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When
one thinks of Southern Gospel music, in particular the kind
belted out by talented quartets throughout our region, many
giants of the genre come to mind. Greats such as The
Kingsmen, Gold City, and The Florida Boys continue to wow
crowds and minister to many still today as they have for
decades. Now devoted listeners of great Southern
Gospel need look no further than Mobile, Alabama to get
their fill of sweet, yet solid four part harmony, familiar
uplifting melodies, and quick-witted "good-ole' boy" humor.
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Five gentlemen from the area, Bobby Moseley (baritone),
Bennie Green and Bill Collins (lead), Danny Slayton
(bass), and Randall Jacobs (tenor), plus Jack Smith,
known collectively as Crimson City Quartet, have answered the call and
picked up the colors to carry on the strong tradition enjoyed
by so many. Crimson City as it is now was formed in
2002, and from their very first notes sung together as a
group, they have picked up steam and not looked back since.
The group has yielded 4 very well received albums, packed
out churches and concert venues across Mississippi, Florida,
Louisiana and Alabama and show no sign of slowing down.
Their
passion for the music as an outward and sincere form of
praise has carried them through some of the most trying
times and blessed many in moments of triumph. These
guys truly live to sing and when you hear them, you will
too. The first thing you notice about Crimson City,
even before they start warming up the microphones and raising
the roof clean off, is how down to earth the members are.
It is difficult to comprehend how a group this polished
and professional do not reside in Nashville and entertain
and minister full-time. This is the appeal many audiences
so richly enjoy. You may have never met them, but
you know them. It is this quality which brings the
group to life for folks and raises their brows in disbelief
when the lid comes off and those old time four part harmonies
come at you like a freight train tearing off the tracks.
They are truly like family over to the house after church
or singing uncles on the porch as the sun sets and crickets
chirp. They are the genuine article and their years
of singing and blessing audiences carry through their voices
as they rejoice in song. Their charisma and presence
embrace Southern Gospel's deep roots of "lookin' sharp and
singin' purty" while radiating an excitement in singing
for the Lord that is unparalleled in any other style of
music today.
These
gifted singers have brought the Gospel to people across
the South and left a smile their face and a song in their
heart doing it. Whether it is a Crimson City standard
like "Gospel Ship" or "Jericho Road" or one of the several
selections written for their recordings, you will enjoy
Gospel music as it was intended to be. If you love
a foot stompin', hand clappin' good time, this group is
for you. They will lift you up, make you laugh out
loud and make you really glad you came to hear the music.
An evening or Sunday singing with Crimson City will leave
you uttering the old cliché, "they don't make em' like that
anymore."
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