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Attending The Extra Mile

Daniel Mount — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 02:54:46 +0000

Hi! You might remember me from the National Quartet Convention coverage I did here last year and the year before.

I recently confirmed that I’ll be heading down to The Extra Mile a week from Saturday.

The concept intrigued me from the day the first announcement went up on the site. It wasn’t just the event—it was what it represented for our style of music. Back in the (very) old days, Southern Gospel was experienced through singing schools and church homecomings. For the last few decades, Southern Gospel has revolved around the live concert. But due to rising gas costs and a host of other problems, it’s just getting harder and harder for artists to pull off 200 concerts each year.

This event could be a model for what Southern Gospel looks like a decade from now. What especially intrigues me is that the product table is gone, and that the music is included in the cost of the event.

I’m looking forward to setting foot in Tennessee for the first time and meeting many of you. Since I write about just about everything, I imagine I’ll be writing about it, too.

If you haven’t registered yet, sign up here. It’s more than music, and even more than an event . . . if it’s a success, it could be history in the making.

See you there!

Featuring Jim Whetsel

Daniel Mount — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 10:00:50 +0000

Good morning! I know you haven’t heard from me—at least on this site—since my NQC posts in September. But at NQC, knowing that they would be in my area in late October, I talked with Roger about the possibility of doing some videos at the concert.

I showed up last weekend not knowing what I’d film. When I got there, I heard that there had been a request for a video featuring Jim Whetsel, their sound engineer. Here you go:

And once the sound had been all set up, here was one of the highlights from the evening:

Community Meet and Greet

Daniel Mount — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 19:56:56 +0000

Yesterday afternoon’s meet and greet was a highlight of the convention for the Talley Trio fans gathered.

Lauren and Roger started the event by explaining what was happening, and what they hoped to accomplish with the event:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=-_0hJk8-kkk

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Guu-vVRtMGg

Then they sang two songs a capella from Songs You Know By Heart:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=G34BtYIoD5k

www.youtube.com/watch?v=_LLsiL-De9Y

Debra and Lauren each shared testimonies of other Tree-o community members:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=mHsFapqY1Eg

www.youtube.com/watch?v=ITE_oNZx6vY

The Arndharts greet the community

Daniel Mount — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 19:48:58 +0000

From the meet-and-greet at the 2009 National Quartet Convention:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=SYmlCUUUCsY

Thursday main stage appearance

Daniel Mount — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 11:08:40 +0000

During the Talley Trio’s Thursday night main stage apparance, they sang four songs.

They started with their new arrangement of “Amazong Grace” (from Songs You Know By Heart). Debra started the song, and Lauren had the last solo. Roger was featured on “My Hope is In the Lord.” Then Lauren closed with two songs, the Talleys classic “Mountain Mover” and another song new to the Talley Trio, “He’s Alive.”

I have been watching audience reactions closely this week, and it’s frankly hard for a song that many in the audience have never heard to get a standing ovation, but this one did.

I plan to post video from the Tree’s get-together some time this afternoon, so be watching for that!

Lauren Talley and Jerry Salley discuss “The Broken Ones”

Daniel Mount — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 21:00:29 +0000

Lauren Talley and Jerry Salley crossed paths at the radio meet-and-greet, and Lauren discussed the story behind a song Salley penned, “The Broken Ones.”

www.youtube.com/watch?v=bQ0zVts1qpY

NQC 2009, Day 1: Greetings from Lauren Talley

Daniel Mount — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 23:16:04 +0000

Greetings, Talley Trio fans! Here’s a video blog from Lauren to kick off the week:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=8GGU-IWDBhU

Guest Posting during NQC

Daniel Mount — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 10:30:49 +0000

Greetings, Talley Trio fans!

Last year, I did what I could to keep you up to date with the Talley Trio’s activities during the National Quartet Convention (NQC). I’m back to reprise that role this year.

I look forward to seeing many of you at the Talley Tree-o get together, which is on Friday from 2:30-3:30 in the East Hall Room 4 (Roger has more details here). I also plan to report on their main stage appearances, which are Wednesday at 7:17 PM, Thursday at 10:29 PM, and Saturday at 10:04 PM.

To keep up with what your other favorite artists are doing, you can read my other NQC-related posts at my own website (www.southerngospelblog.com), the Crist Family’s community site, Voices Won’s website (www.voiceswon.com), Janet Paschal’s community site, and the Crossroads Music blog (www.crossroadsmusic.com/blog).

Guest-Blogging NQC

Daniel Mount — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 10:50:31 +0000

Hi, everyone! My name is Daniel J. Mount. Some of you will already know me from my participation on this and other Southern Gospel sites, including my blog, SouthernGospelBlog.com.

I’ve been invited to be a guest blogger on this site this week, covering the Talley Trio during the National Quartet Convention. The Talley Trio will be appearing on the main stage Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday. For those of you who can’t be there in person, I’ll be posting on those sets and on other events throughout the week.