With each recording over the last few years, the Dove Brothers blaze a new trail that most other quartets won’t go, and the Dove Brothers are having huge successes with the implementation of their ideas. They have effectively set themselves apart from every other quartet in the business and have such a strong musical palette to work from that they can design a concert program that reaches everyone, and that’s not easy to do. This latest recording builds on what they started a few years ago, and will no doubt continue to solidify the Dove Brothers as a force to be reckoned with.
The recording starts off with “Good Ole Gospel Song” (which was originally recorded by the Dixie Echoes back in 1976) and the Dove Brothers did a great job reviving this tune and the song will no doubt be a concert favorite for the guys.
McCray does an excellent job with the Gerald Crabb penned, “Hey Lazarus”. This Pentecostal flavored tune is one of my favorites on the recording and I think it would be an excellent radio song for the guys. Speaking of radio songs, the first single release from this recording is the McCray Dove penned, “If I Knew Then”. Showing McCray’s crooner side, and while it’s probably my least favorite song on the recording, this country sounding ballad should do well for the guys. Picking the pace back up a bit, the guys sing the Phil Cross penned, “Preachin’ in Prison”.
The Dove Brothers has made it a practice for the last couple of recordings to included a few classic tunes (and not just 1950s traditional quartet classics); and this release is no different as they revive the Imperials hit from the 1970s titled, “Old Buddha”. In fact, most of the classic revisions found on this recording stem from the 1970s; “King Jesus” (Oak Ridge Boys) and “My Soul Has Been Set Free” (Willie Wynn & The Tennesseans) both were also from the 1970s. The Dove Brothers did bring back a song from the 1950s/1960s entitled “How About You”, and David Hester does a fine job reviving this classic tune previously recorded by numerous artists back in the day including Plainsmen Quartet, Kingsmen, Happy Goodman Family and others. Over the last year, the song has been a concert favorite, and I’m glad to see it is included on this recording.
The recording closes out with the exciting country sounds of, “I Recall” (which is probably my favorite on the recording) and “Unstoppable” (also recently recorded by Rascal Flatts), and you’re left ready to listen to the whole recording all over again (which is something I have done numerous times).
The Dove Brothers have found a formula that seems to be working for them. They take a few gospel classics from the past, take a song or two from the secular field with an inspirational message and throw in a few new and self penned tunes and turn out a top notch recording that can reach a broad audience, while not alienating their current fan base. This is one of the top releases for 2010 and should churn out a #1 song or two as well.
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Written: 09/07/2010
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