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Bill Gaither presents:
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featuring musical guests:
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Good-bye, world, good-bye.
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Now, don`t you weep
for me when l`m gone,
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`cause l won`t have
to leave here alone.
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But thank God, l`ll be gone on home.
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Canaanland is just in sight.
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There will be no sorrow.
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He purchased me.
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And many more
of your Gospel favorites...
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including...
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Since you heard an old convention song.
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An old convention song.
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Hello, everybody.
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My name is Ralph Emery,
and with a friend of mine,
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we`re going to take you
through some very warm,
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heartwarming, inspirational moments
that l think you`ll enjoy.
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Certainly going to be
worth your while to stick around.
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l`m going to spend some time
with Bill Gaither.
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ln more than 30 years as a pianist,
composer, and producer,
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he`s received three Grammys,
20 Dove Awards,
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and the first gold record ever awarded
to an inspirational album.
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And rightfully so,
in 1 983, he was inducted
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into the Gospel Music Hall of Fame.
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Bill, welcome.
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Ralph, you`re a friend,
and it`s good to be here.
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Thank you.
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l`ll thank you for coming.
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And this all started
by accident, didn`t it?
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lt really did.
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About five years ago or so,
we--the Vocal Band--
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we were going to do a special album.
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We said, ``Let`s go back to our roots.``
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So we wanted to do the stuff
from the early Southern Gospel days.
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And on this one song
in particular--
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``Where Could l Go
but to the Lord?``--
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we said, ``Let`s call in our heroes,
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some of the great pioneers
of Gospel music.``
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And we did.
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And it`s like the movie
the ``Field of Dreams.``
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We built it, and they did come:
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Vestal, Jake, Howard and Hovie, and
James, J.D., Glen, and George, Eva Mae.
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And we did the one song that morning
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in a recording studio here at the
Master`s Touch here in Nashville.
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When we got done
with the one song,
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``Where could l go
but to the Lord?`` we had lunch.
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At this point, you`re done, right?
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Yeah, that`s all we wanted.
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The publicist wanted to get
a picture of us around a piano--
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just a glossy picture--and so we said,
``Well, let`s eat lunch first.
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Then we`ll go and take the picture.``
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And so we went in to the piano
to take the picture,
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and they took the picture,
and while we were there,
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Larry and Rudy Gatlin
had stopped by,
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and they were also
part of this group.
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Eva Mae was sitting at the piano,
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and Larry said,
``Eva Mae, play something.``
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And she did.
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She played one of those
old great Gospel songs,
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and we all applauded
and had a good time.
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Then they said, ``Let`s sing
`l`ll Meet You in the Morning,`
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Albert Brumley`s great old song,``
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so we started singing that.
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That song led to another song,
led to another song.
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They said,
``We better video some of this,
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``because maybe we can get
a second here
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``or a couple seconds
here or three,
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``maybe in a warm embrace
that we could use
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``in `Where could l go
but to the Lord?```
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And they did.
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And then they finished that one song,
the four-minute song.
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And after that, l said, ``What are you
going to do with that footage?``
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And they said, ``Well,
l guess we`ll throw it away.
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We got what we wanted.``
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l said, ``Can l see it?``
``Yeah.``
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l took it home, and Gloria and l
sat there and watched that
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and laughed and cried and said,
``This is wonderful.
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``These are my friends.
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``You know, these are my heroes,
and could l do something with this?``
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So l had a friend
at the university there,
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at Anderson University, and l said,
``Can we just go through
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``and see if we can make
something out of this
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``just for me and a few people
that might feel like l do
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about--feel the affection
l feel for these folks?``
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So we made it,
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not knowing that a bunch
of folks would like it,
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and a bunch across the country
did like it.
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Since you made this
just for a few friends,
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close friends, how did the first video,
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called ``Homecoming``
by the Gaither Vocal Band--
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how did that become
well-known to people
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who would like to have a copy?
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Some of the stations
started playing it.
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And they played the one tune,
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and then some networks
even aired the entire thing,
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and l never intended it
to be of network quality.
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lt was really, basically,
a home video
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for the, you know,
avid fan such as me.
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And it caught on,
and it caught on in a big way,
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but it all started with this one song.
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All right, you`re going to see
a lot of very familiar people
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as they sing ``Where Could l Go
but to the Lord?``
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Living below,
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in this old sinful world,
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hardly a comfort can afford.
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Striving alone
to face temptations sore,
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brother, let me tell you,
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where could l go
but to the Lord?
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Where could l go?
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Oh, where could l go,
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seeking a refuge for my soul?
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Needing a friend
to help me in the end,
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brother, won`t you tell me?
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Where could l go
but to the Lord?
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Neighbors are kind.
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l love them, every one.
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We get along in sweet accord.
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But when my soul
needs manna from above,
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where could l go
but to the Lord?
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Where could l go?
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Oh, where could l go,
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seeking a refuge for my soul?
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Needing a friend
to help me in the end,
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where could l go
but to the Lord?
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Life here is grand
with friends l love so dear.
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Comfort l get
from God`s own word.
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But when l face
this chilling hand of death,
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where could l go
but to the Lord?
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Oh, where could l go?
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Could l go?
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Oh, where could l go?
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Could l go?
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Seeking a refuge for my soul?
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Needing a friend
to help me in the end,
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oh, won`t you tell me,
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where could l go
but to the Lord?
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Where could l go
but to the Lord?
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Where could l go
but to the Lord?
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The Lord.
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Your first television show
on this network
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took place from the old
Ryman Auditorium,
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downtown Nashville--
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at one time,
home of the Grand Ole Opry,
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and we`re going to take
our next video from that.
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You talk about a reunion.
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l mean, just the spirit
of that building
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and the chance of being
in that building once again
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was very exciting to them.
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Rex Nelon is going to do
the bass part here,
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and if you`ll look
just to the left of Rex,
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about two people over,
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you have a Grand Ole Opry star,
Connie Smith.
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Connie Smith.
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This was your debut on TNN.
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Yes.
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And Bill wanted this right here,
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because he wanted a lot of energy
at this point in the program.
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l`ve told all my troubles good-bye.
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Good-bye to each tear
and each sigh.
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This world where l roam
cannot be my home.
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l`m bound for a land in the sky.
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l walk and l talk with my Lord.
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l feast every day on His word.
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Heaven is near,
and l can`t stay here.
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Good-bye, world, good-bye.
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Now, don`t you weep for me
when l`m gone,
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`cause l won`t have
to leave here alone.
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And when l hear
that last trumpet sound,
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my feet won`t stay on the ground.
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l`m gonna rise with a shout,
gonna fly.
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l`m gonna ride with my Lord
through the sky.
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Heaven is near,
and l can`t stay here.
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Good-bye, world, good-bye.
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l won`t have the blues anymore
when l step across to that shore.
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And l`ll never pine,
for l`ll leave behind
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my heartaches and tears evermore.
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A day, maybe two,
then good-bye.
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Tomorrow l`ll rise up and fly.
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Heaven is near,
and l can`t stay here.
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Good-bye, world, good-bye.
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Now, don`t you weep for me
when l`m gone,
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`cause l won`t have
to leave here alone.
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And when l hear
that last trumpet sound,
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my feet won`t stay on the ground,
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on the ground.
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l`m gonna rise with a shout,
gonna fly.
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l`m gonna ride with my Lord
through the sky.
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Heaven is near,
and l can`t stay here.
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Good-bye, world,
good-bye, world.
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Good-bye.
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Good-bye!
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Bill, l think we`re going to get
a little dose here
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of some Cathedral singing,
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and they`re going to sing
about a phenomenon
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that l suppose took place
a long time ago,
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and that`s convention singing.
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What was that all about?
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Well, l`m not
a specialist on this,
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and every time l talk about it,
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l`m usually telling you
more than l know.
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But from what l understand,
back in the early days,
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there were publishing companies
like the Vaughn Publishing Company,
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Stamps-Baxter Publishing Company,
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and later on, there were a lot
of different convention leaders,
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but those were the two big ones.
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And they would, every six months--
January and June--
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come out with a whole bunch
of new songs.
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And convention singing had
a lot of counterparts in it
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like, let`s see.
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Oh, happy day,
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oh, happy day
that fixed my choice.
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And the bass and the tenor
and the alto and the lead
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would go in all different
kinds of directions,
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but they would finally come--
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when they`d get back
to the end of the song:
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da, wooo.
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There would all be
that four-part, nice harmony,
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and we`d all feel as though
we`d all come home.
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And, now, that`s a layman`s view
of what convention singing`s all about,
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but the Cathedral Quartet,
in this one song--
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and this was on
``The Sweetest Song l Know`` video,
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which was a video
about convention music--
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kind of helped spell out what
a convention song is all about.
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And we`re going to hear
from brother George Younce.
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And he`s--they`re all
going to tell us.
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We used to come
from miles around,
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have dinner on the ground
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underneath those old shade trees
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and sing the old songs
in shaped notes
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in four-part harmony,
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like ``He Set Me Free``
and ``He`ll Pilot Me``
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and ``Anywhere is Home.``
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How long has it been
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since you heard
an old convention song?
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l still love to hear
those old convention songs
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that l heard as a child
as we sang them all day long,
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like ``l`m a-Gonna Walk``
and ``Just a Little Talk``
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and ``All the Day Long.``
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How long has it been
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since you heard
an old convention song?
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Gospel songs today
have a lot to say.
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They lift you up
when you`re feeling down.
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Some have a country flavor;
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some have a modern sound.
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They all serve the need
of planting seeds,
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so l know they can`t go wrong.
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Still, there`s none so dear
as when l hear
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an old convention song.
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l still love to hear
those old convention songs
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that l heard as a child
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as we sang them all day long,
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like ``l`m a-gonna Walk``
and ``Just a Little Talk``
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and ``All the Day Long.``
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How long has it been
since you heard an old convention song?
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How long has it been
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since you heard
``After a While``?
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How long since you heard
``Give the World a Smile``?
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How long since you heard
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``l`m Wingin` My Way Back Home``?
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How long has it been
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since you heard
an old convention song?
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How long has it been
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since you heard
an old convention song?
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An old convention song.
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Bill, are you always in control
out there on stage?
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l think l am.
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l mean,
you arrange everything.
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You bring all those folks in,
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in some cases,
tell them where to sit;
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in some cases, what to sing,
so you`re the boss.
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But let me show you something.
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We had in Doris Akers,
who wrote such great songs
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as ``Sweet Jesus,``
``Sweet, Sweet Spirit``:
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there`s a sweet, sweet spirit
in this place.
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And as a kid, l just thought
there was nobody like Doris,
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and for her to come
to our place and sing--
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so l wanted to play for her,
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because l thought
l knew this song.
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So she started it off.
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l just started doing:
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There`s a name that`s dear to me.
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And she started--
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Wait; let`s let the video
show them what happened.
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Okay, okay.
Yeah, okay.
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There`s a name
that`s dear to me.
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Lifted me...
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Took me out
of sin and shame.
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This lady wasn`t too enamored
of your piano playing.
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Was she something else?
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l guess that wasn`t rehearsed,
was it, Bill?
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No, no, no.
You know what?
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You can`t script things like that,
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and that`s what makes
these things so much fun.
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This is one of your boyhood moments
that didn`t work out.
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l was going to play
for this great lady.
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l`m thinking about
so many of your dreams
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of working with all these
greats of Gospel music
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have come into fruition,
except for that one.
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That one didn`t quite work,
did it?
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Bill, you know from my discussions
with you about this program
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that l love the video coming up.
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l didn`t know this young man.
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Still don`t, but l loved
his work--Randy Phillips.
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He`s part of a group,
a contemporary group,
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called Phillips, Craig, and Dean.
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But he is from Texas,
and l forget--
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maybe Austin, Texas--
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and his father pastors in
a Pentecostal church down there,
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and his roots are in Gospel music.
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And so when he knew
we were doing this,
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he said, ``Bill, l`d love
to be a part of that,``
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so he came up and sang for us.
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He wrote this particular song
that we`re going to do.
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And as l look around at
the reaction of your regulars--
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a little strangeness there, Bill.
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Oh, yeah.
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And by the way,
there`s one thing l noticed, too,
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in listening to this video.
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Whoever`s doing the voices,
that`s really pretty,
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but this is basically fun,
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and for the first time
on television anywhere,
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you`re going to see Bill dance.
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This is called ``Hotel Hallelu.``
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One night
while l was praying,
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the spirit carried me away
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to a land of praise and worship
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far beyond the Milky Way.
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l saw a crystal palace
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filled with laughter and with light.
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lt said, ``Hotel Hallelujah,``
and ``We`re open day and night.``
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Walked into the lobby,
welcomed by an angel host.
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He said, ``We have rooms
of love and peace
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in the Holy Ghost.``
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l heard a choir singing
like l`ve never heard before.
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Lord, those high praises
lifted me up off the floor.
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Before l knew it,
my feet began to dance.
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Look out.
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l felt so fine,
l had to clap my hands.
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Oh, l checked in
to Hotel Hallelu.
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l said, l checked in
to Hotel Hallelu.
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Well, you can check out
if you please.
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l don`t ever want to leave
the Hotel Hallelujah.
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Hallelujah.
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l went down to the restaurant,
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thought l`d get a bite to eat.
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The chef said,
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``Fruits of the spirit
are our specialty.
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``We have manna
made in Heaven,
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``bread of life freshly baked.
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For your entertainment,
our choir will serenade.``
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Before l knew it,
my feet began to dance.
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Look out.
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Said l felt so fine,
l had to clap my hands.
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Hey, l checked in
to Hotel Hallelu.
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Have you ever been there?
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l checked in
to Hotel Hallelu.
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Well, you can check out
if you please.
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l don`t ever want to leave
the Hotel Hallelujah.
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Hallelujah.
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Hallelujah, halle--
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well, you can dance
all night, if you please.
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Shout and sing, ``l`m free.``
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Hey, you won`t disturb the peace.
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No, you won`t.
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Your neighbor is the Holy Ghost.
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You know He never sleeps.
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Before l knew it,
my feet began to dance.
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Said l felt so fine,
l had to clap my hands.
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Come here, Bill.
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Hey, l checked in
to Hotel Hallelu.
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Come here, Bill.
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l said, l checked in
to Hotel Hallelu.
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Well, you can check out
if you please.
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l don`t ever want to leave
the Hotel Hallelujah.
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Hallelujah. Halle--
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lt`s time for me to get you
right now.
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Before l knew it,
my feet began to dance.
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Come on, feet.
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Felt so fine,
l had to clap my hands.
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Hallelu.
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Did you check in
to Hotel Hallelu?
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You can check out
if you please.
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l don`t ever want to leave
the Hotel Hallelujah.
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Halle--
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Said you can check out
if you please.
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l don`t ever want to leave
the Hotel Hallelujah.
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Hallelujah.
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Hallelujah.
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Hallelujah.
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Hallelu.
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Oh, yeah.
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Bill, l want to ask you
about something else.
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As l watch the videos--
as l have worked with you--
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l`ve noticed there`s a mixture here
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of Southern Gospel
and black Gospel music.
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l think it`s really hard
to separate,
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especially in church music.
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l think both the white church
has influenced the black church
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and vice versa.
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The black church
has certainly influenced
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what has gone on
in the white church.
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00:23:02,604 --> 00:23:06,335
Jessy Dixon is
an unusual performer.
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He`s already had a stellar career
in the black Gospel music field,
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plus he`s traveled with Paul Simon.
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He`s been all over the world,
and he`s a good friend.
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So he happened to come down
to one session
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because he`d seen it on television
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and said, ``Bill, l`d like
to be a part of that.``
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00:23:21,190 --> 00:23:22,782
And the joy of having
Jessy there is,
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he brings his music with him,
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and he was basically teaching
this particular song to these people.
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l think they had sung it before,
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but they had never sung it quite
like the way Jessy sings it.
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l`m going where the wicked
shall cease their troubling,
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and the weary shall be at rest.
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And all of the saints of the ages
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are gonna sit at His feet
and be blessed.
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00:24:11,840 --> 00:24:20,145
l`m, l`m just a stranger down here.
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This old world is not my home.
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00:24:27,689 --> 00:24:36,063
You`re gonna get up,
looking for Jessy one morning,
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but thank God, l`ll be goin` on home.
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The wicked shall cease
their troubling.
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00:24:52,381 --> 00:25:00,516
The weary shall be at rest.
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00:25:00,589 --> 00:25:08,860
And all of the saints of the ages
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are gonna sit at His feet
and be blessed.
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00:25:17,039 --> 00:25:19,439
lf you,
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if you should ever come
to my home,
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00:25:25,347 --> 00:25:27,907
and when you got there,
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00:25:27,983 --> 00:25:33,250
they told you,
``Jessy`s gone,``
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00:25:33,322 --> 00:25:41,320
come on over,
come on over the river.
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00:25:41,363 --> 00:25:48,428
You`ll find me somewhere
around God`s throne!
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00:25:48,503 --> 00:25:57,673
The wicked shall cease their troubling.
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00:25:57,746 --> 00:26:05,812
The weary shall be at rest.
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00:26:05,887 --> 00:26:14,022
All of the saints of the ages
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will sit at His feet and be blessed.
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00:26:18,300 --> 00:26:21,326
We`re gonna try on
our long white robes,
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and then we will
sit at His feet and be blessed.
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l`ll see my mother, my father,
my sister, my brother,
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00:26:30,746 --> 00:26:35,308
and we will sit at His feet
and be blessed.
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00:26:35,384 --> 00:26:38,751
All of the saints of the ages
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00:26:38,820 --> 00:26:47,285
will sit at His feet
and be blessed.
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00:27:04,312 --> 00:27:08,009
Their troubling.
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We`re going where
the weary shall be at rest,
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00:27:17,125 --> 00:27:24,896
and all of the saints of the ages
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00:27:24,966 --> 00:27:30,871
are gonna sit at His feet
and be blessed.
446
00:27:30,939 --> 00:27:32,201
There`s another verse here.
447
00:27:32,274 --> 00:27:34,242
Listen.
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l don`t mind a few lies
being told on me.
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00:27:41,850 --> 00:27:48,255
l don`t mind
being abused and scorned.
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00:27:48,290 --> 00:27:50,121
You didn`t hear that.
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00:27:50,192 --> 00:27:52,854
`Cause every time
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00:27:52,928 --> 00:27:56,955
they tell somethin`
that`s not true on me,
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that`s another brick
in my brand-new home,
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where the wicked shall cease
their troubling,
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00:28:13,482 --> 00:28:21,014
the weary shall be at rest,
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00:28:21,089 --> 00:28:29,224
and all of the saints of the ages
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00:28:29,264 --> 00:28:36,932
are gonna sit at His feet
and be blessed,
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00:28:37,005 --> 00:28:41,965
are gonna sit at His feet
and be blessed.
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00:28:42,043 --> 00:28:44,978
We`re gonna see
the saints of the ages.
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00:28:45,046 --> 00:28:55,923
Are gonna sit at His feet
and be blessed.
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00:28:55,957 --> 00:28:57,447
Oh, yeah.
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00:29:01,096 --> 00:29:02,120
He`s good, isn`t he?
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00:29:02,197 --> 00:29:03,528
l like Jessy.
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00:29:03,598 --> 00:29:07,227
Question: who was the director
of the choir?
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Geron Davis
from Alexandria, Louisiana.
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00:29:11,139 --> 00:29:12,436
Does he work with Jessy?
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00:29:12,507 --> 00:29:15,408
No, he directs a choir
down there in Louisiana,
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00:29:15,477 --> 00:29:17,536
and he`s a good musician.
469
00:29:17,612 --> 00:29:19,603
He`s written a lot of good songs.
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00:29:19,681 --> 00:29:21,774
l suppose
his most famous song is
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``We`re Standing on Holy Ground.``
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00:29:23,852 --> 00:29:26,116
Well, the natural question is,
why aren`t you directing the choir?
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00:29:26,188 --> 00:29:27,485
`Cause he`s better than l am.
474
00:29:27,522 --> 00:29:28,489
Oh, okay.
475
00:29:28,757 --> 00:29:30,952
An honest man.
476
00:29:36,031 --> 00:29:37,328
Cynthia Clawson`s got
a beautiful voice,
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00:29:37,399 --> 00:29:41,096
and l noticed that you`ve
included among these tapes
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00:29:41,169 --> 00:29:44,229
a performance that she did:
``The Sweetest Song l Know.``
479
00:29:44,306 --> 00:29:46,740
Well, this particular song
comes from the video
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called ``The Sweetest Song l Know.``
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00:29:48,410 --> 00:29:50,139
Excuse me, it`s
``lt Won`t Always Rain.``
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00:29:50,212 --> 00:29:53,545
Gloria and l wrote this song
with our good friend Aaron Wilburn.
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00:29:53,615 --> 00:29:56,641
We got this quote
from a Jessie Jackson speech
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00:29:56,718 --> 00:30:00,882
when he was encouraging people
to say, ``Keep your heads up.
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00:30:00,956 --> 00:30:02,355
There`s a better day coming.``
486
00:30:02,390 --> 00:30:07,157
And one of his phrases was,
``lt won`t rain always.``
487
00:30:07,229 --> 00:30:08,321
And you know as a writer,
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00:30:08,396 --> 00:30:10,626
you have to write down phrases
when you hear them.
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00:30:10,699 --> 00:30:13,167
We said, ``Man, what a great idea,``
so we wrote that.
490
00:30:13,235 --> 00:30:14,259
Wait a minute.
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00:30:14,336 --> 00:30:16,270
l know Nashville songwriters that way:
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``Let`s write that down.``
493
00:30:17,472 --> 00:30:19,269
Find a good hook,
and that was a good hook.
494
00:30:19,341 --> 00:30:22,799
You know, the melody reminds me
of an old tune called ``Lucky Old Sun.``
495
00:30:22,878 --> 00:30:23,970
Remember that song?
496
00:30:24,045 --> 00:30:26,309
Right.
497
00:30:26,381 --> 00:30:28,611
lt was written in Nashville
a long time ago.
498
00:30:28,683 --> 00:30:30,173
Frankie Lane used to sing it.
499
00:30:30,252 --> 00:30:31,219
Right.
500
00:30:31,286 --> 00:30:33,117
One other question, Bill.
501
00:30:33,188 --> 00:30:36,419
As this gets under way,
502
00:30:36,458 --> 00:30:39,655
there`s another harmony voice
that`s very pretty.
503
00:30:39,728 --> 00:30:41,025
Who is that?
504
00:30:41,096 --> 00:30:44,463
That`s the young lsaac girl,
Sonya lsaac,
505
00:30:44,532 --> 00:30:47,626
and l think Russ Taff
is the other voice.
506
00:30:47,702 --> 00:30:49,294
That`s a wonderful group, isn`t it?
507
00:30:49,371 --> 00:30:50,838
Yeah. Well, l want you to listen.
508
00:30:50,906 --> 00:30:52,897
This is called
``lt Won`t Always Rain,``
509
00:30:52,974 --> 00:30:55,602
and Cynthia Clawson
is going to sing it.
510
00:31:14,162 --> 00:31:23,161
Someone said that in each life
511
00:31:23,238 --> 00:31:32,613
some rain is bound to fall,
512
00:31:32,681 --> 00:31:41,248
and each one sheds
his share of tears,
513
00:31:41,289 --> 00:31:50,823
and trouble troubles us all.
514
00:31:50,899 --> 00:31:59,864
But the hurt
can`t hurt forever,
515
00:31:59,941 --> 00:32:09,748
and the tears are sure to dry,
516
00:32:09,818 --> 00:32:19,250
and it won`t rain always.
517
00:32:19,294 --> 00:32:28,828
The clouds will soon be gone.
518
00:32:28,903 --> 00:32:38,175
The sun that they`ve been hiding
519
00:32:38,246 --> 00:32:47,553
has been there all along,
520
00:32:47,589 --> 00:32:57,396
and it won`t rain always.
521
00:32:57,465 --> 00:33:07,170
God`s promises are true.
522
00:33:07,242 --> 00:33:16,480
The son`s gonna shine
in His own good time,
523
00:33:16,551 --> 00:33:26,654
and He`s gonna see you through.
524
00:33:26,694 --> 00:33:35,398
The son`s gonna shine
in God`s own good time,
525
00:33:35,470 --> 00:33:48,178
and He will see you through.
526
00:33:53,888 --> 00:33:55,753
Bill, does anything ever go wrong?
527
00:33:55,790 --> 00:33:57,018
l`ve got to tell you,
528
00:33:57,092 --> 00:33:58,559
l`m referring to a particular video
with J.D. Sumner.
529
00:33:58,626 --> 00:34:01,891
Well, l didn`t know this,
but l guess he just--
530
00:34:01,963 --> 00:34:06,366
he doesn`t like the sound
of a B-3 Hammond organ.
531
00:34:06,434 --> 00:34:09,198
so we were singing
this particular song,
532
00:34:09,270 --> 00:34:13,206
and l said, ``J.D.,
when we put it down an octave,
533
00:34:13,274 --> 00:34:14,832
you take the low parts, okay?``
534
00:34:14,909 --> 00:34:20,905
But this B-3 player,
who was a fantastic B-3 organist,
535
00:34:20,982 --> 00:34:23,712
was helping him,
playing along with him.
536
00:34:23,785 --> 00:34:26,515
What he didn`t know--
the organist didn`t know is,
537
00:34:26,588 --> 00:34:29,580
he was really bugging J.D.,
so watch here.
538
00:34:29,624 --> 00:34:32,286
The organist on this second verse
gets in his way,
539
00:34:32,360 --> 00:34:35,454
and he`s taken it--
about all he can take--
540
00:34:35,530 --> 00:34:37,430
and he finally reacts to it.
541
00:34:38,566 --> 00:34:43,868
l may have doubts and fears.
542
00:34:43,938 --> 00:34:51,003
My eyes may be filled
with plenty tears.
543
00:34:51,079 --> 00:34:54,742
Oh, but Jesus, He`s my friend,
544
00:34:54,816 --> 00:35:04,987
and He watches day and night.
545
00:35:05,026 --> 00:35:11,795
Oh, l go to Him in prayer.
546
00:35:11,866 --> 00:35:18,931
He knows my every care.
547
00:35:19,007 --> 00:35:24,912
Oh, and just that little talk
with my Jesus,
548
00:35:24,979 --> 00:35:32,886
Lord, it makes it all right.
549
00:35:32,954 --> 00:35:38,221
Now let us...
550
00:35:38,259 --> 00:35:43,663
have a little talk with Jesus.
551
00:35:43,731 --> 00:35:45,926
Let us...
552
00:35:46,000 --> 00:35:51,632
tell Him
all about our troubles.
553
00:35:51,706 --> 00:35:54,231
He will--
554
00:36:24,472 --> 00:36:28,772
l don`t even know
where we`re at.
555
00:36:28,843 --> 00:36:31,641
l`ve left word not to have
a organ at my funeral.
556
00:36:31,713 --> 00:36:33,476
l hate it.
557
00:36:38,453 --> 00:36:43,823
Now let us...
558
00:36:43,858 --> 00:36:49,160
have a little talk with Jesus.
559
00:36:49,230 --> 00:36:51,562
Let us...
560
00:36:51,633 --> 00:36:56,764
tell him all about our troubles.
561
00:36:56,838 --> 00:36:59,705
He will...
562
00:36:59,774 --> 00:37:04,837
hear our faintest cry,
563
00:37:04,912 --> 00:37:07,904
and He will...
564
00:37:07,982 --> 00:37:13,215
answer by and by.
565
00:37:13,288 --> 00:37:15,552
Now, when you...
566
00:37:15,590 --> 00:37:20,926
feel a little
prayer wheel turning,
567
00:37:20,995 --> 00:37:24,123
and you...
568
00:37:24,198 --> 00:37:29,932
know a little fire is burning,
569
00:37:30,004 --> 00:37:35,601
you will...
570
00:37:35,677 --> 00:37:47,020
have a little talk with Jesus;
makes it right.
571
00:37:48,623 --> 00:37:50,614
Bill, we`re going
to play a video of--
572
00:37:50,692 --> 00:37:53,889
a little tune called
``Crown Him King,``
573
00:37:53,961 --> 00:37:55,952
and James Blackwood
almost gets run over.
574
00:37:56,030 --> 00:37:59,625
Well, this is--you know, we
talked about convention music.
575
00:37:59,701 --> 00:38:01,828
This is truly a convention tune.
576
00:38:01,903 --> 00:38:04,929
ln fact, they even got music
in their hands,
577
00:38:05,006 --> 00:38:06,166
trying to follow along.
578
00:38:06,240 --> 00:38:08,504
The younger people are having
a little harder time,
579
00:38:08,576 --> 00:38:10,510
but the older people know
what they`re doing
580
00:38:10,578 --> 00:38:12,842
and singing the notes
as they are actually written.
581
00:38:12,914 --> 00:38:16,577
But then, in the chorus,
it becomes like a popcorn session,
582
00:38:16,651 --> 00:38:18,209
everybody singing a part.
583
00:38:18,286 --> 00:38:19,514
This came out a lot of fun.
584
00:38:20,621 --> 00:38:22,816
The Savior left
His sweet home above,
585
00:38:22,857 --> 00:38:24,757
came to redeem by love,
586
00:38:24,826 --> 00:38:27,021
wonderful heavenly dove.
587
00:38:27,095 --> 00:38:28,790
Just think how He loved us,
588
00:38:28,863 --> 00:38:30,763
dying upon the cross,
589
00:38:30,832 --> 00:38:32,697
bearing the pain and loss.
590
00:38:32,767 --> 00:38:34,928
What a great Savior is He,
591
00:38:35,002 --> 00:38:36,731
our great
and matchless Savior.
592
00:38:36,804 --> 00:38:40,399
Sing His praises.
Sing His praises.
593
00:38:40,475 --> 00:38:44,206
Bow before Him.
Magnify His name.
594
00:38:44,278 --> 00:38:46,075
Let the whole world,
595
00:38:46,147 --> 00:38:49,173
let the whole world
His love proclaim
596
00:38:49,250 --> 00:38:50,808
forever and forever.
597
00:38:50,885 --> 00:38:52,580
Praise Him with joy,
all ye people.
598
00:38:52,653 --> 00:38:56,180
Sing His praises.
Sing His praises.
599
00:38:56,224 --> 00:39:00,058
And His great name,
blessed name adore.
600
00:39:00,128 --> 00:39:02,221
Crown Him, crown Him,
601
00:39:02,296 --> 00:39:15,141
crown Him, crown Him
King forever, evermore.
602
00:39:15,209 --> 00:39:17,643
Let every heart
His great name adore,
603
00:39:17,712 --> 00:39:21,478
praising Him more and more
for the cross that He bore.
604
00:39:21,549 --> 00:39:23,676
How--just think
how He loved us,
605
00:39:23,751 --> 00:39:27,482
willing to die alone
for our sins to atone.
606
00:39:27,522 --> 00:39:29,752
What a great Savior is He,
607
00:39:29,824 --> 00:39:31,519
our great
and matchless Savior.
608
00:39:31,592 --> 00:39:35,323
Sing His praises.
Sing His praises.
609
00:39:35,396 --> 00:39:39,696
Bow before Him.
Magnify His name.
610
00:39:39,767 --> 00:39:41,132
Let the whole world,
611
00:39:41,202 --> 00:39:44,228
let the whole world
His love proclaim
612
00:39:44,305 --> 00:39:45,863
forever and forever.
613
00:39:45,940 --> 00:39:47,635
Praise Him with joy,
all ye people.
614
00:39:47,708 --> 00:39:51,508
Sing His praises.
Sing His praises.
615
00:39:51,579 --> 00:39:55,037
And His great name,
blessed name adore.
616
00:39:55,116 --> 00:39:57,175
Crown Him, crown Him,
617
00:39:57,251 --> 00:40:03,190
crown Him, crown Him
King forever, evermore.
618
00:40:03,224 --> 00:40:06,785
Sing His praises.
Sing His praises.
619
00:40:06,861 --> 00:40:10,695
Bow before Him.
Magnify His name.
620
00:40:10,765 --> 00:40:12,699
Let the whole world,
621
00:40:12,767 --> 00:40:15,634
let the whole world
His love proclaim
622
00:40:15,703 --> 00:40:17,295
forever and forever.
623
00:40:17,371 --> 00:40:18,895
Praise Him with joy,
all ye people.
624
00:40:18,973 --> 00:40:23,239
Sing His praises.
Sing His praises.
625
00:40:23,311 --> 00:40:26,906
And His great name,
blessed name adore.
626
00:40:26,981 --> 00:40:28,915
Crown Him, crown Him,
627
00:40:28,983 --> 00:40:37,982
crown Him, crown Him
King forever, evermore.
628
00:40:48,536 --> 00:40:50,731
l want to move on
to a contemporary Jake Hess now
629
00:40:50,805 --> 00:40:52,534
in the video
that spotlighted Jake.
630
00:40:52,607 --> 00:40:54,666
lf anybody should sing this,
he should sing it.
631
00:40:54,742 --> 00:40:57,006
lt`s satire;
it`s satire on death.
632
00:40:57,078 --> 00:40:58,272
Yeah, yeah.
633
00:40:58,346 --> 00:41:00,143
Does that go down well
with all your fans?
634
00:41:00,281 --> 00:41:02,681
Well, maybe not with everybody,
635
00:41:02,750 --> 00:41:05,082
but, you know,
the apostle Paul talks about
636
00:41:05,152 --> 00:41:07,814
``Death, where is thy sting?
Grave, where is thy victory?``
637
00:41:07,855 --> 00:41:10,050
And in a way, he`s pointing
his finger at death also
638
00:41:10,124 --> 00:41:14,254
and saying, ``lt ain`t
no big deal if you have faith.``
639
00:41:14,328 --> 00:41:17,024
And if l have ever met
a man of faith,
640
00:41:17,098 --> 00:41:18,963
Jake Hess is a man of faith,
641
00:41:19,033 --> 00:41:21,058
because through all of those
tough times--
642
00:41:21,135 --> 00:41:23,103
and when we first started
doing the videos,
643
00:41:23,170 --> 00:41:25,661
the man only weighed 1 45 pounds.
644
00:41:25,740 --> 00:41:27,935
He had 25% of a heart left.
645
00:41:28,009 --> 00:41:31,706
He`d gone to Emory University,
646
00:41:31,779 --> 00:41:33,713
and they basically said,
``We can`t help you.
647
00:41:33,781 --> 00:41:35,214
``You`re just in too bad of shape.
648
00:41:35,283 --> 00:41:37,649
You`re not even a candidate
for a heart transplant.``
649
00:41:37,718 --> 00:41:40,312
And yet,
when you talked to him:
650
00:41:40,388 --> 00:41:41,480
``How you feeling, Jake?``
651
00:41:41,522 --> 00:41:43,456
``Nothing but fine.
Nothing but fine.``
652
00:41:43,524 --> 00:41:46,823
And so if anybody has the right
to be humorous about this,
653
00:41:46,894 --> 00:41:49,226
he`s been--truly he has been
at death`s door
654
00:41:49,297 --> 00:41:50,355
a couple, three times.
655
00:41:50,431 --> 00:41:51,955
l think he`s in the best health now
656
00:41:52,033 --> 00:41:54,797
he has been in, probably,
in the last 1 0 or 1 5 years.
657
00:41:54,869 --> 00:41:55,961
ls his weight up?
658
00:41:56,037 --> 00:41:58,699
So he can do it
with tongue-in-cheek.
659
00:41:58,773 --> 00:42:00,741
He now weighs
about 1 82 pounds.
660
00:42:00,808 --> 00:42:03,242
The doctor said,
``Do not gain any more weight.``
661
00:42:03,311 --> 00:42:06,769
But this is one of the earlier tapes
when he wasn`t--
662
00:42:06,847 --> 00:42:08,644
l suppose he weighed
about 1 60 here,
663
00:42:08,716 --> 00:42:11,150
but lately, if anybody`s
seen him, he`s very healthy.
664
00:42:11,218 --> 00:42:13,448
l can`t help but think
he`s singing to me
665
00:42:13,521 --> 00:42:14,715
a little tongue-in-cheek.
666
00:42:14,755 --> 00:42:16,347
A little tongue-in-cheek, yes.
667
00:42:17,992 --> 00:42:23,931
Someday when l breathe
my final breath,
668
00:42:23,998 --> 00:42:31,234
and the doctor takes one look
and says, ``You`re dead,``
669
00:42:31,305 --> 00:42:37,005
the truth is gonna
finally be revealed.
670
00:42:37,078 --> 00:42:45,645
Oh, l`m gonna find
death ain`t no big deal.
671
00:42:45,720 --> 00:42:53,126
He`ll reach down
and gently close my eyes.
672
00:42:53,160 --> 00:43:00,225
l`ll be watching
from the other side.
673
00:43:00,301 --> 00:43:05,568
l`ll be laughin` about
how scared l thought l`d feel.
674
00:43:05,640 --> 00:43:14,139
Oh, l`m gonna find
death ain`t no big deal.
675
00:43:14,215 --> 00:43:21,417
My soul is gonna be
just like a bird set free.
676
00:43:21,455 --> 00:43:28,122
l`ll sail right past the moon
up to the stars.
677
00:43:28,195 --> 00:43:35,931
And l know l`ll be amazed
when l get to Heaven`s gate,
678
00:43:36,003 --> 00:43:43,842
`cause l knew my way home
by heart.
679
00:43:43,911 --> 00:43:50,749
A light will shine
much brighter than the sun,
680
00:43:50,818 --> 00:43:58,054
and l`ll be right back
where l started from.
681
00:43:58,092 --> 00:44:04,656
Ain`t no way to say
how good l`ll feel.
682
00:44:04,732 --> 00:44:13,003
Oh, l tell you, children,
death ain`t no big deal.
683
00:44:13,074 --> 00:44:20,207
My soul is gonna be
just like a bird set free.
684
00:44:20,281 --> 00:44:27,517
l`ll sail right past the moon
up to the stars.
685
00:44:27,555 --> 00:44:34,723
And l know l`ll be amazed
when l get to Heaven`s gate,
686
00:44:34,795 --> 00:44:42,065
`cause l knew my way home
by heart.
687
00:44:42,136 --> 00:44:48,769
A light will shine
much brighter than the sun,
688
00:44:48,843 --> 00:44:56,409
and l`ll be right back
where l started from.
689
00:44:56,484 --> 00:45:02,912
Ain`t no way to say
how good l`ll feel.
690
00:45:02,957 --> 00:45:11,228
Oh, l tell you, children,
death ain`t no big deal.
691
00:45:11,298 --> 00:45:21,196
At thy precious feet
l`m gonna kneel.
692
00:45:21,275 --> 00:45:25,473
Oh, l thank you, Lord.
693
00:45:25,546 --> 00:45:30,745
Death ain`t no...
big deal.
694
00:45:40,661 --> 00:45:41,923
You`ve got to have a lot of guts
695
00:45:44,999 --> 00:45:46,830
to walk into a Bill Gaither
concert unannounced
696
00:45:49,904 --> 00:45:51,166
and sing your songs,
but that happened, didn`t it?
697
00:45:53,741 --> 00:45:55,971
The Fairfield Four is
a classic black Gospel group,
698
00:45:56,043 --> 00:45:57,670
and they sing a cappella.
699
00:45:57,745 --> 00:46:01,943
And you talk about original--
this group is original.
700
00:46:02,016 --> 00:46:03,984
Now, there are five people
in the group.
701
00:46:04,051 --> 00:46:05,609
l`m sure it started out as four.
702
00:46:05,686 --> 00:46:09,087
But what is interesting
about this clip
703
00:46:09,123 --> 00:46:10,681
and this special moment is,
704
00:46:10,758 --> 00:46:13,056
the other people
were kind of watching
705
00:46:13,127 --> 00:46:15,254
until they heard that bass
start taking off,
706
00:46:15,329 --> 00:46:18,355
and George Younce
just goes crazy
707
00:46:18,432 --> 00:46:19,797
when he hears
this bass singer.
708
00:46:19,867 --> 00:46:22,335
Yeah, he points at him.
709
00:46:23,871 --> 00:46:30,800
Nearer to thee, l long to be.
710
00:46:30,878 --> 00:46:32,311
l want to dig a little deeper
711
00:46:32,379 --> 00:46:36,509
in the storehouse of His love,
eternal love.
712
00:46:36,584 --> 00:46:43,513
l hope to shine
with a love so blind.
713
00:46:43,557 --> 00:46:45,457
l want to dig a little deeper
714
00:46:45,526 --> 00:46:49,587
in the storehouse of His love,
eternal love.
715
00:46:49,663 --> 00:46:53,099
Oh, dig a little deeper
in God`s love.
716
00:46:53,167 --> 00:46:56,159
l want to dig a little deeper
in God`s love.
717
00:46:56,237 --> 00:46:58,467
l want to dig a little deeper
718
00:46:58,539 --> 00:47:02,270
in the storehouse of His love,
eternal love.
719
00:47:02,343 --> 00:47:04,743
Oh, l want to talk a little more
720
00:47:04,812 --> 00:47:06,143
like my Jesus would.
721
00:47:06,213 --> 00:47:07,180
l want to walk,
722
00:47:07,248 --> 00:47:09,375
just like a Christian should.
723
00:47:09,450 --> 00:47:11,179
l want to dig a little deeper
724
00:47:11,252 --> 00:47:15,416
in the storehouse of His love,
eternal love.
725
00:47:15,456 --> 00:47:22,020
l want to do what`s always true.
726
00:47:22,096 --> 00:47:23,996
l want to dig a little deeper
727
00:47:24,064 --> 00:47:28,023
in the storehouse of His love,
eternal love.
728
00:47:28,102 --> 00:47:34,974
Each passing hour,
l want more power.
729
00:47:35,042 --> 00:47:38,068
l want to dig a little deeper
730
00:47:38,145 --> 00:47:40,409
in the storehouse of His love.
731
00:47:40,481 --> 00:47:45,418
Well, l want to dig
a little deeper in God`s love.
732
00:47:45,486 --> 00:47:48,649
l want to dig a little deeper
in God`s love.
733
00:47:48,689 --> 00:47:51,214
l want to dig a little deeper
734
00:47:51,292 --> 00:47:54,523
in the storehouse of His love,
eternal love.
735
00:47:54,595 --> 00:47:58,622
l want to talk.
736
00:47:58,699 --> 00:48:02,066
l want to walk just like
a Christian should.
737
00:48:02,136 --> 00:48:03,660
l want to dig a little deeper
738
00:48:03,737 --> 00:48:07,969
in the storehouse of His love,
eternal love.
739
00:48:08,042 --> 00:48:11,944
Oh, l want to dig a little
deeper in God`s love.
740
00:48:12,012 --> 00:48:14,674
l want to dig
a little deeper in God`s love.
741
00:48:14,748 --> 00:48:17,216
l want to dig a little deeper
742
00:48:17,284 --> 00:48:21,243
in the storehouse of His love,
eternal love.
743
00:48:21,288 --> 00:48:25,190
l want to talk.
744
00:48:25,259 --> 00:48:28,786
l want to walk.
745
00:48:28,862 --> 00:48:32,229
l want to dig a little deeper
746
00:48:32,299 --> 00:48:47,272
in the storehouse of His love,
eternal love.
747
00:49:02,029 --> 00:49:04,998
l want to dig a little deeper
in God`s love.
748
00:49:05,065 --> 00:49:07,898
l want to dig a little deeper
in God`s love.
749
00:49:07,968 --> 00:49:10,596
l want to dig a little deeper
750
00:49:10,671 --> 00:49:14,368
in the storehouse of His love,
eternal love.
751
00:49:14,441 --> 00:49:18,502
l want to talk just like Jesus would.
752
00:49:18,579 --> 00:49:21,946
l want to walk
just like a Christian should.
753
00:49:22,016 --> 00:49:23,779
l want to dig a little deeper
754
00:49:23,851 --> 00:49:28,515
in the storehouse of His love,
eternal love.
755
00:49:28,555 --> 00:49:31,854
l want to dig a little deeper
in God`s love.
756
00:49:31,925 --> 00:49:35,156
l want to dig a little deeper
in God`s love.
757
00:49:35,229 --> 00:49:36,787
l want to dig a little deeper
758
00:49:36,864 --> 00:49:41,164
in the storehouse of His love,
eternal love.
759
00:49:41,235 --> 00:49:45,137
l want to talk.
760
00:49:45,205 --> 00:49:48,572
l want to walk.
761
00:49:48,642 --> 00:49:53,807
l want to dig a little deeper
in the storehouse of His love,
762
00:49:53,881 --> 00:50:08,854
eternal love.
763
00:50:14,201 --> 00:50:18,865
When this project first came up,
when you first talked to me about it,
764
00:50:18,939 --> 00:50:26,004
the first story you told me
that you wanted to feature in this video
765
00:50:26,080 --> 00:50:27,741
was the story of Rosie Rozell,
766
00:50:27,815 --> 00:50:31,080
so why don`t you
set this one up for me?
767
00:50:31,151 --> 00:50:33,949
Rosie Rozell was the tenor
of the Statesmen
768
00:50:34,021 --> 00:50:37,422
for many, many years
after Denver died,
769
00:50:37,458 --> 00:50:40,950
l think in `57, `58.
770
00:50:41,028 --> 00:50:42,723
He was there for the next 20 years,
771
00:50:42,796 --> 00:50:45,321
and one of the songs
he was most famous for
772
00:50:45,399 --> 00:50:47,526
was a song called
``O What a Savior.``
773
00:50:47,601 --> 00:50:51,662
This was the last taping
where he attended,
774
00:50:51,738 --> 00:50:55,435
and l think about three months later,
he passed away,
775
00:50:55,509 --> 00:50:58,910
but Rosie comes down
on the last chorus.
776
00:50:58,979 --> 00:51:03,279
Ben goes up in the bleachers
and gets him
777
00:51:03,350 --> 00:51:05,215
and brings him down
for the last chorus,
778
00:51:05,285 --> 00:51:08,482
and it`s quite
an emotional moment.
779
00:51:08,522 --> 00:51:10,012
lt`s one of those moments--
780
00:51:10,090 --> 00:51:12,888
you capture as much as you can
on the camera,
781
00:51:12,960 --> 00:51:16,020
but for years to come,
people will know about Rosie
782
00:51:16,096 --> 00:51:19,259
because of this particular cut.
783
00:51:19,333 --> 00:51:21,927
lt`s very moving to me,
so let`s watch it.
784
00:51:29,710 --> 00:51:31,234
Back in the `50s,
785
00:51:31,311 --> 00:51:34,337
``O What a Savior`` was sung
all across the country
786
00:51:34,414 --> 00:51:37,383
by a young tenor
named Rosie Rozell.
787
00:51:37,451 --> 00:51:40,181
Today it is being sung
by Dean Brown
788
00:51:40,254 --> 00:51:44,054
because Rosie just did not feel
well enough to sing it.
789
00:51:44,091 --> 00:51:47,356
He did, however, join Dean
later on the chorus.
790
00:51:47,427 --> 00:51:49,987
Little did we know that
this would be the last time
791
00:51:50,063 --> 00:51:52,327
Rosie would sing this song.
792
00:51:52,399 --> 00:51:54,959
He would pass on seven months later,
793
00:51:55,035 --> 00:51:59,904
but you can feel the love and respect
for Rosie and his life
794
00:51:59,973 --> 00:52:02,942
in the room that day.
795
00:52:09,683 --> 00:52:23,586
Death`s chilling waters
l`ll soon be crossing.
796
00:52:23,630 --> 00:52:36,737
His hand will lead me safe o`er.
797
00:52:36,810 --> 00:52:49,780
l`ll join the chorus
in that bright city,
798
00:52:49,823 --> 00:52:56,126
and l`ll sing up there forever,
799
00:52:56,196 --> 00:53:03,159
ever and ever and ever
and ever and evermore.
800
00:53:03,237 --> 00:53:09,608
O what a Savior.
801
00:53:09,676 --> 00:53:15,637
O hallelujah.
802
00:53:15,716 --> 00:53:28,618
His heart was broken on Calvary.
803
00:53:28,662 --> 00:53:34,692
His hands were nail-scarred;
804
00:53:34,768 --> 00:53:41,401
His side was riven.
805
00:53:41,475 --> 00:53:58,689
He gave His life`s blood
for even me.
806
00:54:25,852 --> 00:54:29,049
O what a Savior.
807
00:54:29,089 --> 00:54:36,154
O hallelujah.
808
00:54:36,229 --> 00:54:50,872
His heart was broken on Calvary.
809
00:54:50,944 --> 00:54:57,941
His hands
were nail-scarred;
810
00:54:58,018 --> 00:55:05,049
His side was riven.
811
00:55:05,092 --> 00:55:16,799
He gave His life`s blood for even me.
812
00:55:18,872 --> 00:55:20,669
Bill, l love the Cathedrals,
813
00:55:23,744 --> 00:55:25,803
and l notice
in one of your videos,
814
00:55:25,879 --> 00:55:27,176
there was a special night
for Glen Payne
815
00:55:27,247 --> 00:55:29,306
celebrating 50 years, l guess,
in show business,
816
00:55:32,386 --> 00:55:33,444
or in Gospel music.
817
00:55:33,520 --> 00:55:36,387
Glen is a favorite in the videos,
818
00:55:36,423 --> 00:55:39,358
and he`s a favorite out there
in the Gospel music field.
819
00:55:39,426 --> 00:55:42,020
Glen originally started out
in Dallas, Texas,
820
00:55:42,095 --> 00:55:43,619
with the original Stamps Quartet.
821
00:55:43,697 --> 00:55:44,857
Oh, did he?
822
00:55:44,931 --> 00:55:47,297
He sang with Frank Stamps--
that was V.O.`s brother--
823
00:55:47,367 --> 00:55:51,463
and he brings a lot of history
to the field of Gospel music.
824
00:55:51,538 --> 00:55:53,938
Went to Akron, Ohio.
825
00:55:54,007 --> 00:55:56,168
Started singing
with Rex Humbard up there
826
00:55:56,243 --> 00:55:59,303
with the Weatherford Quartet
at the Cathedral of Tomorrow.
827
00:55:59,379 --> 00:56:00,869
Met his wife, Van.
828
00:56:00,947 --> 00:56:02,471
They have three lovely children.
829
00:56:02,549 --> 00:56:04,676
lt`s a great success story.
830
00:56:04,751 --> 00:56:06,548
A wonderful family man.
831
00:56:06,620 --> 00:56:09,316
ln fact, his record company,
Homeland Records,
832
00:56:09,356 --> 00:56:12,883
had an evening where they
honored him for his 50 years.
833
00:56:12,959 --> 00:56:15,587
And we`ll see part of this honor,
834
00:56:15,662 --> 00:56:19,063
and then it will go into Glen,
as only Glen can do,
835
00:56:19,132 --> 00:56:22,431
singing the lead
of the great song ``Canaanland.``
836
00:56:22,502 --> 00:56:25,494
As you watch this,
no one, l assure you,
837
00:56:25,572 --> 00:56:27,563
is having more fun than Glen Payne.
838
00:56:27,641 --> 00:56:28,938
Than Glen Payne.
Correct.
839
00:56:30,744 --> 00:56:33,178
l`m the richest man
in the whole wide world.
840
00:56:41,555 --> 00:56:45,616
Moses led God`s children.
841
00:56:45,692 --> 00:56:49,628
40 years he led them
842
00:56:49,696 --> 00:56:57,694
through the cold
and through the night.
843
00:56:57,771 --> 00:57:01,673
Though they said, ``Let`s turn back,``
844
00:57:01,741 --> 00:57:05,575
Moses said, ``Keep going.
845
00:57:05,645 --> 00:57:13,416
Canaanland is just in sight.``
846
00:57:13,487 --> 00:57:21,986
There will be no sorrow
there in that tomorrow.
847
00:57:22,028 --> 00:57:29,594
We will be there by and by.
848
00:57:29,669 --> 00:57:34,038
Milk and honey flowing.
849
00:57:34,107 --> 00:57:37,736
There is where l`m going.
850
00:57:37,811 --> 00:57:45,479
Canaanland is just in sight.
851
00:57:52,893 --> 00:57:57,262
Though we walk through valleys,
852
00:57:57,330 --> 00:58:01,357
though we climb high mountains,
853
00:58:01,434 --> 00:58:08,931
we must not give up the fight.
854
00:58:09,009 --> 00:58:13,002
We must be like Moses.
855
00:58:13,079 --> 00:58:17,311
We got to keep on going.
856
00:58:17,384 --> 00:58:24,790
Canaanland is just in sight.
857
00:58:24,824 --> 00:58:33,198
There will be no sorrow
there in that tomorrow.
858
00:58:33,266 --> 00:58:40,172
We will be there by and by.
859
00:58:40,240 --> 00:58:44,506
Milk and honey flowing.
860
00:58:44,578 --> 00:58:48,639
There is where l`m going.
861
00:58:48,715 --> 00:58:55,314
Canaanland is just in sight.
862
00:58:55,355 --> 00:59:04,229
There will be no sorrow
there in that tomorrow.
863
00:59:04,297 --> 00:59:11,669
We will be there by and by.
864
00:59:11,738 --> 00:59:15,868
Milk and honey flowing.
865
00:59:15,942 --> 00:59:20,242
There is where l`m going.
866
00:59:20,313 --> 00:59:27,515
Canaanland is just in sight.
867
00:59:27,554 --> 00:59:41,833
Canaanland is just in sight.
868
00:59:51,544 --> 00:59:55,139
Though we walk through valleys,
869
00:59:55,215 --> 00:59:59,208
though we climb high mountains,
870
00:59:59,285 --> 01:00:06,919
we must not give up the fight.
871
01:00:06,960 --> 01:00:10,828
We must be like Moses.
872
01:00:10,897 --> 01:00:14,856
We got to keep on going.
873
01:00:14,934 --> 01:00:22,466
Canaanland is just in sight.
874
01:00:22,542 --> 01:00:30,711
There will be no sorrow
there in that tomorrow.
875
01:00:30,784 --> 01:00:37,280
We will be there by and by.
876
01:00:37,323 --> 01:00:42,260
Milk and honey flowing.
877
01:00:42,328 --> 01:00:46,355
There is where l`m going.
878
01:00:46,433 --> 01:00:53,271
Canaanland is just in sight.
879
01:00:53,339 --> 01:01:07,117
Canaanland is just in sight.
880
01:01:10,790 --> 01:01:12,849
lf nobody else has fun,
881
01:01:12,926 --> 01:01:14,621
Glen`s going to have fun on his own.
882
01:01:16,696 --> 01:01:18,789
There was one tribute there,
by a friend of mine, Herman Harper,
883
01:01:18,865 --> 01:01:20,492
who used to sing
at the Grand Ole Opry.
884
01:01:20,567 --> 01:01:21,864
Right.
885
01:01:21,935 --> 01:01:23,266
And l remember Herman Harper
used to book the Goodmans.
886
01:01:25,338 --> 01:01:27,738
And he also booked the Cathedrals.
887
01:01:27,807 --> 01:01:30,970
And he was a bass singer
on with the Opry staff singers.
888
01:01:31,044 --> 01:01:32,739
Nice man.
889
01:01:32,812 --> 01:01:35,838
He was the original bass singer
of the Oak Ridge Quartet.
890
01:01:35,915 --> 01:01:37,041
l forgot about that.
891
01:01:37,117 --> 01:01:39,381
He came in 1 950.
892
01:01:39,452 --> 01:01:42,751
Bill, we`re going to talk about
an old friend of mine here.
893
01:01:42,789 --> 01:01:44,723
And you may not have known this,
894
01:01:44,791 --> 01:01:47,624
but Rusty Goodman and l were
pretty close at one time.
895
01:01:47,694 --> 01:01:51,721
l used to play records all night
on WSM radio,
896
01:01:51,798 --> 01:01:53,823
and he must have been
a big country music fan,
897
01:01:53,900 --> 01:01:56,164
because he would just come up
and sit in.
898
01:01:56,236 --> 01:01:57,760
l didn`t play any Goodman records.
899
01:01:57,837 --> 01:02:01,273
l didn`t play any Gospel records
except Country Gospel,
900
01:02:01,341 --> 01:02:04,640
but he would just pull up
a chair and chat with us,
901
01:02:04,711 --> 01:02:06,110
and we became good friends.
902
01:02:06,179 --> 01:02:09,171
l knew him before l knew
any of the other Goodmans.
903
01:02:09,249 --> 01:02:13,447
But l believe, at one time,
just before his life was over,
904
01:02:13,520 --> 01:02:14,987
you had a tribute to him.
905
01:02:15,021 --> 01:02:19,685
He battled cancer for several years,
906
01:02:19,759 --> 01:02:22,250
and through that process--
907
01:02:22,328 --> 01:02:26,162
you know, the insurance
would only pay so much--
908
01:02:26,232 --> 01:02:31,465
and we found out that he was
suffering pretty much financially,
909
01:02:31,538 --> 01:02:33,267
so a group of us got together.
910
01:02:33,339 --> 01:02:35,967
l remember the first artist
that l called was Amy Grant--
911
01:02:36,042 --> 01:02:37,566
and called the office--
912
01:02:37,644 --> 01:02:39,635
and in five minutes,
she called back and said,
913
01:02:39,712 --> 01:02:40,701
``Sure, l`ll help.``
914
01:02:40,780 --> 01:02:43,977
l suppose we had 25
of the Who`s Who
915
01:02:44,050 --> 01:02:48,043
in not only Southern Gospel
but just in Christian music in general
916
01:02:48,087 --> 01:02:50,681
come to Christ Church
to do this benefit.
917
01:02:50,757 --> 01:02:52,224
And Rusty was very much loved,
918
01:02:52,292 --> 01:02:54,419
and you couldn`t even get
in the parking lot.
919
01:02:54,494 --> 01:02:56,826
The thing was jammed out
two hours before.
920
01:02:56,896 --> 01:03:02,300
And all the funds that night
went to Rusty and his wife
921
01:03:02,368 --> 01:03:04,495
to help them in this cause.
922
01:03:04,571 --> 01:03:07,734
And we got more than enough,
because people just loved the man.
923
01:03:07,807 --> 01:03:09,240
Now, this was the same church
924
01:03:09,309 --> 01:03:11,971
where you later did the
``Joy to the World`` Christmas special.
925
01:03:12,045 --> 01:03:13,137
Christmas video, yeah.
926
01:03:13,213 --> 01:03:14,180
Great church.
927
01:03:14,247 --> 01:03:16,511
But the people came from all over.
928
01:03:16,583 --> 01:03:19,051
ln fact, the three channels
in Nashville said,
929
01:03:19,118 --> 01:03:22,178
``Don`t go out l-65 because there`s
a major traffic jam out there
930
01:03:22,222 --> 01:03:25,385
because of the Rusty Goodman benefit.``
931
01:03:25,458 --> 01:03:31,260
And that night,
somebody had a home camera
932
01:03:31,331 --> 01:03:33,765
and was taping some
of the festivities that went on.
933
01:03:33,833 --> 01:03:36,734
And Gloria did a wonderful tribute,
934
01:03:36,803 --> 01:03:38,293
and after the tribute,
935
01:03:38,371 --> 01:03:41,863
they sang the last song
they would ever sing together.
936
01:03:41,941 --> 01:03:43,374
And you`ll have to be patient,
937
01:03:43,443 --> 01:03:45,707
because the video and the sound
is not the greatest,
938
01:03:45,778 --> 01:03:47,746
but l think you`ll catch
the spirit of it.
939
01:03:47,814 --> 01:03:50,647
lt starts out with an interview
of Tanya, his daughter,
940
01:03:50,717 --> 01:03:54,380
in one of our tapings,
and then it goes to Christ Church.
941
01:03:54,420 --> 01:03:58,151
But this is a special moment
on the video called ``Old Friends.``
942
01:03:58,224 --> 01:04:02,456
Tanya, l never saw your daddy
that he didn`t say,
943
01:04:02,528 --> 01:04:05,292
``Bill, let me sing you a song.``
944
01:04:05,365 --> 01:04:06,730
And he`d get out his guitar
945
01:04:06,799 --> 01:04:09,734
and sing a new song
he`d be working on.
946
01:04:09,802 --> 01:04:10,894
``What do you think of it?``
947
01:04:10,970 --> 01:04:13,131
l`d say, ``Ah, pretty good, Rusty.``
948
01:04:13,206 --> 01:04:17,336
He probably said,
``What do you mean, pretty good?
949
01:04:17,410 --> 01:04:20,504
A songwriter has to write, don`t they?
950
01:04:20,580 --> 01:04:21,569
Oh, yeah.
951
01:04:21,648 --> 01:04:22,979
Have to get it out.
952
01:04:23,049 --> 01:04:24,880
Do you miss him?
953
01:04:24,951 --> 01:04:26,316
Oh, yeah, l miss him a lot.
954
01:04:26,386 --> 01:04:30,584
Yeah, Michael and l were
just talking the other night.
955
01:04:30,623 --> 01:04:33,990
You know, he always loved
to laugh too.
956
01:04:34,060 --> 01:04:35,391
l mean, he would--
957
01:04:35,461 --> 01:04:39,625
he always found something,
you know, to laugh about,
958
01:04:39,699 --> 01:04:42,133
even when we worked those dates
that were like Lubbock.
959
01:04:42,201 --> 01:04:43,668
No people?
960
01:04:43,736 --> 01:04:45,636
Yeah, no people--three.
961
01:04:45,705 --> 01:04:48,333
You know, and Michael and l
were talking about something
962
01:04:48,408 --> 01:04:52,174
the other day, and l said,
``Man, l miss Dad so much.``
963
01:04:52,245 --> 01:04:55,339
And Michael said,
``Sometimes l just get mad at him
964
01:04:55,415 --> 01:04:57,406
for going off and leaving us,
you know?``
965
01:04:57,483 --> 01:05:00,611
He said, ```Cause l miss nudging him
and saying, man, you know?``
966
01:05:00,687 --> 01:05:02,052
The laugh and joy and stuff.
967
01:05:02,088 --> 01:05:03,749
You weren`t done with him yet, right?
968
01:05:03,823 --> 01:05:05,017
That`s right.
969
01:05:05,091 --> 01:05:06,353
We weren`t done with him yet.
970
01:05:06,426 --> 01:05:08,860
What do you remember most
when you think about your dad?
971
01:05:08,928 --> 01:05:15,925
Especially today, it was days
like this brought back so much,
972
01:05:16,002 --> 01:05:21,531
because when--all my childhood,
my family was traveling--
973
01:05:21,607 --> 01:05:23,541
my father was traveling,
and l stayed at home
974
01:05:23,609 --> 01:05:26,407
with my mom and my sister
and just went to school,
975
01:05:26,479 --> 01:05:28,470
and we didn`t grow up on the road.
976
01:05:28,548 --> 01:05:31,574
But the greatest treat for me was
977
01:05:31,651 --> 01:05:36,611
when l would have a holiday
from school or summer,
978
01:05:36,656 --> 01:05:39,216
Dad would say, ``You want to get
on the bus this weekend?``
979
01:05:39,292 --> 01:05:40,953
Oh, l loved it.
980
01:05:41,027 --> 01:05:46,693
l loved it,
and when l sat here today,
981
01:05:46,766 --> 01:05:56,073
and l heard
those voices and those songs...
982
01:05:56,142 --> 01:05:58,303
and l can remember, you know,
983
01:05:58,378 --> 01:06:03,577
standing in the wings,
holding my dad`s hand
984
01:06:03,649 --> 01:06:11,556
and just enjoying that feeling
and that emotion.
985
01:06:17,296 --> 01:06:33,338
Lately, l`ve got leaving,
leaving on my mind.
986
01:06:34,714 --> 01:06:35,976
lnto such a world as this,
987
01:06:36,049 --> 01:06:38,074
God sends his poets,
prophets, troubadours
988
01:06:38,151 --> 01:06:39,345
who see what we have missed,
989
01:06:39,419 --> 01:06:41,614
who warn us, less we self-destruct,
990
01:06:41,654 --> 01:06:44,054
and who fill the songless night
with music.
991
01:06:44,123 --> 01:06:47,752
They surround our alienation
with love`s embrace.
992
01:06:47,827 --> 01:06:50,557
They burn through the fog
of our oblivion
993
01:06:50,630 --> 01:06:52,655
with the piercing light of truth,
994
01:06:52,732 --> 01:06:54,666
and they sing the dream
back into our hearts.
995
01:06:54,734 --> 01:06:57,999
They tune our ears
to the laughter of children.
996
01:06:58,071 --> 01:07:01,507
They raise our sights
to lofty aspirations.
997
01:07:01,574 --> 01:07:05,510
They help us discriminate
between the tinsel and the true.
998
01:07:05,578 --> 01:07:09,605
Poets are the contemplatives
in the heart of the world.
999
01:07:09,682 --> 01:07:11,274
Without them, we would settle
1000
01:07:11,350 --> 01:07:14,148
into the fatal monotony
of our comfort zones
1001
01:07:14,187 --> 01:07:17,623
and accept the clouded vision
of cataract perception.
1002
01:07:17,690 --> 01:07:20,853
Rusty Goodman is
such a poet troubadour.
1003
01:07:20,927 --> 01:07:24,795
He sees and helps us to see
what we might have missed.
1004
01:07:24,864 --> 01:07:30,234
He notices a grin in an elevator
and puts value in a handshake.
1005
01:07:30,303 --> 01:07:34,740
He reminds the breaking heart
that there is promise of the new dawn
1006
01:07:34,807 --> 01:07:37,173
and points out
to us battle-weary soldiers
1007
01:07:37,243 --> 01:07:40,144
that we`re almost home.
1008
01:07:40,213 --> 01:07:42,875
When we`ve lost
someone we love, Rusty,
1009
01:07:42,949 --> 01:07:46,510
you`ve told us of a greater love
that we can never lose,
1010
01:07:46,586 --> 01:07:48,918
a love of our very own.
1011
01:07:48,955 --> 01:07:52,220
We found ourselves
more than once, because of you,
1012
01:07:52,291 --> 01:07:55,192
singing at the top of our lungs,
``lf l could still,
1013
01:07:55,261 --> 01:07:59,561
l wouldn`t take nothing
for my journey now.``
1014
01:07:59,632 --> 01:08:02,226
And even though we know
that for a long time now,
1015
01:08:02,301 --> 01:08:04,531
you`ve had leaving on your mind,
1016
01:08:04,604 --> 01:08:08,768
we`re asking you to stay
because we need
1017
01:08:08,841 --> 01:08:13,744
and this sick old world needs
what you are to us:
1018
01:08:13,813 --> 01:08:22,744
a lover, a visionary,
a dreamer, a poet.
1019
01:08:22,788 --> 01:08:31,162
We need you here to walk with us
and sing your pilgrim`s song.
1020
01:08:36,202 --> 01:08:39,171
The memory l remember--
just being a young kid
1021
01:08:39,238 --> 01:08:40,535
and standing backstage
1022
01:08:40,606 --> 01:08:43,598
and hearing him sing
those beautiful songs.
1023
01:08:43,676 --> 01:08:46,008
l remember--
1024
01:08:46,078 --> 01:08:48,911
l remember something
stirring in me when l was a kid,
1025
01:08:48,981 --> 01:08:51,415
you know, that made me
love that music too.
1026
01:08:51,484 --> 01:08:53,884
Made me want to sing,
you know? Whoo.
1027
01:08:57,223 --> 01:09:02,183
And her dad would sing
one last song with the family.
1028
01:09:04,530 --> 01:09:11,595
High up on a mountain
from where He ascended,
1029
01:09:11,671 --> 01:09:20,807
an angel of the Lord
declared that it would be.
1030
01:09:20,880 --> 01:09:22,370
He said,
1031
01:09:22,448 --> 01:09:29,513
``Don`t stand there grieving,
for the one that you see leaving
1032
01:09:29,555 --> 01:09:36,927
in like manner`s coming back
for you and me.``
1033
01:09:44,737 --> 01:09:53,543
Oh, l believe He`s coming back
like He said.
1034
01:09:53,613 --> 01:09:57,743
l believe that a trumpet`s
gonna sound so loud,
1035
01:09:57,817 --> 01:10:02,618
one day it`ll wake the dead.
1036
01:10:02,655 --> 01:10:06,682
ln the twinkling of an eye,
1037
01:10:06,759 --> 01:10:10,388
He`ll just split the eastern sky,
1038
01:10:10,463 --> 01:10:18,598
and l believe He`s coming back
like He said.
1039
01:10:18,671 --> 01:10:33,644
And l believe He`s coming back
like He said.
1040
01:10:48,000 --> 01:10:50,025
l want to include here, Bill,
the new song.
1041
01:10:50,102 --> 01:10:51,296
When Bill showed up to sit with me,
1042
01:10:51,370 --> 01:10:56,535
he said, ``Hey, l`ve got another video
featuring Jake Hess,
1043
01:10:56,609 --> 01:10:59,339
and Gloria and l wrote this song.``
1044
01:10:59,412 --> 01:11:03,246
lt was inspired by a man
who used to perform
1045
01:11:03,316 --> 01:11:06,285
in this complex
where we`re telecasting from--
1046
01:11:06,352 --> 01:11:09,480
the king of country music, Roy Acuff.
1047
01:11:09,522 --> 01:11:11,683
And ``Mr. Roy,``
as we called him--
1048
01:11:11,757 --> 01:11:17,389
as he got older, his sight got
to be very difficult for him.
1049
01:11:17,463 --> 01:11:19,829
And you heard a story about him,
didn`t you?
1050
01:11:19,899 --> 01:11:23,391
l heard this story,
and l assume it`s true,
1051
01:11:23,469 --> 01:11:27,337
that after performing for many years
out here at the new Opry house,
1052
01:11:27,406 --> 01:11:30,000
he wanted to go back to the old Ryman.
1053
01:11:30,076 --> 01:11:31,338
This was before they redid it.
1054
01:11:31,410 --> 01:11:32,843
lt was still the old boards,
1055
01:11:32,912 --> 01:11:36,541
and he wanted to go down there
just to be around it again.
1056
01:11:38,918 --> 01:11:41,614
They loaded him in
and drove him to the Opry.
1057
01:11:41,654 --> 01:11:45,647
He was old now and weary
and very near blind.
1058
01:11:45,725 --> 01:11:50,185
They pulled into the alley
that led to the stage door,
1059
01:11:50,262 --> 01:11:54,995
and they granted his last wish,
just to be kind.
1060
01:11:56,035 --> 01:12:04,739
Many`s the time
he stood by the curtain,
1061
01:12:04,810 --> 01:12:14,446
waiting his turn
to walk out on the stage.
1062
01:12:14,487 --> 01:12:22,952
Thunderous applause
once welcomed the entrance
1063
01:12:23,028 --> 01:12:33,632
of this old performer
now crippled with age.
1064
01:12:33,706 --> 01:12:43,104
He leaned on them heavy
as slowly they led him
1065
01:12:43,182 --> 01:12:52,523
through the back entrance
and up to the ramp.
1066
01:12:52,558 --> 01:13:02,331
Then by some magic,
his bent body straightened.
1067
01:13:02,401 --> 01:13:06,861
``l can make it from here now.
1068
01:13:06,939 --> 01:13:11,740
``l know where l am.
1069
01:13:11,811 --> 01:13:21,516
``Don`t worry `bout me.
l know where l am now.
1070
01:13:21,554 --> 01:13:26,116
``Thanks for the hand,
but now l can stand.
1071
01:13:26,192 --> 01:13:31,095
``l`ll walk on alone.
1072
01:13:31,163 --> 01:13:40,470
``The voices and faces,
l know them all well now.
1073
01:13:40,539 --> 01:13:43,030
``l can hear; l can see.
1074
01:13:43,108 --> 01:13:50,105
``Don`t worry `bout me.
l`m finally home.
1075
01:13:55,120 --> 01:14:04,461
``ln life`s travelin` road show,
l`ve been a performer.
1076
01:14:04,530 --> 01:14:14,064
``When burdens were heavy,
when days were too long,
1077
01:14:14,139 --> 01:14:24,105
``when there was a part
for an old Gospel singer,
1078
01:14:24,183 --> 01:14:33,615
``when folks needed hope,
l sang them my song.
1079
01:14:33,659 --> 01:14:43,398
``One of these days,
someone will lead me
1080
01:14:43,469 --> 01:14:52,935
``through Heaven`s stage door
and into the wings.
1081
01:14:53,012 --> 01:15:02,444
``There`ll be a place
in that final performance.
1082
01:15:02,488 --> 01:15:12,124
``l know my part,
and l`m ready to sing.
1083
01:15:12,197 --> 01:15:21,595
``Don`t worry `bout me.
l know where l am now.
1084
01:15:21,674 --> 01:15:26,304
``Thanks for the hand,
but now l can stand.
1085
01:15:26,378 --> 01:15:30,872
``l`ll walk on alone.
1086
01:15:30,950 --> 01:15:40,188
``The faces of loved ones,
the voice of my Father,
1087
01:15:40,225 --> 01:15:45,788
``l can hear; l can see.
Don`t worry `bout me.
1088
01:15:45,864 --> 01:15:50,324
``l`m finally home.
1089
01:15:50,402 --> 01:15:55,135
``l can hear; l can see.
Don`t worry `bout me.
1090
01:15:55,207 --> 01:16:03,615
l`m finally home.``
1091
01:16:12,758 --> 01:16:15,318
As you get to know
Bill and Gloria Gaither,
1092
01:16:15,394 --> 01:16:17,419
you realize that they are a team;
1093
01:16:17,496 --> 01:16:21,330
that she has the talent.
1094
01:16:21,400 --> 01:16:23,868
That`s what Mark Lowry says.
1095
01:16:23,936 --> 01:16:26,302
She`s got a great gift
for putting words together.
1096
01:16:26,372 --> 01:16:27,464
She really does.
1097
01:16:27,539 --> 01:16:29,166
Most of the lyrics
that we have done,
1098
01:16:29,241 --> 01:16:30,765
she`s done most of the lyrics.
1099
01:16:30,843 --> 01:16:32,674
This is about you and Gloria.
1100
01:16:32,745 --> 01:16:35,145
And it`s about Gloria,
who says of herself
1101
01:16:35,214 --> 01:16:38,877
that she is an outsider who met you
1102
01:16:38,951 --> 01:16:41,215
and came into this world
of Gospel music
1103
01:16:41,253 --> 01:16:45,553
and met all these crazy people
who have since become her friends.
1104
01:16:45,624 --> 01:16:47,888
lt`s a beautiful piece.
lt`s about your life.
1105
01:16:47,960 --> 01:16:49,257
You know, Ralph,
1106
01:16:49,328 --> 01:16:52,525
this was the second video
that we did after ``Homecoming,``
1107
01:16:52,598 --> 01:16:55,465
and she wasn`t part
of the ``Homecoming`` video,
1108
01:16:55,534 --> 01:16:59,026
because we didn`t know
it was going to be a video.
1109
01:16:59,104 --> 01:17:02,437
And so the night before, l said,
``What do you want to do, honey?``
1110
01:17:02,508 --> 01:17:07,605
And as usual, she says,
``Oh, Bill, you don`t need me in this.``
1111
01:17:07,680 --> 01:17:10,205
``Yes, l do.
l need your touch in it.``
1112
01:17:10,282 --> 01:17:12,944
And you are right.
1113
01:17:13,018 --> 01:17:14,952
She has always kind of felt
like an outsider
1114
01:17:14,987 --> 01:17:16,284
to the Southern Gospel field.
1115
01:17:16,355 --> 01:17:18,255
She was born in Michigan,
1116
01:17:18,323 --> 01:17:21,121
and probably, had she not met
this Gospel singer,
1117
01:17:21,193 --> 01:17:22,820
she`d have gone
and got her doctorate
1118
01:17:22,895 --> 01:17:25,693
and been teaching English
at Harvard or Yale or somewhere.
1119
01:17:25,764 --> 01:17:29,495
But she met this crazy character
36 years ago,
1120
01:17:29,568 --> 01:17:33,937
and we got married,
continued teaching school,
1121
01:17:34,006 --> 01:17:39,603
and in the process, met
this whole new world of people.
1122
01:17:39,678 --> 01:17:41,873
And she`s serious when she said,
1123
01:17:41,947 --> 01:17:43,574
``l didn`t know
what a Denver Crumpler
1124
01:17:43,649 --> 01:17:47,483
``or an Asel Soward
or a Walter Leverith or all these--
1125
01:17:47,519 --> 01:17:50,113
``l thought you were making up
these names,
1126
01:17:50,189 --> 01:17:52,714
but l found out
they were real, live people.``
1127
01:17:52,791 --> 01:17:53,917
Who proposed?
1128
01:17:53,992 --> 01:17:59,726
l think l did,
and it was rather interesting.
1129
01:17:59,798 --> 01:18:01,493
Something in the back
of my head said,
1130
01:18:01,567 --> 01:18:04,195
``if you let this one get away,
you`re stupid.
1131
01:18:04,269 --> 01:18:06,169
You`re crazy.``
1132
01:18:06,238 --> 01:18:08,103
And l asked her to marry me,
1133
01:18:08,173 --> 01:18:09,868
and when she walked
down the aisle,
1134
01:18:09,942 --> 01:18:12,433
l said to myself, ``l hope
l`m doing the right thing.``
1135
01:18:12,511 --> 01:18:13,910
And she has said later, she said,
1136
01:18:13,979 --> 01:18:15,879
``when l looked at you,
this burr-headed``--
1137
01:18:15,948 --> 01:18:18,416
she said l looked like
a suede bowling ball up here--
1138
01:18:18,484 --> 01:18:20,884
that burr head--
1139
01:18:20,953 --> 01:18:22,944
``l hope l know what l`m doing,``
she said.
1140
01:18:22,988 --> 01:18:26,856
After 35 years, l think
we have begun to figure out
1141
01:18:26,925 --> 01:18:28,654
what love is all about
and what it means.
1142
01:18:30,028 --> 01:18:32,326
No, l don`t come from
a Southern Gospel background.
1143
01:18:32,397 --> 01:18:34,627
l come from a northern
evangelical background,
1144
01:18:34,700 --> 01:18:37,066
and l come from a church,
1145
01:18:37,136 --> 01:18:42,904
but l met this crazy world
when l met this crazy man.
1146
01:18:42,975 --> 01:18:47,105
And probably most of you
have noticed
1147
01:18:47,179 --> 01:18:50,876
while he`s dancing around here
that this is the love of his life.
1148
01:18:50,949 --> 01:18:58,947
And l wrote down a few things
about, l guess, him.
1149
01:18:58,991 --> 01:19:01,960
First time l heard about you
1150
01:19:02,027 --> 01:19:05,758
was from a college friend of mine
who loved Gospel quartets
1151
01:19:05,831 --> 01:19:07,822
and had heard you
and your brother and sister
1152
01:19:07,900 --> 01:19:10,198
sing at an all-night sing in Detroit.
1153
01:19:10,269 --> 01:19:12,203
When she found out
l was going to be filling in
1154
01:19:12,271 --> 01:19:15,672
for a teacher who was ill
at the high school where you taught,
1155
01:19:15,741 --> 01:19:17,368
she couldn`t wait for me to meet you
1156
01:19:17,442 --> 01:19:22,402
and then for me to get her
a date with your brother.
1157
01:19:22,481 --> 01:19:24,915
l never did get her a date
with your brother,
1158
01:19:24,983 --> 01:19:26,780
but l did fall in love with you,
1159
01:19:26,852 --> 01:19:29,446
and little did l know
that this English teacher
1160
01:19:29,488 --> 01:19:31,513
with a crew cut
and weird sense of humor--
1161
01:19:31,590 --> 01:19:34,058
we talked about politics
and literature--
1162
01:19:34,126 --> 01:19:38,460
had another love,
but l was soon to find out.
1163
01:19:38,530 --> 01:19:40,862
After we`d dated long enough,
l knew that
1164
01:19:40,933 --> 01:19:44,266
this was more than just another
special relationship.
1165
01:19:44,336 --> 01:19:47,464
And then you took me home
to your parents` farm, where you lived,
1166
01:19:47,539 --> 01:19:51,305
and played me a couple of songs
by a group called the Speer family.
1167
01:19:51,376 --> 01:19:54,402
After the song was through,
you asked me what l thought.
1168
01:19:54,479 --> 01:19:58,142
l said, ``l like the songs,``
and you said you wrote them.
1169
01:19:58,217 --> 01:20:00,685
The songs were
``l`ve Been to Calvary``
1170
01:20:00,752 --> 01:20:03,585
and ``The Joy of Serving the Lord.``
1171
01:20:03,622 --> 01:20:07,183
Then you played me recordings
by the Statesmen and the Blackwoods
1172
01:20:07,259 --> 01:20:10,057
and finally Jim Hill,
singing ``Lovest Thou Me``
1173
01:20:10,128 --> 01:20:12,494
and ``The Old-fashioned Meeting.``
1174
01:20:12,564 --> 01:20:15,863
l asked if you wrote those songs,
and you said you did.
1175
01:20:15,934 --> 01:20:17,424
After l passed my initiation,
1176
01:20:17,502 --> 01:20:20,164
we would often end
our Saturday night dates
1177
01:20:20,239 --> 01:20:22,070
driving through
the lndiana countryside
1178
01:20:22,140 --> 01:20:24,199
listening through
the come-and-go reception
1179
01:20:24,276 --> 01:20:26,676
to see if Jay Basil Marlow
played one of your songs
1180
01:20:26,745 --> 01:20:29,213
on his Gospel radio show.
1181
01:20:31,049 --> 01:20:34,576
Since Southern Gospel music
was not a part of my heritage,
1182
01:20:34,620 --> 01:20:35,951
l had a lot to learn,
1183
01:20:36,021 --> 01:20:38,251
and you were
a walking encyclopedia
1184
01:20:38,323 --> 01:20:41,315
of strange names, song titles,
group personnel,
1185
01:20:41,393 --> 01:20:44,260
and all-night singing tour schedules.
1186
01:20:44,329 --> 01:20:47,264
You knew who played piano
for the Rangers in 1 952,
1187
01:20:47,332 --> 01:20:51,166
what bass singer sang when
for the Foggy River Boys,
1188
01:20:51,236 --> 01:20:54,433
and which tenors had ever sung
with the Homeland Harmony Boys.
1189
01:20:54,506 --> 01:20:57,964
The names you rattled off,
l was certain you made up,
1190
01:20:58,043 --> 01:21:00,375
but l was soon to learn
that there really was someone
1191
01:21:00,445 --> 01:21:02,743
named Burl Strieval
and Denver Crumpler.
1192
01:21:04,917 --> 01:21:07,283
But we began
to write songs together
1193
01:21:07,319 --> 01:21:10,288
and soon to tell with one family
combination or another
1194
01:21:10,355 --> 01:21:13,256
the story of what God was doing
in our own lives.
1195
01:21:13,325 --> 01:21:14,553
Still you couldn`t resist
1196
01:21:14,626 --> 01:21:16,719
stopping by a Gospel sing
somewhere now and then
1197
01:21:16,795 --> 01:21:19,662
to hear the Weatherfords or
Wendy Bagwell and the Sunliters,
1198
01:21:19,731 --> 01:21:22,029
the Statesmen, the Speer family,
the Oak Ridge Boys,
1199
01:21:22,100 --> 01:21:24,625
or the Happy Goodman family.
1200
01:21:24,703 --> 01:21:26,295
You even promoted some in our area
1201
01:21:26,371 --> 01:21:28,669
and made me go with you
to tack up posters and flyers
1202
01:21:28,740 --> 01:21:30,002
all over central lndiana
1203
01:21:30,075 --> 01:21:32,771
announcing a group
called the lmperials
1204
01:21:32,844 --> 01:21:35,142
with Jake Hess
and Henry Slaughter.
1205
01:21:35,213 --> 01:21:37,545
l`ll never forget the night
our son was to be born.
1206
01:21:37,616 --> 01:21:39,345
l was in the first stages of labor,
1207
01:21:39,418 --> 01:21:41,215
but l had to hold off
till you got home
1208
01:21:41,253 --> 01:21:43,118
from the all-night sing
in lndianapolis,
1209
01:21:43,188 --> 01:21:46,453
where you had gone to hear
just a few of the groups, you said,
1210
01:21:46,525 --> 01:21:48,152
and deliver some sheet music.
1211
01:21:52,064 --> 01:21:53,827
That night,
l`ll have to admit--
1212
01:21:53,899 --> 01:21:54,923
Hey, wait a second.
1213
01:21:55,000 --> 01:21:57,833
George, you never did pay me
for that sheet music.
1214
01:22:00,539 --> 01:22:02,268
That night, l`ll have to admit,
1215
01:22:02,341 --> 01:22:05,276
was not the night
l loved Gospel music best.
1216
01:22:05,344 --> 01:22:10,247
Over the years, these names
l thought you made up
1217
01:22:10,315 --> 01:22:13,842
came first to be real people to me
and then precious friends.
1218
01:22:13,919 --> 01:22:17,013
Vestal and Howard Goodman,
Brock and Faye Speer,
1219
01:22:17,055 --> 01:22:19,285
Hovie and Jake,
Buck and Dottie Rambo,
1220
01:22:19,358 --> 01:22:22,452
Henry and Hazel Slaughter,
and so many more
1221
01:22:22,527 --> 01:22:26,019
have become dear to us both.
1222
01:22:26,098 --> 01:22:27,963
l remember our holding
our little Suzanne
1223
01:22:28,033 --> 01:22:30,126
by the seat of the pants
1224
01:22:30,202 --> 01:22:32,136
while her little legs
danced up and down
1225
01:22:32,204 --> 01:22:33,933
on the back
of our family room couch
1226
01:22:34,006 --> 01:22:36,133
to ``l Wouldn`t Take Nothin`
for my Journey Now.``
1227
01:22:36,208 --> 01:22:39,507
And l couldn`t count
the summer nights
1228
01:22:39,578 --> 01:22:42,103
when we`d pile all three of our kids,
wrapped in blankets,
1229
01:22:42,180 --> 01:22:43,579
in the old red convertible
1230
01:22:43,648 --> 01:22:45,639
and drive out
under the starry lndiana sky,
1231
01:22:45,717 --> 01:22:49,847
singing in family harmony,
``Jesus is Coming Soon``
1232
01:22:49,888 --> 01:22:53,949
while the crickets and cicadas
sang their counterparts.
1233
01:22:54,026 --> 01:22:56,187
Now our kids are writing songs
of their own,
1234
01:22:56,261 --> 01:22:57,888
singing harmony with their friends,
1235
01:22:57,963 --> 01:22:59,157
and making demos
1236
01:22:59,231 --> 01:23:02,530
better than we ever figured out
how to make them.
1237
01:23:02,601 --> 01:23:06,037
Once again,
it`s just you and me, babe,
1238
01:23:06,104 --> 01:23:09,631
and more and more, l notice you
getting out the old records
1239
01:23:09,708 --> 01:23:14,873
that started you on this journey
1240
01:23:14,946 --> 01:23:16,208
or sitting down after supper
1241
01:23:16,281 --> 01:23:20,411
to play again
a few measures of some song
1242
01:23:20,485 --> 01:23:23,352
you used to pretend to broadcast
out the upstairs window
1243
01:23:23,388 --> 01:23:26,915
in the old farmhouse in Scott`s addition
1244
01:23:26,992 --> 01:23:29,460
when you came home
from Cunningham School.
1245
01:23:29,528 --> 01:23:35,933
For these songs, these are the ones
that got your attention,
1246
01:23:36,001 --> 01:23:40,404
captured your imagination,
and showed you the way to Jesus.
1247
01:23:40,472 --> 01:23:44,841
And the harmonies you loved
became the seed of your dreams,
1248
01:23:44,910 --> 01:23:49,904
dreams that we have together realized
1249
01:23:49,981 --> 01:23:54,418
even more than even you
could have imagined.
1250
01:23:59,124 --> 01:24:02,855
l will sing of my Redeemer,
1251
01:24:02,928 --> 01:24:08,059
and His wondrous love, l`ll tell.
1252
01:24:08,133 --> 01:24:18,634
He the victory hath given
over sin and death and hell.
1253
01:24:18,710 --> 01:24:25,912
Oh, sing, oh, sing
of my Redeemer.
1254
01:24:25,984 --> 01:24:32,412
With His blood,
He purchased me.
1255
01:24:32,457 --> 01:24:39,454
On the cross,
He sealed my pardon,
1256
01:24:39,531 --> 01:24:48,166
paid the debt,
and made me free.
1257
01:24:50,542 --> 01:25:03,819
l will sing of my redeemer
and His heavenly love to me.
1258
01:25:03,855 --> 01:25:11,523
Yes, He from death
to life has brought me,
1259
01:25:11,596 --> 01:25:21,130
son of God,
with Him to be.
1260
01:25:21,206 --> 01:25:28,203
Sing, oh, sing of my Redeemer.
1261
01:25:28,280 --> 01:25:36,710
With His blood,
He purchased me.
1262
01:25:36,755 --> 01:25:45,185
On the cross,
He sealed my pardon.
1263
01:25:45,263 --> 01:25:55,104
He paid the debt
and made me free.
1264
01:25:55,173 --> 01:26:02,670
Sing, oh, sing of my Redeemer.
1265
01:26:02,747 --> 01:26:11,177
With His blood,
He purchased me.
1266
01:26:11,223 --> 01:26:20,393
On the cross,
He sealed my pardon,
1267
01:26:20,465 --> 01:26:30,306
paid the debt,
and made me free.
1268
01:26:30,375 --> 01:26:35,005
Free.
1269
01:26:35,080 --> 01:26:44,648
Free!
1270
01:26:51,196 --> 01:26:58,602
Sing, oh, sing of my Redeemer.
1271
01:26:58,670 --> 01:27:07,135
With His blood,
He purchased me.
1272
01:27:07,212 --> 01:27:16,120
On the cross,
He sealed my pardon,
1273
01:27:16,154 --> 01:27:24,960
paid the debt,
and made me free.
1274
01:27:25,030 --> 01:27:33,870
Sing, oh, sing of my Redeemer.
1275
01:27:33,938 --> 01:27:42,403
With His blood,
He purchased me.
1276
01:27:42,480 --> 01:27:51,548
On the cross,
He sealed my pardon,
1277
01:27:51,589 --> 01:28:01,487
paid the debt,
and made me free.
1278
01:28:01,566 --> 01:28:05,832
Free.
1279
01:28:05,904 --> 01:28:13,709
Free!
1280
01:28:25,256 --> 01:28:26,780
Hi. l`m Bill Gaither.
1281
01:28:26,858 --> 01:28:28,325
And l can`t tell you the joy
1282
01:28:28,393 --> 01:28:31,521
that Gloria and l have had
in this very room,
1283
01:28:31,596 --> 01:28:33,791
sitting in heavenly places
1284
01:28:33,865 --> 01:28:37,665
with some of the greatest people
on this earth.
1285
01:28:37,736 --> 01:28:40,671
Moments of wonderful fellowship,
1286
01:28:40,739 --> 01:28:43,401
beautiful times of praise and worship,
1287
01:28:43,475 --> 01:28:47,377
joy, laughter, and tears,
1288
01:28:47,445 --> 01:28:50,710
and to try to capture it
somehow on film
1289
01:28:50,782 --> 01:28:52,909
so that you can enjoy it
there in your home.
1290
01:28:52,984 --> 01:28:56,351
Many of you have asked,
``Are there other videos available?``
1291
01:28:56,388 --> 01:28:57,855
Well, there are.
1292
01:28:57,922 --> 01:29:01,551
Just call this toll-free number
for more information:
1293
01:29:03,395 --> 01:29:09,197
Soon and very soon,
we are going to see the King.
1294
01:29:09,267 --> 01:29:10,894
Don`t you know it won`t be long.
1295
01:29:10,969 --> 01:29:16,771
Soon and very soon,
we are going to see the King.
1296
01:29:16,841 --> 01:29:38,185
O`er the land of the free
and the home of the brave.
1297
01:29:38,229 --> 01:29:41,687
l`m so glad Jesus lifted me.
1298
01:29:41,766 --> 01:29:46,965
l`m so glad Jesus lifted me.
1299
01:29:47,038 --> 01:29:58,677
Glory hallelujah, Jesus lifted me.
1300
01:29:58,750 --> 01:29:59,978
Oh, l`m singin`.
1301
01:30:00,051 --> 01:30:04,044
Yes, l`m singin` in my soul
1302
01:30:04,088 --> 01:30:09,219
when the burdens roll,
burdens roll.
1303
01:30:09,294 --> 01:30:11,819
l sing from morn to night.
1304
01:30:11,896 --> 01:30:14,558
lt makes my burdens light.
1305
01:30:14,632 --> 01:30:25,531
l`m singin`,
yes, l`m singin` in my soul.
1306
01:30:25,610 --> 01:30:26,736
Oh, l`m singin`.
1307
01:30:26,811 --> 01:30:30,440
Yes, l`m singin` in my soul
1308
01:30:30,515 --> 01:30:35,248
when the burdens roll.
1309
01:30:35,286 --> 01:30:37,811
l sing from morn to night.
1310
01:30:37,889 --> 01:30:40,983
lt makes my burdens light.
1311
01:30:41,059 --> 01:30:49,694
l`m singin`,
yes, l`m singin` in my soul.
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