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From the broadcast the weekend of June 5th & 6th, 2010: During our Featured Artists visits with the Gaither Vocal Band on this program, many of the comments revolved around the pleasing "chemistry" of the present conbination of individuals and voices. They sing together well, they work together well. And I think that's a valid commentary. Bill Gaither certainly has brought together some exceptional talent in Wes Hampton, David Phelps, Michael English and Mark Lowry. Anyone who's seen them in concert could certainly vouch for all of the above. Songs you heard on the program were from their live-in-concert "Better Day" CD (which is also available in video form on DVD). By the way, before Michael English joined the Gaither Vocal Band for the first time years ago, he sang with the Singing Americans and the Happy Goodmans, but everyone knew him then as "Mike," not Michael. He says he can tell right away how long someone has known him by whether they refer to him as "Mike" or "Michael." The Gaither Vocal Band's CD featured on this program, "Better Day," 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. You can also get the DVD video version of this same recording. (Orders over $40 in the USA qualify for free shipping.) As you heard on our Artist Spotlight segment, the Gann Brothers are celebrating their 30th annivesary as a group this year. Today's group includes Phil Gann, Kyle Peddie and Craig Pippin. This is a new configuation, since Phil's brother, Calvin, left the group more than a year ago to sing with his own family. Phil's been there since the beginning, of course, and Kyle's been there for several years. Craig, the "newcomer," really isn't, because he was with the group before for several years, as you heard. So it's all coming together, and the group's new CD title, "Revived," really does seem appropriate. As you heard Phil say, they really do have a new sense of excitement about what they do, thanks to the new vocal blend. By the way, after the songs were chosen for this broadcast, the Gann Brothers selected their first radio single from the "Revived" CD — and it's one I didn't happen to use. So you'll be hearing "I Never Shall Forget The Day" (which is a new song, not the classic) on a later broadcast. I'm sure you know someone close to you who has had cancer, and probably someone who's died from it. When Brad Kerstetter of Pennsylvania's Kerstetter Family dropped by our studio recently for a brief interview, it was amazing to see that, despite doctors giving him almost no time at all remaining in this life, he is still traveling and singing the Gospel with his family. And that's exactly what he plans to do, as long as he is physically able. As you heard him say, he's doing it because, simply, this is what God has called him to do. I asked Brad how he would likes folks to pray for him: "Well, I'd really like to be healed, but most importantly I want God's will to be done in our lives — because He does know what's best for us and He knows what lies in store. And so I guess [the prayer would be] for God's will to be done in my life and for me to have peace and strength to get through this." That's something we each should pray for ourselves and our loved ones, but it's especially poignant coming from someone in Brad's situation. Please, if you would, send Brad a note of encouragement. You can do it through the "contact" page on their website, www.kerstetters.com.

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