AHQ Live – My Soul’s Been Anchored
I was going through some old AHQ recordings I have and thought I’d throw this piece up on ITF just for the anyhow.
This was from a program we did maybe in ’03 sometime, I’m not sure. It was at East Fairview Mennonite Church, in Milford, NE. The mix isn’t great, but it’s not bad for a live mix.
AHQ Live – My Soul’s Been Anchored (2.1 MB)
This doesn’t really have anything to do with AHQ, but I’ve been thinking recently about unofficial live recordings and how they can reveal the humanity of professional singers. It can be pretty interesting.
As I recall, even the illustrious Guy Penrod isn’t immune. A recording of George Younce’s funeral was made available online, and the Gaither Vocal Band had sang in the service. Guy chunked the ending of “I Believe in a Hill Called Mount Calvary” pretty bad. It made me wonder of the big boys are subject to morning voice too.
More recently, Roger Bennett’s funeral service is also available online. I just listened to a couple of spots, but Frank Seamans of Legacy Five was having a rather difficult time hitting his notes on the tag of “Jesus Saves.”
Anyway, nothing profound or earthshaking here, just very interesting to me.
3 Responses
March 31st, 2007 at 6:30 pm
Yeah, I thought it seemed that it was probably emotions that was giving Frank a hard time singing at the funeral. At least that is what I attributed it to. I thought that despite the emotional setting, Scott Fowler did very well. Roger and Scott had been the best of friends for many years. But yes, the “big boys” have their “off” moments, also.
March 31st, 2007 at 6:52 pm
I’m pretty sure that wasn’t emotions, it sounded like a good old-fashioned normal crack-up.
April 5th, 2007 at 1:06 pm
And as for “My Soul’s Been Anchored…”, a great big ole’ THANKS ! from this continued AHQ fan !
Now IF your souls truly HAVE been anchored in the Lord, we’ll expect to hear much, much more in coming years from the group.
Suffice it to say my soul’s been in pain over the short time you guys have been separated. We NEED more AHQ !
(Also, I’ll be in touch soon for a few replacements of CD’s I can’t find elsewhere. Hope the vault’s still got ’em.)