“Work a Miracle” – Spencer Taylor & the Highway QCs

“Work a Miracle”
Spencer Taylor & the Highway QCs
From the 4 Winds Records CD
Work a Miracle (2009)
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Among the initial releases from Malaco Records’ newly-launched 4 Winds imprint is a new CD from a quartet that has been singing and recording together for several decades: Spencer Taylor and the Highway QCs.

The Highway QCs have produced its share of notable gospel and soul artists, including Sam Cooke, Lou Rawls, Johnnie Taylor and Spencer Taylor. The latter Taylor has stayed on the gospel highway the longest of the QC membership, having joined in 1956, and the group shows no signs of slowing down in this new century.

The title track of their 4 Winds CD, Work a Miracle, is a mid-tempo hand-clapper about the need for miracles in these troubled times. In between spontaneous shouts, Spencer as lead vocalist reminds the Lord that while he often intercedes on others’ behalf, “I don’t mind telling you tonight, Spencer Taylor needs a little help.” I’m sure that after more than a half-century of singing the glory down, whatever Spencer needed was taken care of expeditiously.

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