Legacy Five "Ask Me Why" Concept Video

Nashville, TN - After weeks of waiting, fans finally get the chance to see the official music video release of Legacy Five’s “Ask Me Why.” It is based on the true story of a woman named Patty and her daughter Hannah who converted to Christianity from Islam after accidentally showing up at a Legacy Five concert.

The video is already gaining buzz on YouTube with exponential growth in hits, comments, and shares on Facebook. L5 celebrates the release along with cover stories in both Singing News Magazine and SGN Scoops this month.

Patty Davenport Bahhur is actually featured in the video as a woman going through hardship and finding grace. Scott Fowler, lead singer, tells the story of how Patty stumbled upon the Celebration Event at the Grand Ole Opry with her daughter and looked to the group for answers. When she was given the wrong tickets to an event she thought would be the Opry show, she noticed something strikingly different about the concert. The people looked happy.

“She went on to tell me that her husband is a Muslim and that she was not accustomed to being around so many people who seemed so happy. She again said to me, ‘So you see...we're not supposed to be here. We are here by accident. This is not the Grand Ole Opry show and I don't understand why everyone around here is so happy. What is this music all about?’” Said Fowler, recalling Patty’s story, “It was then I realized that this was a divine appointment, and God was giving me an incredible opportunity to tell this lady and her daughter why we were all so ‘happy.’”

The video takes place at the Franklin Historic Presbyterian Church featuring a congregation comprised of L5 fans who volunteered to be extras. “Ask Me Why” was penned by Kenna Turner West, who made an appearance at the filming along with Jim Brady of The Booth Brothers and Les Butler of Singing News.

“L5 is great to work with,” said producer Scott Godsey of Godsey and Associates. “Throughout the filming process, I could tell that they got it. They are the real deal.”

Band members Scott Fowler, Scott Howard, Glenn Dustin, Gus Gaches, and Trey Ivies are featured at several locations throughout Franklin and Nashville, TN.

For more information about Legacy Five, visit www.legacyfive.com.

For more information about Godsey and Associates, visit www.godseyandassociates.com.

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Video: Second Generation - Give It Away

I saw this song performed live at Youth Challenge 2011, several weeks back.  I finally found the video for it, and wanted to share it.  

Obviously, the music isn't on the scale that the Gaither Vocal Band would have.  But I still think it's fun to watch, especially since the group members are teenagers.  They sound off-tune when they start singing the chorus after the second verse, but other than that, I can't see any other places when they're not on tune.  I think if they're going to go for an encore twice, then they need to change keys the second time through.

Please tell me what you think.  You can find the video on our YouTube channel, along with some other music videos.

The Inspirations

I made a comment on another SG blog a while back about not really liking a particular couple of SG groups.  One of the groups I mentioned was the Inspirations.  I’ve thought about this comment since I posted it, and realized that perhaps the statement wasn’t completely true.

While the Inspirations certainly aren’t my favorite group, and not even in my top 10 or anything like that, they do have some good songs.  They also seem to be more “conservative” than some other groups.  The main thing I don’t like about them is their music.  No drums and no orchestras.  It mainly consists of piano, and different guitars and stringed instruments.  You can’t label them as bluegrass, but they’re certainly not mainstream modern Southern Gospel music.

One particular song that I’ll mention, is “Cry For the Children.”  It deals with abortion, which, unfortunately, doesn’t get sung about much in Southern Gospel music.  It says that we’re concerned about things like the earth’s atmosphere and recycling, but we daily kill innocent babies.  Actually, this song, and the others from the same album did have drums.  I’m not sure what the reason for the change was though.  Now we’ll just have to work on that orchestra.  :)

Some other good Inspirations’ songs include:

• I Know Where He Lives
• Dealing With Gold
• Stone’s Throw Away
• If You Only Knew
• How Great It Is
• The Rose
• God Makes No Mistakes
• I Choose the Lord

I had to admit that when I listened to their latest album God Makes No Mistakes, it wasn’t quite as bad as I kind of expected it to be.  It won’t win “Album of the Year,” and might not be worth paying $15 for, but it’s not that bad.

Bass or Tenor: Which is More Manly?

When I think of the word “manly,” I think of strong athletic guys with deep voices.  Maybe this isn’t the picture you have, but it is mine.  A while back, some of my friends asked me which harmony part I thought was more manly: tenor or bass.

Obviously the bass part fits in a little better with the macho guy description.  The word “manly” means:

conventionally typical of man: having or showing qualities conventionally thought to be characteristic of or appropriate to a man, especially physical strength or courage 
(Encarta ® World English Dictionary)

 I think people sometimes equate a man with a higher voice as “geeky” or not as masculine as others.  But I love the tenor part, especially when it’s used in power singing.  There’s just something about singers hitting those high notes that I love.

So while the bass part might be thought of as more manly, tenor, I think, is a lot of the time, more fun.  :)

This video features Legacy Five's former tenor, Frank Seamans, with some great power singing. (near the end)

Another Legacy Five video, this time with their bass, Glenn Dustin taking the lead.

Video: Stetler Trio "Happiness Is"

This is a song off of a CD I'm planning to post a review of soon.