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| From the broadcast
the weekend of April 10th & 11th, 2010: |
 Our Featured Artists
on this program were the trio Mercy's Well — Brad Strider,
Greg Gainer and John Azzarello. Featured were songs from their
very unusual current CD entitled "Songbook: Where Hymns and Harmony Live."
As you heard, this is the third installment of their hymns series, and
Brad wanted to feature on this particular installment some of the classic
"convention style" songs from the past. You heard five of them on this program.
I liked the fact that they brought in a bass singer for a few of the songs.
What a quartet these guys would make! This is the same recording that Mercy's
Well released as a limited edition LP (a record!) last fall. Perhaps
you'll recall that I played a song back then directly from the LP, something
I almost never do anymore. More info can be found at
www.mercyswell.com.
 The Mercy's Well CD featured on this program,
"Songbook: Where Hymns & Harmony Live," is available from our
mailorder service, Springside. Just call 1-800-38-MUSIC to order. You can
order easily from our webstore by
using this
link to go directly to this item. (Orders over $40 in the USA qualify
for free shipping.)
 Our Artist Spotlight
guest on this program was Mark Lowry. Mark's always been a a deep
thinker, even though his personna is that of the "funny guy" on the Gaither
concerts. It's interesting to see subtle changes in him now that he's back
with the Gaither Vocal Band. I asked him if that's a result of simply maturing.
He said, "probably." As Mark said on the program, he feels one of his primary
roles is to encourage Christians in their daily walk. The song "Over My
Head" that I played is a good example of an encouraging song. The powerful
song, "The Inviting Christ," needs no further explanation. Songs you
heard were from his "Life Gets Loud" solo CD,
which is
available from Springside.
 Congratulations to the special "Week Number
Two" winners in our recent 2010 Great Annual Giveaway. Carl &
Jeanette Garrison of Lawrenceville, Georgia, have won three nights at
the big Singing In the Sun Event two weeks from now in Myrtle
Beach, South Carolina. Our thanks to the folks at Abraham Productions for
making this special prize available. More information about the Singing In
The Sun can be found online at
http://www.abrahamproductions.net/SIS.htm.
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