

SURE ENOUGH WHEN HE GOT TO TOWN
A BIG BRICK WALL HAD A BIG SIGN

SAID DUNN AND BRADSTREET

HE THOUGHT, I FOUND HIM
RIGHT AWAY, HOW LUCKY!

WALKED INTO THE BUILDING, THE
GIRL SITTING AT THE DESK,

HE WALKED UP TO HER AND SAID,
DOYOU HAVE A JOHN IN HERE?

AND SHE SAID, RIGHT
THROUGH THAT DOOR.

HE WENT THROUGH AND THERE WAS
A GUY COMING OUT OF A STALL

AND GLEN SAID, ARE YOU DUNN?

AND HE SAID, YES.

AND GLEN SAID, CALL YOUR MAMA.

CALL YOUR MAMA.

I LOVE OLD PEOPLE,
THEY'LL KILL YOU.

COULD I TELL THEM ONE
MORE THING BEFORE WE

PAYNE: YOU SHARED
ENOUGH ALREADY.

WE WERE, THEY INVITED
US TO DENVER, COLORADO

A FEW YEARS AGO TO SING
FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK

SELLERS AND THEY HAD
NEVER HAD A GROUP LIKE US.

THEY USUALLY HAVE
CONTEMPORARY GROUPS, BUT

THAT YEAR THEY HAD US TWO DAYS.

AFTER THE WEDNESDAY NIGHT
CONCERT, WE HAD ALL DAY TO KILL

AND GLEN AND I DON'T GO
TO MOVIES. BUT THERE IS

A WALT DISNEY MOVIE PLAYING
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WE'D HEARD OUR KIDS TALK
ABOUT SEEING THAT MOVIE.

SO WE WAS WALKING
AROUND TOWN AND I SAW IT

AND I SAID, GLEN, LET'S GO IN
AND WATCH THAT MOVIE

THREE OR FOUR TIMES TODAY AND
WE WON'T WEAR OURSELVES OUT

WALKING AROUND TOWN.
GLEN SAID, OKAY.

SO WE WENT IN AFTERNOON MOVIE
SAT DOWN, IT GOT DARK, NO SOONER

THAN IT GOT DARK, GLEN WAS
DOWN ON HIS HANDS AND KNEES

IN BETWEEN THE SEATS
SCRATCHING AROUND.

AND I SAID, GLEN, WHAT
ARE YOU DOING DOWN THERE?

HE SAID, I'M LOOKING FOR
A PIECE OF A CARAMEL CANDY.

HE SAID, MY TEETH ARE IN IT.

WE USED TO COME
FROM MILES AROUND,

HAVE DINNER ON THE GROUND

UNDERNEATH THOSE
OLD SHADE TREES,

AND SING THE OLD
SONGS IN SHAPED NOTES,

IN FOUR PART HARMONY, LIKE,
HE SET ME FREE

AND HE'LL PILOT ME
AND ANYWHERE IS HOME.

HOW LONG HAS IT BEEN SINCE YOU
HEARD AN OLD CONVENTION SONG?

I STILL LOVE TO HEAR
THOSE OLD CONVENTION SONGS

THAT I HEARD AS A CHILD AS
WE SANG THEM ALL DAY LONG:

LIKE I'M A GONNA WALK
AND JUST A LITTLE TALK

AND ALL THE DAY LONG.

HOW LONG HAS IT BEEN SINCE YOU
HEARD AN OLD CONVENTION SONG?

GOSPEL SONGS TODAY
HAVE A LOT TO SAY,

THEY LIFT YOU UP WHEN
YOU'RE FEELING DOWN.

SOME HAVE A COUNTRY FLAVOR,
SOME HAVE A MODERN SOUND.

THEY ALL SERVE A NEED
OF PLANTING SEEDS,

SO I KNOW THEY
CAN'T GO WRONG,

BUT THERE'S NONE SO
DEAR AS WHEN I HEAR

AN OLD CONVENTION SONG.

I STILL LOVE TO HEAR THOSE OLD
CONVENTION SONGS THAT I HEARD

AS A CHILD AS WE SANG
THEM ALL DAY LONG:

LIKE I'M A GONNA WALK
AND JUST A LITTLE TALK

AND ALL THE DAY LONG.

HOW LONG HAS IT BEEN SINCE YOU
HEARD AN OLD CONVENTION SONG?

HOW LONG HAS IT BEEN SINCE
YOU HEARD AFTER A WHILE ?

HOW LONG SINCE YOU HEARD
GIVE THE WORLD A SMILE ?

HOW LONG SINCE YOU HEARD I'M
WINGIN' MY WAY BACK HOME ?

HOW LONG HAS IT BEEN SINCE YOU
HEARD AN OLD CONVENTION SONG?

HOW LONG HAS IT BEEN SINCE YOU
HEARD AN OLD CONVENTION SONG?

AN OLD CONVENTION SONG.

I'VE NEVER HAD A
BETTER FRIEND THAN GLEN PAYNE.

HE WAS, HE WAS JUST, GLEN WOULD
GIVE YOU THE SHIRT OFF HIS BACK

AND IF ANYBODY EVER LOVED
ME, I KNEW GLEN LOVED ME.

PAYNE ANDYOUNCE:
SEARCH ME, O GOD,

AND KNOW MY HEART TODAY,

TRY ME, O SAVIOR,

KNOW MY THOUGHTS I PRAY.

SEE IF THERE BE

SOME WICKED WAY IN ME,

CLEANSE ME FROM EVERY SIN

AND SET ME FREE.

GLEN,
WHAT A SONG. WHAT A SONG.

YOU KNOW MY DAD USED
TO SAY, THERE ARE ONLY

TWO KINDS OF FOLKS IN THE
WORLD, GIVERS AND TAKERS.

SO MAKE UP YOUR MIND,
WHICH ONE YOU'RE GOING TO BE.

GEORGE YOUNCE WAS A GIVER.

IF HE FOUND OUT YOU
LIKED SOMETHING, NOT ONLY

WOULDYOU GET ONE, HE WOULD
GET YOU A LIFETIME SUPPLY.

FOR EXAMPLE, I HAVEN'T
BOUGHT A PAIR OF TENNIS SHOES

SOMEHOW, GEORGE FIGURED OUT
I LOVED GOOD, COMFORTABLE

WALKING SHOES. EVERY TIME
HE WALKED THROUGH A MALL,

HE JUST COULDN'T
RESIST THE URGE TO GET

ANOTHER BRAND NEW PAIR OF
NIKE TENNIS SHOES FOR ME.

I'VE DONE THE MATH,
AND THE WAY I FIGURE,

I WON'T HAVE TO BUY A
PAIR OF TENNIS SHOES

FROM NOW UNTIL JESUS
COMES. THANKS TO GEORGE.

ONE NIGHT AFTER A CONCERT
I CALLED GEORGE AND I SAID,

YOU KNOW, GEORGE, I'M
HAVING TROUBLE WITH SOME OF MY

LOW NOTES. DOYOU KNOW
OF ANYTHING THAT MIGHT HELP ME?

LISTERINE, HE SAID. THAT'S
WHAT I USE BEFORE I SING.

THE NEXT THING I KNEW,
YOU GUESSED IT,

A BOTTLE OF LISTERINE
ARRIVED IN THE MAIL.

AND I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT
A STAND ARD SIZE

BOTTLE OF LISTERINE,
HE SENT A LIFETIME SUPPLY.

I'LL NEVER FORGET STOPPING
BY HIS BUS ONE NIGHT

TO SEE WHAT THE
OLD CHARACTER WAS UP TO.

HE WAS EATING GRAPEFRUIT OUT
OF A CAN WHICH WAS SWEETENED

BY THIS DELIGHTFUL S YRUP
THAT TOOK THE BITTER TASTE

OUT OF THE GRAPEFRUIT.
HE MADE ME TRY A BITE.

AFTER SAYING HOW MUCH I LOVED
THE TASTE OF THAT GRAPEFRUIT,

ANDYOU GUESSED IT AGAIN, A
YEAR'S SUPPLY OF GRAPEFRUIT IN

THAT WONDERFUL
S YRUP WAS DELIVERED

AT OUR DOOR EVERY MONTH BY UPS.

YOU KNOW, GEORGE
DIDN'T JUST GIVE TO ME,

HE GAVE TO MORE PEOPLE THAN
ANYONE WILL EVER KNOW.

LOOKING BACK, IT SEEMS
THAT GEORGE MADE IT HIS

PERSONAL MISSION TO MAKE
THE WORLD A HAPPIER PLACE.

THERE'S A HAPPY RHYTHM KEEPS
A ROCKIN' AND A ROLLIN',

I CAN FEEL IT MOVIN'
WHEN I SING THIS SONG:

WHAT A THRILL TO FEEL IT
MOVIN' ON AND NEVER STOPPIN',

DEEP WITHIN MY HEART IT KEEPS
A ROLLIN' AND A ROCKIN':

ROLLIN' AND A ROCKIN' AND
A ROCKIN' AND A ROLLIN',

IT'S A HAPPY RHYTHM
IN MY SOUL, IN MY SOUL.

YOU KNOW, I DIDN'T
KNOW I COULD DO THAT.

WE WERE IN SAN ANTONIO,
TEXAS, HERE WHILE BACK.

JAKE LIKES GOOD
MEXICAN FOOD AND WE HAD

AN AFTERNOON CONCERT,
WE'D BE OUT BY ABOUT SIX.

SO HE CALLED AND MADE
RESERVATIONS FOR ABOUT 6:30.

HARDLY EVER DO WE HAVE
AN AFTERNOON CONCERT.

SO WE GOT TO THE MEXICAN
RESTAURANT AND WE WALKED IN

AND IT WAS FULL BUT
THEY SET US DOWN TO A TABLE

WHERE THERE WAS ABOUT
FOUR OLD BOYS OVER HERE

WHO HAD A LITTLE
TOO MUCH TEQUILA.

AND THEY WERE LAUGHING
AND TALKING, RUSS.

I REMEMBER SLAPPING
EACH OTHER, YOU KNOW.

AND I DON'T KNOW WHY
THIS WOULD EVER HAPPEN,

BUT FINALLY A LADY
WALKED THROUGH THE DOOR

WITH A DUCK UNDER HER ARM.

ONE OF THE DRUNKS SEEN HER
AND HE STOOD UP AND HE SAID,

WHERE'DYOU GET THE PIG?

SHE SAID, THIS IS A DUCK.

HE SAID, I WAS
TALKING TO THE DUCK.

YOU KNOW WHAT? I MADE THAT
UP, THAT DIDN'T HAPPEN.

JAKE SAID HE THOUGHT IT DID.

WHEN LIFE IS COLD AND BLEAK

LIKE A SNOW CAPPED
MOUNTAIN PEAK,

DON'T GIVE UP YOUR
HOPES IN DESPAIR.

YOU CAN FIND A WAY PLEASE
BELIEVE IN WHAT I SAY

TROUBLES ALL WILL
VANISH IN THE AIR.

YOU CAN MOVE
THAT MOUNTAIN...

I'VE ALWAYS LOVED
READING EPITAPHS.

I LIKE THEM BECAUSE GIVEN THE
SUM TOTAL OF A PERSON'S LIFE,

THOSE WHO KNOW HIM WELL, STOOD
BACK AND GAVE WORDS TO WHAT

THIS LIFE WAS ALL ABOUT.

AS WE STEP BACK AND LOOK AT
THE LIFE OF THIS AMAZING MAN,

ONE WORD THAT COMES TO
MY MIND IS TIMELESS.

GEORGE SEEMED TO HAVE THOSE
UNIVERSAL COMMON DENOMINATORS

THAT MADE US ALL ONE.

WHETHER WE WERE YOUNG
OR OLD, RICH OR POOR,

SIMPLE OR COMPLICATED,
UNLEARNED OR SCHOOLED.

GEORGE HAD A GENUINE
LOVE FOR PEOPLE.

IT'S HARD TO RESIST
SOMEONE WHO LOVES YOU

AND GEORGE HAD A WAY OF
LOVING YOU, NOT BECAUSE

YOU DESERVED IT, OR BECAUSE
YOU HAD SOMETHING HE NEEDED,

BUT BECAUSE HE HAD BEEN,
AT SOME TIME OR ANOTHER,

IN NEED OF LOVE HIMSELF AND
WAS WISE ENOUGH TO GIVE OTHERS

WHAT HE HAD LEARNED WE ALL NEED.

HE'D FOUND THE SECRETS OF LOSING
TO WIN, GIVING TO RECEIVE,

AND LETTING GO TO HOLD ON.

HE NEVER MINDED RISKING BEING
A FOOL FOR CHRIST'S SAKE

OR LAYING DOWN HIS LIFE
TO PICK IT UP AGAIN.

ONE OF MY GREATEST
OPPORTUNITIES TO SEE ALL OF

GEORGE'S QUALITIES IN OPERATION,
WAS IN WORKING WITH GEORGE

WITH THE CHILDREN ON THE
HOMECOMING KIDS VIDEO SERIES.

HE WAS CHOSEN TO DO THIS SERIES
IN THE FIRST PLACE BECAUSE

IN THE MANY LETTERS
CHILDREN WROTE US ABOUT THE

GROWN UP HOMECOMING VIDEOS,
MOST MENTIONED GEORGE

AND VESTAL AS THEIR FAVORITES.

SO THESE TWO WERE THE OBVIOUS
KINGPINS AROUND WHICH

WE BUILT THE SCRIPTS.

THEY WERE POSITIONED, NOT
AS ADULTS TELLING CHILDREN

WHAT TO DO, BUT AS GROWN UP
KIDS GOING ON AD VENTURES

WITH NOT SO GROWN UP KIDS.

GEORGE WAS GAME TO DO THE
MOST OUTLANDISH THINGS IN ALL

KINDS OF WEATHER IN A WIDE RANGE
OF CIRCUMSTANCES AND SETTINGS.

HE STALKED TIGERS AND
ELEPHANTS AT THE ZOO.

HE CLIMBED THE COLORADO
MOUNTAIN TRAILS.

HE WENT ON CAMPING TRIPS IN THE
INDIANA WOODS DURING A DOWNPOUR.

HE RODE WITH VESTAL ON A
BIC YCLE BUILT FOR TWO AND

SWATTED MOSQUITOES IN THE HOT
HUMID CREEK BANKS IN AUGUST.

HE TAUGHT A LOST LITTLE BOY
THAT GOD LOVES TO TALK TO LITTLE

BOYS WHILE THEY'RE FISHING
AND CONVINCED A SHY GIRL

THAT THEY WERE BOTH STILL
KIDS UNDER CONSTRUCTION.

CHILDREN LOVED
WHAT WE ALL LOVED,

TO LAUGH AT GEORGE'S HUMOR,

TO BE LOVED WHEN THEY LEAST
DESERVED IT AND TO SEE HIM TRADE

HIS REPUTATION, HIS AUTHORITY
AND IF NECESSARY, HIS DIGNITY

TO BUILD A RELATIONSHIP.

MOST OF ALL, THEY LOVED THAT HE
GAVE THEM PERMISSION TO RISK

BY LETTING THEM SEE HIM TRY AND
SOMETIMES FAIL, BRUSH HIMSELF

OFF AND GO AT IT AGAIN.

WE CAN CARVE NO EPITAPH ON
STONE THAT GEORGE HAS NOT

ALREADY CARVED IN LIVES,
OUR LIVES, OUR KIDS' LIVES.

AS SAINT FRANCIS IS
CREDITED WITH SAYING,

PREACH THE GOSPEL ALWAYS
AND WHEN NECESSARY USE WORDS.

SO THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO
GEORGE HAS ALREADY BEEN WRITTEN,

LAUGH UNTIL YOU CRY.

LOVE UNTIL THEY'RE FREE.

GIVE UNTIL YOU OUT GIVE GOD.

DON'T SAVE FACE,
SAVE RELATIONSHIPS.

HAVE YOU EVER HEARD
GOD TALKING? HE DOES YOU KNOW?

TO US, BUT MOST OF THE TIME
WE'RE JUST NOT LISTENING.

GOD LOVES TO TALK TO LITTLE
BOYS WHILE THEY'RE FISHING.

THAT SEEMS TO BE THE
TIME BOYS LISTEN BEST.

IT'S THE ONLY QUIET TIME
THERE IS FOR WISHING.

IT'S THE ONLY TIME WHEN
GOD AND BOYS CAN REST.

LITTLE BOY: YOU KNOW A BOY
CAN ALMOST HEAR GOD WHISPER

SOMETIMES OUT HERE FISHING.

I WONDER IF HE'S JUST TRYING
TO TELL ME SOMETHING.

EX CUSE ME JUST A MINUTE
MR. GEORGE WHILE I JUST SIT

HERE AND LISTEN FOR A SPELL.

YOU GO RIGHT AHEAD, MADISON,
YOU GO RIGHT AHEAD, SON.

GOD LOVES TO TALK TO LITTLE
BOYS WHILE THEY'RE FISHING.

THAT SEEMS TO BE THE
TIME BOYS LISTEN BEST.

THERE'S SOMETHING ABOUT A
BOY WHO'S GOOD AT FISHING

GOD KNOWS HE'LL MAKE
A VERY SPECIAL FRIEND.

A BOY WHO LEARNS TO
LISTEN WHILE HE'S FISHING

CAN HEAR GOD WHEN IT'S
TIME TO FISH FOR MEN

GOD LOVES TO TALK TO
BOYS WHILE THEY'RE FISHING

THAT'S RIGHT.

THAT SEEMS TO BE THE
TIME BOYS LISTEN BEST.

IT'S THE ONLY QUIET TIME
THERE IS FOR WISHING

IT'S THE ONLY TIME WHEN
GOD AND BOYS CAN REST.

MR. GEORGE, I'M GLAD
WE WENT FISHING TODAY

ME TOO, MADISON, ME TOO.

I GOT ONE! I GOT ONE!

I GOT, I GOT... ANOTHER
BOOT FOR MY COLLECTION.

WELL MOSES FOLLOWED
THE LORD'S COMMAND

THE WATERS PARTED
AND THERE IN THE SAND

THEY SAW A PATH THAT
LED TO THE OTHER SHORE

WELL THE GROUND WAS DRY
AND THEY PASSED ON THROUGH

SO PHARAOH'S ARMY
THOUGHT THEY WOULD TOO

BUT THE WATERS FELL THEY
AIN'T NEVER BEEN SEEN NO MORE

OH, MY NAME IS
TICKLISH REUBEN

FROM WAY DOWN IN OLD VERMONT

I'VE BEEN TICKLED
BY ALMOST EVERYTHING

BOM BOM BOM BOM

I'VE BEEN TICKLED BY A FEATHER
I'VE BEEN TICKLED BY A WASP

I'VE BEEN TICKLED BY
A YELLOW BUMBLEBEE.

THAT'S ALL, HONEY.

YOU KNOW BASS SINGERS
IN SOUTHERN GOSPEL MUSIC,

HAVE OFTEN KEPT FRIENDLY
BANTER GOING WITH EACH OTHER

DOWN THROUGH THE YEARS.

BUT NO ONE BANTERED MORE THAN
GEORGE YOUNCE AND J.D. SUMNER.

THESE TWO OLD FRIENDS
COULD TEASE EACH OTHER MORE

RELENTLESSLY THAN
ANY ONE I'VE EVER KNOWN.

THEY REALLY DID LOVE EACH
OTHER, THEY JUST HAD A FUNNY

WAY OF SHOWING IT.

J.D. CALLED ME FEW
WEEKS AGO AND WE WAS TALKING

SERIOUS ABOUT PAUL DOWNING
HAD PASSED AWAY,

HONEY DUNN HAD
JUST PASSED AWAY,

SEVERAL BASS SINGERS HAD
PASSED AWAY, TOMMY THOMPSON.

SO J.D. CALLED ME AND
HE SAID, OLD BUDDY,

WE GOTTA BE CAREFUL.

AND I SAID, WHAT ARE
YOU TALKING ABOUT?

HE SAID, ALL THESE BASS
SINGERS PASSING AWAY.

I SAID, J.D. TAKE IT
EASY, THEY'RE TALKING

ABOUT BASS SINGERS.

DON'T YOU KNOW YOU AIN'T
GOT NOTHING TO WORRY ABOUT?

AND I KEPT ON TALKING, REAMING
HIM REAL GOOD, I SAID,

J.D., SO DON'T WORRY,
US SINGERS THE ONES

THAT GOTTA WORRY,
PEOPLE LIKE YOU, YOU'RE SAFE.

YOU DON'T HAVE NOTHING TO WORRY

I STOPPED TALKING, GOT
REAL QUIET ON THE PHONE

AND FINALLY J.D. SAID,
WHY DO I TALK TO YOU?

I THOUGHT THAT WAS
MY PACEMAKER RINGING.

NO, NO, SIT DOWN, SIT DOWN,
SIT DOWN. SOMEBODY HOLD HIM.

HE'S OLDER THAN DIRT.

YEARS AGO, WE WORKED AT DAYTON,
OHIO, NOW, THIS IS, LIKE,

YEARS AGO: I WAS WITH THE
BLUE RIDGE QUARTET BACK THEN

SO WE WORKED WITH
J.D. AND THE BLACKWOODS.

THEY COME OFF STAGE,
AND I TOLD J.D.,

I SAID, J.D., I'VE BEEN TELLING
PEOPLE ALL OVER THE COUNTRY THAT

THERE AIN'T NOBODY THAT I HADN'T
RATHER HEAR SING THAN YOU.

WELL, HE MISUNDERSTOOD ME.

J.D. SUMNER: NO, WE WERE
BACK IT WAS IN SPARTENBURG.

WE WERE TALKING, HE SAID, WHO
IS YOUR FAVORITE BASS SINGER?

AND I SAID UH, WHAT WHO
SUNG WITH LEROY? AYCEL SOWARD.

AND I SAID, MAN,
THAT GUY COULD SING.

HE SAID, WELL, THIS
MAY SEEM FUNNY TO YOU,

BUT, J.D., YOU
ARE MY FAVORITE.

HE SAID, I DON'T KNOW OF

ANYBODY I HADN'T RATHER
HEAR SING THAN YOU.

AND I ALMOST CRIED.

THAT GEORGE YOUNCE WOULD

HE HAD BIG TEARS IN HIS EYES.

OH, YEAH, AND EVERY
TIME HE'D GET A CHANCE,

HE'D SAY, WELL,
J.D., I STILL SAY

TRYING TO GET ME TO UNDERSTAND
WHAT HE WAS SAYING

HE SAID, I STILL SAY I DON'T

KNOW OF ANYBODY I HADN'T
RATHER SING THAN YOU.

AND I WENT ON AND
CRIED ABOUT HOW MUCH

GEORGE LOVED MY SINGING.

THEN WE GOT TO DAYTON THE
NEXT WEEK ON FRIDAY NIGHT.

AND WE MET IN THE HALL,
AND GEORGE COME UP TO ME

AND SAID, J.D., LET ME
TELL YOU ONE MORE TIME.

HE SAID, I DON'T KNOW OF
ANYBODY I HADN'T RATHER

HEAR SING THAN YOU.

I SAID, GEORGE, WOULDYOU
RUN THAT BY ME ONE MORE TIME?

HE SAID, YOU'VE BEEN
LAUGHING AT ME FOR SIX MONTHS.

I DON'T KNOW WHY BILL
ALWAYS SITS ME NEAR J.D.

HE CAN'T SING, HE CAN'T STAY
ON PITCH, IT BOTHERS ME.

SUMNER: I ALWAYS TRIED TO HELP
GEORGE WHEN I STARTED THE STAMPS

I'D GIVE GEORGE A
CHANCE TO SING BARITONE.

HE AIN'T LOW ENOUGH TO SING
BASS BUT I FEEL SORRY FOR HIM.

SPREAD HIS WINGS A TIME OR
TWO AND LEARNED HOW TO FLY

IT'S A GREAT, GREAT
MORNING, YOUR FIRST DAY

IN HEAVEN WHEN YOU STROLL
DOWN THE GOLDEN AVENUE...

I DON'T UNDERSTAND IT, I
MEAN, HE SINGS THROUGH HIS NOSE

HOW ANYBODY IS ABLE TO MAKE
A LIVING THROUGH THAT NOSE

IS BEYOND ME,
BUT IT MAKES ME SICK.

I'M SICK AND TIRED OF EVERY
TIME THE STAMPS DO A RECORD,

THEY CALL ME IN AND HAVE ME REDO
NEARLY EVERYTHING J.D. SINGS.

ALL HIS OFF PITCH SINGING.

THE THING ABOUT IT IS,
HE DON'T EVEN KNOW IT.

HE THINKS I'M HIM.

HE CAN'T SING LIKE THAT.

BUT HE DON'T KNOW
IT, BLESS HIS HEART.

SUMNER: SPREAD HIS
WINGS A TIME OR TWO

AND
LEARNED HOW TO FLY

J.D.'S OLD.

HE JUST OUGHT TO HANG IT UP,
LET THEM YOUNG GUYS GO ON.

HE'S RUINED EVERY GROUP
HE'S EVER BEEN IN.

HE CAUSED THE BLACKWOOD
BROTHERS TO DISBAND,

THE MASTER'S FIVE,
WHEN HE WORKED WITH THEM.

CAUSED JAKE TO HAVE A HEART
ATTACK, JAMES HAD A STROKE.

HE KILLED ELVIS.

GEORGE SPENT 4 8 MINUTES
FIXING HIS HAIR AND THEN FORGOT

AND LEFT IT AT THE HOTEL.

J.D. SAID TO ME THE
OTHER NIGHT, DIDYOU HEAR

HOW MY VOICE FILLED
THAT ROOM TONIGHT?

AND I SAID, YEAH I SEEN A
BUNCH PEOPLE LEAVING

TO MAKE ROOM FOR IT.

WE WAS WALKING DOWN THE STREET
AND SOME PEOPLE RECOGNIZED US

AND WE KNEW IT AND THE GUY WAS
ACROSS THE STREET AND HE RUN

ACROSS THE STREET SO EX CITED
AND RUN UP TO J.D. AND SAID,

DOES ANYBODY EVER
TELL YOU THAT YOU LOOK LIKE

THAT FELLA THAT SINGS
BASS FOR THE STAMPS?

AND J.D. SAID,
WHY YEAH THEY DO.

AND THE GUY SAID, MAKES
YOU KIND A MAD DON'T IT?

WHEN J.D. WAS BORN HIS
PARENTS WERE SO DISAPPOINTED,

THEY WAS HOPING FOR CHILDREN.

GEORGE I REMEMBER
THE DAY YOU CAME BY THE HOUSE

AND GLORIA FEDYOU AGAIN.

YEAH SHE DID.

IT SEEMS TO WORK, DOESN'T IT?

WE WERE THE HUNGRIEST
BUNCH SHE HAD EVER SEEN.

ANDYOU SAID, HAVE YOU
WRITTEN ANYTHING NEW?

AND WE HAD JUST WRITTEN
A SONG AND I SAID,

GEORGE, OF ALL THE SONGS
WE'VE WRITTEN I THINK THIS

FITS YOUR LIFE FROM
WHAT YOU'VE TOLD ME,

BACK IN YOUR PARATROOPER DAYS,

PROBABLY BETTER
THAN ANY OTHER.

ANYTHING THAT I'VE EVER SUNG.

WHEN I WAS IN THE PARATROOPERS
I DID GET OFF ON THE WRONG FOOT.

I TOLDYOU BEFORE I WORKED IN
THE NCO CLUB AS A SHIFT LEADER.

WELL, I'D SELL ONE DRINK
AND DRINK TWO, YOU KNOW?

SO I GOT OFF ON THE WRONG
FOOT, GOT WITH THE WRONG CROWD.

FOR ABOUT THREE YEARS THERE
WHEN I WAS IN THE SERVICE,

GOD GAVE ME A CHANCE
TO CLEAN MY LIFE UP

AND STRAIGHTEN THINGS OUT.

THEN WHEN I HEARD THIS SONG THAT
YOU SANG THOSE WORDS TO ME.

I'LL NEVER FORGET THAT DAY,
THE TEARS WELLED UP IN MY EYES

BECAUSE IT WAS LIKE, HEY,
GEORGE, I KNOW YOUR LIFE NOW

AND I'M WRITING THIS
SONG JUST FOR YOU.

TODAY I WENT BACK TO THE
PLACE WHERE I USED TO GO.

TODAY I SAW THAT SAME OLD
CROWD THAT I USED TO KNOW.

WHEN THEY ASKED ME WHAT HAD
HAPPENED I TRIED TO TELL THEM

THANKS TO CALVARY, I
DON'T COME HERE ANYMORE.

PRAISE GOD FOR THAT SONG, BILL.

TODAY I WENT BACK TO THE
PLACE WHERE I USED TO GO.

TODAY I SAW THAT SAME
OLD CROWD I KNEW BEFORE.

WHEN THEY ASKED ME WHAT HAD
HAPPENED I TRIED TO TELL THEM

THANKS TO CALVARY, I
DON'T COME HERE ANYMORE.

THANKS TO CALVARY, I AM NOT
THE MAN THAT I USED TO BE.

THANKS TO CALVARY, THINGS
ARE DIFFERENT THAN BEFORE.

WHILE THE TEARS RAN DOWN MY
FACE I TRIED TO TELL THEM

THANKS TO CALVARY, WE
DON'T COME HERE ANYMORE.

THEN WE WENT BACK TO THE
HOUSE WHERE WE USED TO LIVE

MY LITTLE BOY RAN AND
HID BEHIND THE DOOR

AND I SAID, SON, OH LITTLE
BOY, DON'T BE AFRAID,

BECAUSE YOU'VE GOT A
BRAND NEW DADDY NOW.

THANKS TO CALVARY, WE
DON'T LIVE HERE ANYMORE.

THANKS TO CALVARY, I AM NOT
THE DAD THAT I USED TO BE.

THANKS TO CALVARY, THINGS
ARE DIFFERENT THAN BEFORE.

WHILE THE TEARS RAN DOWN
MY FACE, I TRIED TO TELL

MY LITTLE BOY, SAID,

SON, THANKS TO CALVARY,
THANKS TO CALVARY,

WE DON'T LIVE HERE
NO, THANK GOD,

WE DON'T LIVE HERE ANYMORE.

ANYMORE.

ONE OF OUR SONGS
THAT YOU SANG THAT I ALWAYS,

ALWAYS LOVED BECAUSE YOU WOULD
TAKE THE FIRST VERSE OF IT

AND IT'S BASICALLY BRAGGING
ON WHAT GOD HAS DONE.

BECAUSE IT'S PRETTY EASY
SOMETIMES IF YOU DON'T WATCH IT,

TO KIND OF GET PUFFED
UP ABOUT WHAT HAS HAPPENED.

THIS SONG PUTS THE EMPHASIS
IN THE RIGHT PLACE.

WITH THE NOTORIETY
SOMETIMES OF PEOPLE COMING

AROUND PATTING YOU ON THE BACK
WHEN YOU COME OFF STAGE SAYING,

MAN, YOU ARE A GREAT SINGER.
MAN, YOU ARE DOING GOOD.

SOMETIMES WE GET A LITTLE
PUMPED UP YOU KNOW,

AND THINK, MAN, YOU KNOW,
I AM PRETTY GOOD, YOU KNOW?

WHEN YOU WROTE
THOSE WORDS FOR ME,

YOU AND GLORIA WROTE
THOSE WORDS FOR ME,

IF YOU COULD SEE
WHAT I ONCE WAS

IF YOU COULD GO WITH ME BACK
TO WHERE I STARTED FROM

THEN I KNOW YOU WOULD SEE

THE MIRACLE OF LOVE...

AND THAT'S WHAT IT WAS BILL,

AN ABSOLUTE MIRACLE OF LOVE
THAT JESUS TOUCHED ME ONE DAY.

THANKS FOR WRITING THAT SONG.

IF YOU COULD SEE
WHAT I ONCE WAS

IF YOU COULD GO WITH ME

BACK TO WHERE I STARTED FROM

THEN I KNOW YOU WOULD SEE
THE MIRACLE OF LOVE

THAT TOOK ME IN
ITS SWEET EMBRACE

AND MADE ME WHAT I AM TODAY

JUST AN OLD SINNER
SAVED BY GRACE.

I'M JUST A SINNER
SAVED BY GRACE

WHEN I STOOD CONDEMNED
TO DEATH HE TOOK MY PLACE

NOW I LIVE AND
BREATHE IN FREEDOM

WITH EACH BREATH
OF LIFE I TAKE

LOVED AND FORGIVEN
BACK WITH THE LIVING

I'M JUST A SINNER
SAVED BY GRACE.

GLEN PAYNE: HOW COULD I
BOAST OF ANYTHING

I'VE EVER SEEN OR DONE?

HOW COULD I D ARE
TO CLAIM AS MINE

THE VICTORIES GOD HAS WON?

WHERE WOULD I BE HAD
GOD NOT BROUGHT ME

GENTLY TO THIS PLACE?

I'M HERE TO SAY I'M
NOTHING BUT AN OLD SINNER

SAVED BY GRACE.

I'M JUST A SINNER
SAVED BY GRACE

WHEN I STOOD CONDEMNED
TO DEATH HE TOOK MY PLACE

NOW I LIVE AND
BREATHE IN FREEDOM

WITH EACH BREATH
OF LIFE I TAKE

I'M LOVED AND FORGIVEN
BACK WITH THE LIVING

I'M JUST A SINNER
SAVED BY GRACE.

NOW I LIVE AND
BREATHE IN FREEDOM

WITH EACH BREATH
OF LIFE I TAKE

I'M LOVED AND FORGIVEN,
BACK WITH THE LIVING

I'M JUST A SINNER
SAVED BY GRACE

SAVED BY GRACE.

JANET PASCHAL IS ONE
OF THE COUNTLESS FRIENDS AND

ARTISTS WHOSE LIFE WAS IMPACTED
BY GEORGE'S GREAT HEART.

I THINK JANET SPEAKS FOR MANY,
MANY PEOPLE WITH THESE WORDS.

JANET PASCHAL: GEORGE YOUNCE
WAS ONE OF THE INDUSTRY'S

MOST BELOVED FIGURES.

HE ALONE REDEFINED THE ROLE
OF THE QUARTET SPOKESPERSON.

WHEN THE CATHEDRALS
APPEARED ON STAGE,

MR. GEORGE WOULD GENTLY BUT
SURELY GAIN THE CONFIDENCE OF

AN AUDIENCE WITH HIS
SINCERITY AND HIS WARM HUMOR.

HE MADE YOU LAUGH, CRY
AND VERY GLADYOU CAME.

I THINK THE ONLY PEOPLE WHO
LOVED GEORGE YOUNCE MORE THAN

HIS FANS AND PEERS
WERE HIS FAMILY.

HIS GIRLS AND HIS SON WOULD
BEAM WHEN HE ROUSED THE CROWD

WITH A LOW NOTE OR A
WELL TIMED JOKE OR COMMENT.

THEY ATTENDED EVERY CONCERT
POSSIBLE AND HUNG ONTO

EVERY WORD AND EVERY NOTE.

JUST AS THOUGH THEY WERE
HEARING HIM FOR THE FIRST TIME.

THAT ALONE SHOWS THE
RICHNESS OF HIS LIFE.

WE WILL MISS HIS SONGS AND
HIS HUMOR AND HIS GENEROSITY,

BUT MOSTLY WE WILL MISS
HAVING HIM IN OUR WORLD.

HE MADE OUR MUSIC BETTER
BECAUSE HE LOVED IT SO MUCH.

HE MADE OUR INDUSTRY BETTER
BECAUSE HE LOVED US SO MUCH.

HE MADE US BETTER BECAUSE HE
DEMONSTRATED QUALITIES

FOR WHICH MOST OF US
ARE STRIVING STILL.

NOW THE TWILIGHT IS FADING
AND THE DAY SOON SHALL END

I GET HOMESICK
THE FARTHER I ROAM

BUT MY FATHER HAS LED ME
EACH STEP OF THE WAY

AND NOW I AM GOING HOME.

THANK GOD

GOING HOME.
I'M GOING HOME.

THERE IS NOTHING
TO HOLD ME HERE.

FOR I'VE CAUGHT A GLIMPSE
OF THAT HEAVENLY LAND.

PRAISE GOD I AM GOING HOME.

OOOH. OOH. OOH. OOOOH.

FOR NEARLY FIVE
DECADES, THE CATHEDRALS

MAINTAINED A STAND ARD OF
EX CELLENCE UNEQUALED

BY MOST GOSPEL GROUPS
OF THEIR TIME AND THEY DID SO

WITH INTEGRITY AND CLASS.

BUT THE MOMENT FINALLY CAME
WHEN THEY KNEW GEORGE'S HEALTH

WAS NOT GOING TO
HOLD OUT MUCH LONGER.

IT WOULD SOON BE THE
TIME TO BRING THEIR

TOURING DAYS TO A CLOSE.

FIRST I SAID,
YOU KNOW, GLEN, WITH MY

KIDNEY SITUATION, MY KIDNEYS
WERE FAILING, I KNOW

THEY WERE GOING DOWN.

RIGHT THEN THEY WERE AT
TEN PERCENT, MY KIDNEYS.

SO I SAID, GLEN MAYBE I CAN
MAKE IT A YEAR IF WE DO A

FAREWELL TOUR, JUST GO TO MANY
PLACES AS WE CAN AND TELL

PEOPLE GOODBYE, THANK ALL THE
PROMOTERS FOR HAVING US ALL

THESE YEARS, THANK ALL THE
PEOPLE, TO GO BY AND HUG THEIR

NECKS AT EVERY CONCERT.
IN FACT, AFTER A CONCERT

WE SAT UP A TABLE, AND WE TOLD
THE PEOPLE THAT GLEN AND I

ARE GOING TO BE AT THAT
TABLE TO HUG YOUR NECK

AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR
SUPPORT ALL THESE YEARS.

AND SOMETIMES I'D LOOK AT
THE LINE OF PEOPLE LINED UP

AND COULD NOT BELIEVE. SOME
PEOPLE WOULD STAND IN LINE

FOR 4 8 MINUTES
TO SHAKE OUR HANDS.

AND THAT WAS ONE OF THE
BIGGEST THRILLS OF MY LIFE.

I SAID, IF WE CAN
MAKE THIS TOUR,

MY KIDNEYS AT TEN PERCENT...

WELL BY THE TIME
THE TOUR WAS OVER,

DECEMBER NINTH,
TENTH AND ELEVENTH

IN AKRON, OHIO, MY KIDNEYS WERE
AT TWO PERCENT AND I WAS SO SICK

EVERY NIGHT I DIDN'T THINK
I'D MAKE IT ON STAGE,

DIDN'T THINK I COULD SING,
BUT SOMEHOW GOD GAVE ME STRENGTH

ENOUGH TO DO THAT YEAR.

ESPECIALLY WHEN WE DID
THE CONCERT YEAR TOUR

ON ACCOUNT OF MY HEALTH,
NEVER DREAMING THAT

ON OCTOBER THE 1 8TH THAT
GLEN WOULD PASS AWAY

AND THAT WAS A HARD,
FROM OCTOBER THE 1 8TH

THROUGHOUT DECEMBER WAS THE
HARDEST TIME OF MY LIFE

BECAUSE I MADE, I KNOW YOU WERE
AT GLEN'S DEATHBED AND I WAS

AND GLEN SAID,
GEORGE MAKE ME A PROMISE.

AND I SAID, GLEN, WHATEVER
IT IS I'LL DO MY BEST.

HE SAID, GO KEEP
OUR COMMITMENTS.

SO, I TIGHTENED
MY BELT UP A NOTCH

AND WENT AND ASKED THE LORD TO
HELP ME AND THROUGH GOD'S HELP

I WAS ABLE TO KEEP
ALL OF OUR COMMITMENTS.

THE BOYS DIDN'T MISS
A D ATE, I MISSED TWO.

I WAS SO SICK I COULDN'T GET
UP OFF MY BED TO GO DO THEM.

THE ONE THING WE WANTED TO DO
WAS SAY GOODBYE TO EVERYBODY

AND THE PEOPLE RESPONDED
TO COME AND SAY GOODBYE TO US.

THE CATHEDRALS DID FINISH
THAT TOUR AND THEY DID IT WELL.

THEN ON DECEMBER THE 3 1 ST, 1 999999999,
THE CATHEDRALS NAME WAS HUNG

IN THE HALL OF HONOR.
AND FOR THE NEXT FIVE YEARS

GEORGE DID SOMETHING
MOST ARTISTS WOULD FIND

VERY DIFFICULT TO DO,
HE MADE THE TRANSITION FROM

A WORLD CLASS PERFORMER
TO SIMPLY BEING A DAD

AND A GRANDPA AND A HUSBAND
AT HOME IN STOW, OHIO.

HE STEPPED OFF THE
STAGE AND HE STILL FOUND

GENUINE CONTENTMENT
IN SPENDING HIS DAYS

WITH CLARA, HIS DEAR
WIFE OF 80 YEARS AND

HIS FIVE BEAUTIFUL
CHILDREN, GINA, D ANA,

LISA, TARA, GEORGE LANE
WHOM HE LOVED SO MUCH.

DURING THOSE FIVE YEARS,
GEORGE WAS PRETTY MUCH

HOUSE BOUND, BUT EVERY ONCE
IN A GREAT WHILE HE WOULD COME

OUT AND SING AT SELECT CONCERTS
AS HIS HEALTH WOULD ALLOW.

SOMETIMES HE WOULD MAKE
A SURPRISE APPEARANCE

WITH HIS SON IN LAW, ERNIE
HAASE AND SIGNATURE SOUND,

OF WHOM HE WAS SO PROUD.

OR HE WOULD SING WITH US
AT HOMECOMING CONCERTS.

THE LAST TIME HE EVER MADE AN
APPEARANCE IN PERSON, WAS AT A

HOMECOMING CONCERT IN CLEVELAND,
OHIO, IN THE FALL OF 2004.

WE HAVE SOME VERY ROUGH FOOTAGE
OF THOSE PRICELESS MOMENTS.

WATCH THIS.

HERE IS A VOICE THAT YOU
THOUGHT YOU MIGHT NOT

EVER, EVER HEAR AGAIN.

LISTEN. LISTEN.

THIS OLD HOUSE
ONCE KNEW MY CHILDREN

THIS OLD HOUSE
ONCE KNEW MY WIFE

THIS OLD HOUSE WAS
HOME AND COMFORT

AS WE FOUGHT
THE STORMS OF LIFE.

THIS OLD HOUSE ONCE
RANG WITH LAUGHTER.

THIS OLD HOUSE
HEARD MANY SHOUTS.

NOW SHE TREMBLES
IN THE DARKNESS

TWO MORE STEPS AND I'VE MADE IT.

GEORGE YOUNCE.

WHEN THE NIGHT WIND

WALKS ABOUT.

AIN'T A GONNA NEED
THIS HOUSE NO LONGER,

AIN'T A GONNA NEED
THIS HOUSE NO MORE:

AIN'T GOT TIME TO
FIX THE SHINGLES,

AIN'T GOT TIME
TO FIX THE FLOOR,

AIN'T GOT TIME
TO OIL THE HINGES

NOR TO MEND NO WINDOW PANE:

AIN'T A GONNA NEED
THIS HOUSE NO LONGER,

I'M A GETTING READY
TO MEET THE SAINTS.

GEORGE YOUNCE,
ARE YOU HAPPY TO SEE

GEORGE YOUNCE HERE TONIGHT?

SINCE I'M HERE LET
ME DO A LITTLE JESS Y.

IS HE A SIGHT FOR SORE EYES?

I CALL YOU ABOUT
EVERY DAY, DON'T I?

I KNOW YOU DO,
BILL, AND WHAT A

YOU MAKE AN OLD MAN FEEL GOOD.

GEORGE AND GLEN AND
THE CATHEDRAL QUARTET,

HOW MANY YEARS UP IN THIS PART
OF THE COUNTRY ABOUT 4 0 YEARS?

ABOUT 4 0 YEARS.

ABOUT 4 0 YEARS IN THIS
PART OF THE COUNTRY.

THEY REDEFINED WHAT
QUARTET SINGING,

GOOD QUARTET SINGING
WAS ALL ABOUT.

THESE CRAZY CHARACTERS DID
IT AND THEY DID IT BEST.

AND EVERY TIME I CALL YOU,
YOU GOT A NEW STORY.

WHAT WAS THE YOU SANG
ME THIS SONG THE OTHER DAY

OH, I GOT TO THINKING,
WHAT'D IT BE LIKE IF A GUY

DIDN'T REALLY KNOW THE GIRL
HE WAS MARRYING, YOU KNOW?

AND IT GOES LIKE THIS...

WE GOT MARRIED LAST FRIDAY,

MY GIRL WAS RIGHT
THERE BESIDE ME

OUR FRIENDS WERE ALL
GONE WE WERE ALONE

SIDE BY SIDE

WE WERE SO HAPPILY WED WHEN
SHE GOT READY FOR BED THEN

HER TEETH AND HER HAIR
SHE PLACED IN A CHAIR

SIDE BY SIDE

ONE GLASS EYE SO TINY

ONE HEARING AID SO SMALL

THEN SHE TOOK ONE LEG OFF

AND PLACED ON THE
CHAIR BY THE WALL

I STOOD THERE BROKEN HEARTED

MOST OF MY GIRL HAD DEPARTED

I SLEPT ON THE CHAIR
THERE WAS MORE OF HER THERE

SIDE BY SIDE.

NOW, I WAS SUPPOSED TO SING
THAT SONG JUST TO YOU,

NOT TO TWENY THOUSAND PEOPLE.

YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE
BIGGEST COMMENTS WE GET

ON THE VIDEOS IS,

YOU'VE GOT THE COOLEST OLD
PEOPLE I'VE EVER SEEN

ON THOSE VIDEOS. THEY STILL KNOW
HOW TO LAUGH AT THEMSELVES

AND JUST HAVE A GOOD TIME.

DOYOU GET OUT MUCH? DOYOU
GO OUT AND EAT AT SOME OF

THE RESTAURANTS THERE AROUND
STOW EVERY NOW AND THEN?

OH YEAH, I GO OUT
TO CRACKER BARREL. YES SIREE.

DOYOU EVER GO TO
PLACES LIKE WALMART?

I LIVE AT WALMART. I GO
FROM THERE TO CRACKER BARREL.

DO PEOPLE RECOGNIZE YOU?

OH YEAH, THE OTHER DAY,
WE WERE AT A SHOPPING MALL

THERE IN AKRON AND THAT DAY I
HAD SPOKE TO SEVERAL PEOPLE,

GEORGE, GEORGE!

THAT SEEN YOU ON THE VIDEOS.

THAT SEEN ME ON THE VIDEOS.

SO I WENT, I HAD TO
GO TO THE BATHROOM

SO I WALKED IN THE BATHROOM
AND WENT IN THE STALL

AND SOME GUY SAID,
HOW YOU DOING?

AND I THOUGHT, HE MUST OF
SAW ME THROUGH THE CRACK

OF THAT DOOR OR SOMETHING YOU
KNOW AND RECOGNIZED ME.

HE SAID, HOW YOU DOING?
I SAID, AH PRETTY GOOD.

HE SAID, WHAT TIME IS IT?

I SAID, YOU KNOW, I DON'T
KNOW I LEFT MY WATCH AT HOME.

HE SAID, WAIT A MINUTE.
COULDYOU HOLD ON A MINUTE

AND LET ME CALL YOU BACK?
THIS GUY IN THE NEXT STALL

IS ANSWERING
EVERYTHING I SAY TO YOU.

I WENT TO THE DOCTOR THE
OTHER DAY AND THE DOCTOR SAID,

GEORGE, DOYOU
DO ANY EXERCISE?

AND I SAID, LIKE WHAT?

HE SAID, LIKE, WELL, DOYOU
BEND OVER AND TOUCH YOUR TOES?

I SAID, IF GOD WANTED
ME TO TOUCH MY TOES,

HE'D HAVE PUT
THEM ON MY KNEES.

YOU LOOK SPIFFY,
I MEAN TO TELL YOU,

THIS GUY HAS BEEN THROUGH
EVERY HEART PROBLEM

YOU CAN BE THROUGH,
ON DIALYSIS THREE TIMES A WEEK,

ANDYOU NEVER CALL HIM
AND SAY, HOW YOU DOING?

AND HE SAYS, YOU KNOW,
I'VE HAD TWO OR THREE

OF THE BEST DAYS THAT
I'VE HAD IN A LONG TIME.

YOU CAN'T GET THIS
CHARACTER DOWN.

BUT HE GOT HIMSELF BACK IN THE
HOSPITAL A WHILE BACK

AND THEY DIDN'T THINK HE WAS
GOING TO MAKE IT AGAIN.

YEAH, I'VE HAD
TWO CARDIAC ARRESTS

AND THEY THOUGHT THEY
LOST ME BOTH TIMES.

BUT YOU KNOW WHAT I
REMEMBER MORE THAN ANYTHING?

IT'S SO EMBARRASSING,
THEM GOWNS YOU PUT ON.

I MEAN, THERE AIN'T
NO WAY, YOU WALK DOWN

AND TRY TO HOLD IT THIS
IS WAY, YOU KNOW.

JUST AIN'T NO WAY YOU CAN
COVER UP YOUR WHOLE BODY.

OF COURSE, THEY GIVE
ME A SHOT OF THAT MORPHINE

AND I DON'T EVEN WEAR A GOWN.

THE VOCAL BAND STOPPED BY
ONE MORNING ON OUR WAY TO ERIE

ABOUT A YEAR AGO AND
HE WAS IN THERE AGAIN

AND ERNIE HAASE
CALLED ME AND SAID,

BILL, I DON'T THINK
HE'S GOING TO MAKE IT.

AND I SAID, WELL, WE'RE COMING
THROUGH HERE IN A COUPLE DAYS.

AND BY THE TIME WE GOT THERE HE
HAD GOTTEN THROUGH THE DEEP PART

AND I ASKED THE KIDS ON THE WAY
UP AND IT WAS ABOUT SIX O'CLOCK

IN THE MORNING ANDYOU
WERE ALREADY UP IN YOUR BED

ENTERTAINING ALL THE NURSES.

DID I HAVE A GOWN ON?

YOU KNOW THERE'S ALL KINDS
OF BUTTONS YOU CAN RING

AND THEY HAD HIM WIRED
UP AND EVERYTHING

AND HE SAID, WATCH WHAT HAPPENS
WHEN I PUSH THIS BUTTON.

NURSES AND DOCTORS WOULD COME
FROM ALL OVER THE PLACE SAY,

WHAT'S GOING ON?

AND HE SAID, JUST SEEING
IF YOU WERE THERE.

GEORGE, IT'S A JOY TO
HAVE YOU HERE TONIGHT.

ARE YOU GOING TO SING
SOMETHING FOR US HERE TONIGHT?

BILL, I'D LOVED TO. YOU
KNOW, I DON'T HAVE THE STRENGTH

THAT I USED TO HAVE, BUT
I'M JUST AS GOOD LOOKING

AS I EVER WAS.

YOU KNOW, BILL, I DIDN'T KNOW
IF I'D EVER WALK ON STAGE

WITH YOU AGAIN OR NOT.

AND IT'S THIRTY MILES DOWN
TO STOW WHERE I LIVE AND MY

SON IN LAWS AND MY D AUGHTERS
BROUGHT ME UP HERE TONIGHT.

YOU CAN'T I CAN'T TELL YOU

IT'S LIKE MEDICINE THE
DOCTORS CAN'T GIVE YOU,

TO BE HERE TONIGHT.

I LOVE THOSE STORIES
HE USED TO TELL ON GLEN.

CAN YOU REMEMBER THAT
ONE YOU TOLD ABOUT

THE DAY VAN AND GLEN
BOUGHT A PARROT?

YEAH, VAN AND GLEN BOUGHT A
PARROT AND THE PARROT REPEATS

WHATEVER YOU SAY.

WELL, THEY TAUGHT IT
TO SAY, WHO IS IT?

AND THAT'S ALL THE PARROT
COULD SAY WAS, WHO IS IT?

WELL, VAN HAD TO GO
TO THE BEAUTY PARLOR

BUT THE PLUMBER WAS COMING.

AND GLEN TRYING TO MAKE
A SANDWICH, NO BREAD,

HE THOUGHT, I'LL RUN DOWN
TO THE STORE RIGHT FAST

BEFORE THE PLUMBER GETS HERE.

BUT AS SOON AS HE WENT
AROUND THE CORNER

THE PLUMBER PULLED IN.

KNOCKED ON THE DOOR, THE
PARROT SAID, WHO IS IT?

HE SAID, IT'S THE PLUMBER.
PARROT SAID, WHO IS IT?

HE SAID, IT'S THE PLUMBER.

PARROT SAID, WHO IS IT?

HE SAID, IT'S THE PLUMBER,
IT'S THE PLUMBER.

AND HE WAS GETTING RED IN THE
FACE AND HIS BLOOD PRESSURE

JUMPED UP AND THE
PARROT SAID, WHO IS IT?

AND HE JUST FAINTED RIGHT THERE
AT THE DOOR, THE PLUMBER DID.

WELL, GLEN CAME AROUND WALKED UP

ON THE PORCH AND SAW
THE GUY LAYING THERE

AND GLEN SAID, WHO IS IT?

THE PARROT SAID,
IT'S THE PLUMBER.

WHEN I WAS BUT A BOY
IN DAYS OF CHILDHOOD,

I USED TO PLAY
TIL EVENING SHADOWS COME:

THEN WINDING DOWN
AN OLD FAMILIAR PATHWAY,

I HEARD MY MOTHER
CALL AT SET OF SUN.

COME HOME, COME HOME,

IT'S SUPPERTIME,

THE SHADOWS LENGTHEN FAST:

COME HOME, COME HOME,

IT'S SUPPERTIME,

WE'RE GOING HOME AT LAST.

SOME OF THE FONDEST
MEMORIES OF MY CHILDHOOD,

WERE WOVEN AROUND SUPPERTIME.

WHEN MOM WOULD COME TO THE BACK
STEPS OF THE OLD HOME PLACE

AND SHE'D SAY, GEORGE,
COME ON IN, IT'S SUPPERTIME.

OH, OH MY, BUT HOW I'D LOVE
TO HEAR THAT ONE MORE TIME.

BUT YOU KNOW, FOR ME, TIME
HAS WOVEN THE REALIZATION

OF A TRUTH, AND THAT'S WHEN
THE LORD COMES TO THE PORTAL

OF GLORY AND SAYS TO COME
ON IN, FOR IT'S SUPPERTIME.

AND WE'LL BE GATHERED AROUND
THE TABLE WITH THE LORD HIMSELF

AT THE GREATEST
SUPPERTIME OF THEM ALL.

VISIONS NOW I SEE
HER STANDING YONDER

AND HER FAMILIAR VOICE
I HEAR ONCE MORE:

THE BANQUET TABLE'S
READY UP IN HEAVEN,

OH, IT'S SUPPERTIME
UPON THE GOLDEN SHORE.

COME HOME, COME HOME,

IT'S SUPPERTIME,

THE SHADOWS LENGTHEN FAST:

COME HOME, COME HOME,

IT'S SUPPERTIME,

WE'RE GOING HOME AT LAST.

WE'RE GOING HOME,

YEAH, WE'RE GOING HOME,

YOU KNOW, SONYA, I'VE GOT A
LOT MORE DAYS BEHIND ME THAN

I HAVE AHEAD OF ME
AND I KNOW THAT.

BUT I ALSO KNOW THIS,
SHOULD THE MASTER

RETURN TONIGHT, I AM
PACKED AND READY TO GO.

BILL, I GOT MY
HOUSE ALL IN ORDER.

YEAH, I'M GOING
HOME SOMEDAY.

WHAT A TREASURE.

YOU KNOW THEY SAY SUCCESS
DOESN'T CHANGE A MAN,

IT ONLY REVEALS
WHO HE REALLY IS.

HIS GREATEST SUCCESSES AND
HIS MOST DIFFICULT CHALLENGES

REVEAL THE HEART OF A HERO.

GEORGE YOUNCE WAS A MAN WHO
ALWAYS, ALWAYS CAME OUT SINGING.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR
FRIENDSHIP ALL THESE YEARS.

I APPRECIATE YOUR
FRIENDSHIP, YOU KNOW THAT.

NOT ONLY TO ME BUT TO MY FAMILY.

WHEN I THINK ABOUT THINGS THAT
HAVE HAPPENED TO ME AND I FEEL

SO UNDESERVED TO BE AT THE PLACE
I'M AT RIGHT NOW IN MY LIFE.

EVEN THOUGH I'M ON DIALYSIS
MONDAY, TUESDAY, WEDNESDAYS

FOR THREE HOURS AND 4 8 MINUTES A
MORNING, AND IT'LL BE LIKE

THAT THE REST OF MY LIFE,
I AM SO BLESSED.

I FEEL SO THANKFUL FOR GOD'S
TOUCH AND SOMETIMES WHEN PEOPLE

ASK ME, SOMETIMES, YOU KNOW,
BILL, I'VE HEARDYOU SAY THIS,

THAT WE NEED TO LEARN
TO SING SONGS IN THE NIGHT.

WHEN THINGS AREN'T GOING WELL
WITH ME, I TRY TO SING A SONG.

WHEN I FEEL LIKE ALL MY FRIENDS
HAVE FORSAKEN ME I REMEMBER,

WHAT A FRIEND WE
HAVE IN JESUS...

SOMETIMES WHEN I'M LOW
ON DIALYSIS AND I THINK

I CAN'T SEE THE WAY,
SOMETIMES I SING,

LEAD ME GENTLY HOME, FATHER,
LEAD ME GENTLY HOME...

SOMETIMES WHEN I THINK
ABOUT THE WONDERFUL

THINGS THAT HAVE HAPPENED
TO ME WITH FRIENDS LIKE YOU,

OH LORD, MY GOD, WHEN
I IN AWESOME WONDER...

AND I WONDER AT THE MASTER'S
TOUCH ON MY LIFE, YOU KNOW?

AND HE'S LED ME TO FRIENDS
LIKE YOU AND GUIDED MY PATHS

AND THE WORD SAYS THAT
IF WE ACKNOWLEDGE HIM

IN ALL OF OUR WAYS THAT HE
WOULD DIRECT OUR PATHS.

I'D RATHER HAVE THAT THAN THE
WINNING LOTTERY TICKET FOR THE

BIGGEST JACKPOT IN THE WORLD
BECAUSE JESUS PROMISED ME THAT

HE'D LEAD ME IN PATHS I'D
NEVER KNOWN, NEVER DREAMED OF

AND HE HAS. AND I WANT TO
THANK GOD FOR THAT AND

THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY.

SHOULDYOU GO FIRST AND I REMAIN

TO WALK THE ROAD ALONE,

I'LL LIVE IN
MEMORY'S GARDEN, DEAR,

WITH THE HAPPY DAYS WE'VE KNOWN.

IN SPRING I'LL
WATCH FOR ROSES RED

WHEN FADES THE LILAC
BLUE, AND IN EARLY FALL

WHEN BROWN LEAVES CALL,

SHOULDYOU GO FIRST AND I REMAIN

TO FINISH WITH THE SCROLL,

NO LENGTHENING
SHADOWS SHALL CREEP IN

TO MAKE THIS LIFE SEEM DROLL.

WE'VE KNOWN SO MUCH OF HAPPINESS

AND WE'VE HAD OUR CUP OF JOY,

BUT MEMORY IS ONE GIFT OF GOD
THAT DEATH CANNOT DESTROY.

SHOULDYOU GO FIRST AND I REMAIN

FOR BATTLES TO BE FOUGHT,

EACH THING YOU'VE
TOUCHED ALONG THE WAY

WILL BE A HALLOWED SPOT.

I'LL HEAR YOUR VOICE,
AND I'LL SEE YOUR SMILE

AND THOUGH BLINDLY I MAY GROPE,

THE MEMORY OF YOUR HELPING HAND

WILL BORE ME ON WITH HOPE:

SHOULDYOU GO FIRST AND I REMAIN

ONE THING I'D HAVE YOU DO:

WALK SLOWLY DOWN
THAT LONG, LONG PATH

FOR SOON I'LL FOLLOW YOU,

AND I'LL WANT TO KNOW
EACH STEP YOU TAKE

THAT I MAY WALK THE SAME,

FOR SOMEDAY DOWN
THAT LONELY ROAD

YOU'LL HEAR ME CALL YOUR NAME.

SEE YOU AT THE HOUSE.