“Trust Him”
Evelyn Turrentine Agee
From the forthcoming CD Double Exposure
WOS Records 2008
On her latest album, Double Exposure, due out this month on her new label, WOS (War On Sin) Records, Detroit’s power-packed vocalist Evelyn Turrentine Agee and a backing group give “Trust Him,” a 1962 James Cleveland and the Angelic Choir recording, a sublimely funky, neo-traditional reworking.
Evelyn is known as the “Queen of Gospel Quartet,” but she wants to be recognized as much more than a quartet-style singer (possibly the origin of the album title), and her talent is indeed multi-faceted, but on the vamp of “Trust Him,” she employs the vintage old school quartet technique that brings fans to their feet.
Overall, “Trust Him” respects the exciting King James/Rev. Larry Roberts pre-“Peace Be Still” original while bouncing it in a modern, and equally exciting, direction.
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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