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The Kingdom Heirs have been giving Southern Gospel listeners traditional Southern Gospel quartet music now for over thirty years. While The Last Big Thing is not as strong as the group’s previous effort, A New Look; it is the best quartet album of 2017, thus far. The biggest difference to me between A New Look and the Kingdom Heirs’ other recordings in recent years is less reliance on Dianne Wilkinson’s songs. Do not get me wrongno one’s a bigger Dianne Wilkinson fan than me, and one of my favorite things about the Kingdom Heirs is that they record her tremendous songs.
GRADE: B+. Album – A New Look. Artist –.
Label – Sonlite Records. Style – Traditional. Release Date – 10/02/15. Available For Digital Download? – Yes (Apple Music/Spotify)SYNOPSIS:The Kingdom Heirs used to be one of those groups to release a new album every year. This current market no longer fits that model.
It has been two years since the last album of new music from the group.2015 finds the release of A New Look; an eleven song collection of new music. This is the first Kingdom Heirs recording without Steve French and the first to feature Brian Alvey.In terms of style, the group doesn’t stray from the musical formula that Southern Gospel listeners have come to recognize and expect.HIGHLIGHTS:. A New Look excels at providing some strong Southern Gospel ballads. You get one each from Arthur, Brian and Jerry. I can’t decide which is the strongest. They are all equally good.
Arthur is featured on “Power In Those Bones”. Arthur has been known in the past for his strong held out vocals. It is nice that he just takes “Power In Those Bones” and doesn’t add those extra vocal acrobatics. Newest vocalist, Brian Alvey is featured on “Never Made A Promise”. You know, God never made a promise he didn’t keep. Speaking of Brian, he gets to show out on a song he recorded in the brief time he was with the Talleys; “The Church Will Overcome”.
A great closing song for the album. Jerry Martin’s feature is a Dennis Murphy penned tune, “Pieces”. While you can hear the wear in Jerry’s voice from the daily shows at Dollywood, he is still able to convey this strong message. I enjoyed the country, almost Tennessee Ernie Ford, treatment given to “The Chain Gang”.
Kingdom Heirs Performance Tracks
Jeff Chapman totally nails this fun song which has also been chosen as the first single from the album. As far as up-tempo numbers, the best has got to be “God’s Gonna Do More”. The instrumentation given this song sounds reminiscent to many of the great Southern Gospel tunes that came out of the 1970’s. Strongest songs included in order: “God’s Gonna Do More”, “Never Made A Promise”, “Power In Those Bones”, “The Chain Gang”, “The Church Will Overcome”, “Pieces” and “As Many Times”. There was only one song that didn’t match the caliber of the rest of the album; “Pass The Torch”. Weakest songs included in order: “Pass The Torch”.WRAP UP:The Kingdom Heirs have consistently provided Southern Gospel listeners with quality, traditional Southern Gospel quartet music. A New Look lives up to this standard and will undoubtedly provide the group a couple more chart topping hits.SONG/Featured Vocalist – Songwriter: 1.
“A New Look”/Ensemble – Rebecca J Peck, Dianne Wilkinson 2. “Power In Those Bones “/Arthur – Arthur Rice, Dianne Wilkinson 3. “More Like Jesus”/Ensemble; Arthur – Dennis Murphy 4.
“The Chain Gang”/Jeff; Ensemble – Mark Bishop 5. “As Many Times”/Ensemble – Rodney Griffin 6.
“Pieces”/Jerry – Dennis Murphy 7. “Saving Us A Place In The Choir”/Ensemble; Jeff – Rebecca Peck, Dianne Wilkinson 8. “Never Made A Promise”/Brian – Lee Black, Sue C Smith, Kenna Turner West 9. “God’s Gonna Do More”/Jerry – Barbi Franklin, Terry Franklin 10.
“Pass The Torch”/Arthur – Jeff Collins, Sandy Knight 11. “The Church Will Overcome”/Brian – Dianne Wilkinson. Just one night remains for the 2015 edition of the National Quartet Convention. It was literally a snooze fest for most of the evening as I nodded off several times only to be awakened by a high note.
There were some hits. Lets get to it. One moment toward the end that woke me up was the Dixie Echoes.
How refreshing to hear just the voices accompanied by piano and bass guitar. The group showcased a new tenor on the quartet classic, “Hide Thou Me”. And, Randy can still get it done vocally with a song like “How Great Thou Art”. The Hoppers set was a hit parade of their three biggest songs of the last twenty years; “I’ve Come Too Far”, “Jerusalem” and “Shouting Time”. Watching Connie during that set, you could see she was happy to be back on the stage. I enjoy the new vocal blend of the Kingdom Heirs with Brian Alvey on lead and Arthur Rice on baritone.
Claude Hopper was a trooper helping emcee the entire program tonight. Michael kept him on track and even made for some funny moments.
Friday night of the NQC is still missing that spark it had when the Gaither Vocal Band was on the program. I also miss seeing the Isaacs this year. The webcast had sound issues early on in the program that eventually cleared. Overall it wasn’t an eventful evening. I don’t see many memorable moments made tonight that will have people talking and sharing. DID YOU KNOW?: Familial connections in Southern Gospel music are prevalent.
Sons carrying on in their father’s footsteps. One such connection that may have not been as known among Southern Gospel listeners is that of original Kingdom Heirs lead singer, David McGill and son Zack McGill; who was the original lead singer and owner of the group Crystal River. David spent eight years with the Kingdom Heirs before exiting and being replaced by Clayton Inman. Also, if you weren’t familiar with Crystal River, this 2006 album cover shows some faces you might recognize.
That is Dusty Barrett (now tenor for Soul’d Out Quartet), Jeff Snyder (who later performed with the Greenes and the Bowling Family) and Jeremy Liles (current bass vocalist for Brian Free & Assurance). The ‘Ten On Ten’ feature was one of the most popular features I ever ran on Southern Gospel Views from the Back Row. I believe I ran through just about every major artist to have a substantial recording career in Southern Gospel music.
I will be featuring some up and coming artists who now have at least ten recordings in their discography in the near future.Now it is time to counter that and take a look at all those artists I ran a ten on ten feature and shine a spotlight on the three worst albums in their discography. For any artist that has an extensive body of work, there will always be a few albums that just don’t measure up to the rest of their work. Instead of fighting all the black Friday crowds today, why not win this classic Southern Gospel CD and you don’t even have to leave the comfort of your home. Today, I am giving away the Kingdom Heirs 1992 recording, Extraordinary.The vocal line-up on this particular CD was Rick Strickland (tenor), Clayton Inman (lead), Steve French (baritone) and Eric Bennett (bass). The songs found on Extraordinary included “Extraordinary Grace”, “God Will Make A Way”, “I Can See Heaven”, “I’m Gonna Rise”, “Keep Your Eyes On Jesus”, “Mercy’s Hearing”, “Rest A Little While”, “Silver & Gold”, “There’s A Change” and “Under Control”.Remember all CDs given away are used (I have been the only owner). The first person to email me (swea215@yahoo.com) the correct response to the following question will win the Kingdom Heirs, Extraordinary.Please name the (7) quartets listed in this musical mash-up.CONTEST NOW CLOSED.Congratulations to Brad for being the first to correctly guess the seven artists in the musical mash-up. He won the Kingdom Heirs 1992 recording, Extraordinary.
Here were the answers:. Willie Wynn & Tennesseans (“Something I Can Feel”). Kingsmen (“Somebody Run”). Cathedrals (“He’s My Lighthouse”).
Poet Voices (“Gonna Walk”). Anchormen (“One More Testimony”). JD Sumner & Stamps (“He’ll Hold To My Hand”). Dixie Echoes (“Life Can Have A New Meaning”).
Kingdom Heirs Schedule
Back to one of my regular features this week; the definitive Southern Gospel collection. I take a look at a specific year in Southern Gospel music and determine the (20) best albums released in that given year. I am taking a look at the year 2007. I started with a list of 75 albums and worked on narrowing it down to the (20) best.The Booth Brothers started their award show domination in 2007 by winning artist of the year at the Singing News fan awards. Live In Music City by Legacy Five won album of the year as “I Have Not Forgotten” (Inspirations) won song of the year. Search for: Categories. (332).
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