“Shadrack, Meshack, Abednego”
Gospel Hummingbirds
From the CD Life Songs (2006)
www.thegospelhummingbirds.com
The Grammy-nominated Gospel Hummingbirds give the quartet classic a modern, funky twist.
The lead singer shouts and launches into wailing falsetto in telling the story of the three Hebrew children, while guitarist Morris LeGrande lets loose with an entire arsenal of rock-bluesy licks, all to a quick, two-stepping tempo. The quartet, with Manhattans-like smoothness, chimes in harmonic assent.
Good to hear this song is still in the quartet repertory. Good to hear the Bay Area’s Gospel Hummingbirds are still out on the gospel highway.
Written by : Bob Marovich
Bob Marovich is a gospel music historian, author, and radio host. Founder of Journal of Gospel Music blog (formally The Black Gospel Blog) and producer of the Gospel Memories Radio Show.
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