After Thanksgiving, a video from the Whisnants began circulating on Facebook telling everyone “how much” the Mark Trammell Quartet love fruit cake; and with their Home For Christmas Tour beginning, they wanted to be sure everyone was encouraged to bring MTQ fruit cake during the tour. Well, when we went to the Home For Christmas…
In October, the Gospel Music Hymn Sing went on tour for the very first time and ended just before Thanksgiving with a special DVD taping at First Baptist of Atlanta, the church Dr. Charles Stanley pastor’s in Georgia. I can’t express how neat it is to be able to say that we not only attended…
The grey clouds hanging above the hotel seemed to grow darker as noon approached. The moment I stepped in the shower, the tornado sirens blared their warning of woe. Not exactly a good day for an outdoor Gospel Sing, eh? But over the years, both the fans and proprietors of Beacon Park learned to conquer…
What does it mean to live and walk by faith? If you have the Whisnants new CD, Walk of Faith, you’ll hear a definition in every song. Whether it is learning not to worry, witnessing to a friend or embracing how much God loves you – the whole project sums up the very subject. A…
The last night of the Indian Creek Memorial Day Weekend Gospel Singing featured a line-up with The Kingsmen, Whisnants and Brian Free and Assurance. For me, the three days we spent in Georgia went by too quickly and I tried to keep the thought of packing up and driving back home at bay. Like each…
Yesterday afternoon, I stood on my front porch and watched three baby raccoons cackle as they made their way across my yard. Mentally, I was trying to keep track of what needed done before I left to drive to a concert, but with three adorable masked fur balls in my yard I was a bit…
This year I had a mission. There was something I wanted to see, but it wasn’t just a port of call or an artist singing my favorite song. I wanted to see the sun rise over the water. Of course, there are photos online of such things, but I wanted to experience it in person. …
The second stop on the Home For Christmas Tour happened to be Vilonia, Arkansas…not too far from Branson. So…why not! From the beautiful day before – when we sailed off into Table Rock Lake with highs in the sixties – we experienced frigid weather in Arkansas. It was so cold that you could set Egg…
I stood on the top deck, leaning on the rail and looking below. A man on the ground was uncoiling a rope the thickness of my arm on the dock – it was almost time to sail! Ever since the Singing At Sea cruise in February I’ve been looking for an excuse to be out…
Home For Christmas was released in November 2014 by The Whisnants and Mark Trammell Quartet as the group’s first joint recording together. There are twelve songs on this CD: four from the Whisnants, four from MTQ and four where both groups sing together. This project combined traditional with modern, family harmony with quartet singing and…
