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Singer

I’m been singing Gospel music for over 40 years (not counting childhood). When I graduated from high school, I had a voice scholarship to one of the three best conservatories in the world (Eastman)....

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Katrina’s Christmas Wish

We started this project to raise money for Katrina’s medical bills. People generously donated with time to make the album. And many donated much more than the price of an album when it was released....

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How’s Katrina

1999, my daughter Katrina was finishing her second year at Harvard and looking forward to volunteering her summer in an orphanage in Nicaragua. She looked ahead to an active fall, an internship in...

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We’ve Got Good News

I started thinking about Paul and Silas traveling through the country spreading the Good News. So I wrote a brief history of American gospel music from the 1800’s up til pre-WWII. So each song...

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Your First Noel

I recorded this at the end of a very long day in the studio. I was tired. The musicians were tired. And my voice was shot. After I finished this song, I couldn’t talk for nearly two hours. I finished...

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Precious Lord, Take My Hand

This song was written by blues legend Thomas A Dorsey. He helped found northern jazz, Chicago jazz. After the death of his wife, Dorsey was devastated. She died given birth to their son, who died...

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Amazing Grace

I didn’t write this song. But like most musicians, I wish I had. The melody was probably a slave chantey. Most of the words came from John Newton, an 18th century sea captain. I wanted to emphasize...

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