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From the program the weekend of Jan. 23rd & 24th, 2010: Very few Southern Gospel groups have been going strong is basically the same configuration (although different people) for as many as 50 years. But that's the claim to fame of our Featured Artists on this program, the Dixie Echoes. This quartet was founded back in 1960 in Pensacola, Florida, by the late J. G. Whitfield (who also founded the Florida Boys). And for most of that time, there's been a Shelnut in the quartet. The Dixie Echoes have always presented classic Southern Gospel quartet singing. And they still do — which is probably why they stand out more and more, as such singing by others is heard less and less. Classic quartet singing is what you heard on the songs we featured from their new CD, "I'd Rather Have Jesus." Any long-time Gospel music lover would, I'm sure, sing right along with all of the songs we featured. (You did, didn't you?!) I need to mention that this program was completed and sent to radio less than 24 hours before Pat Barker announced he is leaving the Dixie Echoes at the end of this month to join Mark Trammell in what will become the Mark Trammell Quartet. (You heard Mark on a recent broadcast talking about making the change, although at that time he didn't know who his new bass singer would be.) So, the Dixie Echoes are looking for a new bass singer. The Dixie Echoes' CD featured on this program, "I'd Rather Have Jesus," 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.) I guess it's true what they say about getting older, but I find it very difficult to believe that it has already been a full ten years since the Cathedrals retired (at the end of 1999). On the second hour of this broadcast, we included a special (albeit brief) segment remembering the Cathedrals. The seven artists who offered their thoughts on the air about the Cathedrals got it exactly right — they were "consistent" and "faithful" in all they did. And they were single-handedly responsible for getting several of today's top artists into the Southern Gospel music field. Other great quartets will come along (and some are out there today), but there will (in my humble opinion) never be another quartet like the Cathedrals — primarily because of the unique individuals (and combination of individuals) involved.

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