Rather than denoting a style or sound of vernacular sacred musicmaking, "southern gospel" as a term and a set of at-best partially unexamined social practices and religious beliefs "indicate the music and culture of those people who choose to associate themselves with this tradition. By leveraging anxieties about cultural authenticity and relevance roiling conservative evangelical and fundamentalist culture, Homecoming creates "a musical screen onto which people from a wide range of Christian cultural traditions within the American middle class can project their own religious concerns and spiritual aspirations. I will surely miss the wonderful voice of Jake Hess! He was an inspiration to many. [7], Hess and Joyce McWaters were married on October 5, 1952. "Southern" gospel has its own difficulties, not least the fact that not all gospel from, of, or appealing to people in the South is a white enterprise. Jake Hess (December 24, 1927 - January 4, 2004) was an American Grammy Award -winning southern gospel singer. To help her family find. Jake Hess, Jr. has become a well-known southern gospel songwriter, in addition to being married to Judy Martin of The Martins. But it also resonates with less militant but hardly less conservative evangelicalsmostly whitewho respond powerfully to its organizing themes: proud piety, traditionalist notions of family, and unapologetic sentimentality about evangelistic faith and religious community. tippy('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_1524_1_56', { content: jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_1524_1_56').html(), placement: 'bottom', theme: 'sosp', arrow: false, allowHTML: true }); A particular Arkansas primitivism merits attention here. James and Claudia Stewart and The Seeker's Quartet. tippy('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_1524_1_60', { content: jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_1524_1_60').html(), placement: 'bottom', theme: 'sosp', arrow: false, allowHTML: true }); What emerges in The Martins's interview echoes Anthony Harkins's observations about constructed hillbilly rusticity: "Middle-class white Americans [can] see these people [hillbillies] as a fascinating and exotic 'other' akin to Native Americans or Blacks, while at the same time sympathize with them as poorer and less modern versions of themselves. He will truly be missed. The couple had known each other from his touring, and after two dates, she agreed to marry him six weeks later, on October 5, 1952. Mr. Hess will be missed but he leaves us such wonderful memories and a beautiful family. At first, this meant reclaiming (or sonically imitating) mainly rock 'n' roll, but ultimately it came to encompass almost any kind of popular mainstream American music heard on commercial radio, especially among teen and youth audiences. It was Mark, Mike, of course the three Martins, Gloria and two or three other people. . It's there to remind. For discussions of the Traveler trope see ". rather meet him than elvis.. my heart feels like i am one of his family. Try again later. In 1993, believing his career was over and with his health declining, Jake moved to Columbus, where he intended to play golf, even if he didn't keep score, and to enjoy being with his family. You are my friend. Durham: Duke University Press, 2003. As a pre-teen I used to go to the V.F.W. Jake was born Dec. 24, 1927, in Mt. Dayton, The Theological Roots of Pentecostalism (Grand Rapids: Francis Asbury Press, 1987); and Dodrill, "Evangelicalism Examined . [1], The son of "a sharecropper who was a shape-note singing-school teacher," Hess was born in Mt. In this context, gospel music functions as a style of vernacular religious entertainment and a form of evangelical cultural experience transcending denominations or confessional traditions. You're always there. My mother's first cousin owned a piano company in Marietta, Georgia and always provided a piano for the All Night Singing at the Atlanta Auditorium. They appreciate the prayers his wonderful friends have offered during his illness and ask that in lieu of flowers donations be made to the Guido Evangelistic Association in Metter, Ga. Those who wish may sign the online guest registry atwww.mcmullenfuneralhome.com. "8Stephen Shearon, Harry Eskew, James C. Downey, and Robert Darden, "Gospel Music," Grove Music Online, July 10, 2012, accessed October 15, 2013,http://www.oxfordmusiconline.com/subscriber/article/grove/music/A2224388. Trinity Broadcasting Network is the D.B.A. of Trinity Christian Center of Santa Ana Inc., a California religious non-profit corporation holding 501(C)(3) status with the Internal Revenue Service. How the heavenly Father must be rejoicing to have Mr Hess at home with him. "13Harrison, Then Sings My Soul, 103. tippy('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_1524_1_13', { content: jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_1524_1_13').html(), placement: 'bottom', theme: 'sosp', arrow: false, allowHTML: true }); Consequently, in what follows, "southern gospel" stands as shorthand for professional, commercialized white gospel from, or culturally aligned with, the evangelical fundamentalist South. I was able to meet him at the NQC that year and have a picture made. If youre in charge of handling the affairs for a recently deceased loved one, this guide offers a helpful checklist. For discussions of the Traveler trope see "The Arkansas Traveler" entries in the online resources of the Historic Arkansas Museum, accessed October 1, 2013, http://www.arkansas-traveler.org, and on Arkansas.com, Arkansas Department of Parks and Tourism. Winter's Bone. It would make you want to shout. Gloria told Bill that he had to let them sing in the video. He won four Grammys and was idolized by Elvis Presley so much so that Hess was invited to sing at Presleys funeral. Close this window, and upload the photo(s) again. The hymn says "Oh I want to see him look upon his face, there to sing forever of his saving grace, on the streets of glory let me lift my voice, cares all past home at last heaven to rejoice" May God bless the Hess family. In the fall of 1980, Hess, Lister, and Rozell assembled a new group with James Blackwood and J.D. We knew Bro. All Rights Reserved. Through it all, Jake told Elvis that he only wanted to be his friend. WITH THE BLESSING OF THE LORD HE WILL ALWAYS BE REMEMBERED BY US LEFT BEHIND/WE LOVE YOU/SAY HELLO TO JOYCE FOR ME/ADRIAN. Jake accompanied them to the studio and liked what he heard. He was survived by a daughter, two sons, 10 grandchildren, one great-grandchild and a sister. The Willow Creek megachurch, under the leadership of Bill Hybels, is the most prominent example of a seeker-sensitive church. In 1989 Jake's nephew Steve Hess & Eugene Baker (Hess & Baker, Skylite/Sing) were in Nashville to record several segments on Bobby Jones Gospel (BET Network). The most prominent, From Arkansas With Love, is full of original material, almost all written by Joyce Martin. tippy('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_1524_1_7', { content: jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_1524_1_7').html(), placement: 'bottom', theme: 'sosp', arrow: false, allowHTML: true }); "southern gospel" brings with it additional layers of interpretive complication regarding race, class, and geography. Jonathan Martin and his wife, Dara, live in Des Moines with their six children (Craig Harris, "Martins Storm Back onto the Scene," sgnscoops.com, December 17, 2013 [accessed January 31, 2014)]. Directed by Debra Granik. Watching and listening to a legend will alway's be one of our fondest memories. He has joined my Grandfather J. E. Monroe in God's lovely Chorus. Best Southern Gospel, Country Gospel, or Bluegrass Album of the Year: This page was last edited on 29 January 2022, at 22:46. tippy('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_1524_1_48', { content: jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_1524_1_48').html(), placement: 'bottom', theme: 'sosp', arrow: false, allowHTML: true }); What continues to distinguish The Martins is their acoustic style full of complex harmonies, modulations, and voicings that reflect influences of country, bluegrass, folk, old-time, choral, black gospel, and vocal jazz styles and arrangements. Music publishers of seven-shape notational gospel music and the convention singing tradition to which these publishers catered were familiar with the term for much of the twentieth century. This has been a hard four weeks for us but we know it has been so much harder for you all. He was very busy and was getting ready for the next day's video. They burst onto the gospel music scene in the early 1990's thanks to Bill and Gloria Gaither. Some basic help and starters when you have to write a tribute to someone you love. Their mother, Wylma, who also is a . The group would ultimately consist of Jake, Steve, Eugene & Chris, Jake's son. Judy lives in Columbus, GA, with her husband, Jake Hess Jr. Recording companies experienced similar contractions. I Love to hear Jake Hess Sing. tippy('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_1524_1_27', { content: jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_1524_1_27').html(), placement: 'bottom', theme: 'sosp', arrow: false, allowHTML: true });And it is that, to a certain extent. Add to your scrapbook. Comparatively little has been published about The Martins's biography beyond birth, marriages, and professional accomplishments.41The basic details provided here derive largely from The Martins's disclosures on stage, press coverage, conservations I have had with industry professionals, and my experience. WE WILL MISS JAKE'S SMILING FACE ON THE HOMECOMING VIDEOS. We were blessed to go to the semitary. I am upholding the entire Hess family in my prayers. For a recording of the set piece associated with Gerald Wolfe's time with the Dumplin' Valley Boys, see. They started rehearsals in Jake's family room and started touring later in the year. May God give you the strength and peace needed at such a difficult time. Get the Latest Updates with the News 3 App! Many fans and most observers interpreted her actions and words as a rebuke of a mass wedding of gay and straight couples performed during the broadcast. To view a photo in more detail or edit captions for photos you added, click the photo to open the photo viewer. Try again later. I feel better, more balanced, and closer to whole when I sing and speak about my struggles. I think He has given me a drive and a passion for music. tippy('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_1524_1_15', { content: jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_1524_1_15').html(), placement: 'bottom', theme: 'sosp', arrow: false, allowHTML: true }); Arkansas has undergone considerable stereotyping in the US imagination.16Brooks Blevins, Arkansas/Arkansaw: How Bear Hunters, Hillbillies, and Good Ole Boys Defined a State (Fayetteville: University of Arkansas Press, 2009), 4. tippy('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_1524_1_16', { content: jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_1524_1_16').html(), placement: 'bottom', theme: 'sosp', arrow: false, allowHTML: true }); To speak of an "Arkansas imaginary" in this essay is to conceptualize Arkansas as a siteparticularly among poor and working-class white evangelicals and fundamentalistsfor the practice of religious life, or "lived religion. At the same time, the group evinces no interest in stylistic purity or generic fealty to a specific tradition, even as the album titleincluding the florid and flowing cover typographyframes their music as a filiopietistic missive from the old home place that is a staple of the southern gospel imagination.46While David Fillingim argues that "home" as a concept in southern gospel allows its participants to imagine and explore a flight from material hardship and social marginalization in this world (in favor of an eternal home of magnificence in heaven), my research suggests that in southern gospel "home" serves to give concrete, graspable shape to abstract theological concepts and spiritual experiences for ordinary Christians in the here and now. See "Music Album Sales in the United States in 2012, by Genre,"Statistica.com, 2012, accessed January 28, 2014, http://www.statista.com/statistics/188910/us-music-album-sales-by-genre-2010/; Natalie Gillespie, "Gospel Music Sees Record-Setting RIAA Numbers," CCM Update, March 29, 1999; and Lindy Warren, "Top 15 Impact-Makers in 1997," CCM Update, December 22, 1997. This is a carousel with slides. Shearon, Stephen, Harry Eskew, James C. Cowney, and Robert Darden. tippy('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_1524_1_49', { content: jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_1524_1_49').html(), placement: 'bottom', theme: 'sosp', arrow: false, allowHTML: true }); Even if The Andy Griffith Show had not made small, rural towns with earthy-sounding names synonymous with culturally unsophisticated, plainspoken provincialism,50Toward the end of his life, Andy Griffith recorded multiple southern gospel albums. Join Facebook to connect with Jake Hess Jr. and others you may know. He was a founding member of the National Quartet Convention and received a Life Achievement Award from SESAC. SUE. And both black and white gospel have "borrowed those aspects, reinterpreting them for their own cultures" and purposes. The Martins. This flower has been reported and will not be visible while under review. Remove advertising from a memorial by sponsoring it for just $5. To the family of Jake, I know you are missing him, but he is now in Heaven singing in that wonderful choir that God has assembled. "38Pamela Fox, Natural Acts: Gender, Race, and Rusticity in Country Music (Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 2009), 7. The Martins. Thank you for fulfilling this photo request. Joyce Martin Sanders (b. January 6, 1968) lives in Nashville, Tennessee with her husband Paul, and she has two children. God bless you all. I was saddened to hear of Jake's death. But, Jake Hess is the real deal. (Jennifer Jones, "Natalie Grant Responds after Leaving Grammys Early," Christianitytoday.com, January 29, 2014, accessed January 31, 2014, http://www.christiantoday.com/article/mass.wedding.at. His last 12 years, he appeared on the Gaither Homecoming concerts and videos. Pisgah, Ala., the youngest of 12 children born to the late Stovall and Lydia Hess of Haleyville, Ala. Though the publication of "He Leadeth Me" predates the popularization of the term of "gospel hymns" (which is most commonly sourced to Philip P. Bliss's, While David Fillingim argues that "home" as a concept in southern gospel allows its participants to imagine and explore a flight from material hardship and social marginalization in this world (in favor of an eternal home of magnificence in heaven), my research suggests that in southern gospel "home" serves to give concrete, graspable shape to abstract theological concepts and spiritual experiences for ordinary Christians in the here and now. See Harrison. MAY GOD COMFORT YOU THROUGH THIS DIFFICULT TIME. Such work is as welcome as it is needed. They have 4 children; Jake, Hannah, Emma, and Isaac. Jake Hess December 24, 1927 - January 4, 2004 OPELIKA, AL - Beloved gospel singer Jake Hess died early Sunday at East Alabama Medical Center in Opelika. My use of "evangelical" follows George Marsden's, denoting Protestant thought and action shaped by Reformed theology. In its resurgence, one hears from the gospel stage and in other acts of self-representation an intensification of emphasis on social resentment and cultural grievance. tippy('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_1524_1_36', { content: jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_1524_1_36').html(), placement: 'bottom', theme: 'sosp', arrow: false, allowHTML: true }); This retreat from metropolis to outpost acknowledges that southern gospel is no longer a national phenomenon.37 Douglas Harrison, "Slouching Toward Pigeon Forge." "Northern urban" gospel is the historical forerunner of today's Contemporary Christian Music (CCM). The Arkansas imaginary has explanatory power for The Martins inasmuch as southern gospel music revoices and revalues the distortions and elisions of religious identity and cultural history central to the self-concept of many white fundamentalists and evangelicals. The MartinsJoyce Martin McCullough, Judy Martin Hess, and Jonathan Martingrew up in Hamburg, Ark., (pop. Since at least the late 1970s, southern gospel's fortunes, measured by market standards, have trended downward, a decline attributed to broader trends within commercial Christian music entertainment and more broadly within fundamentalist and evangelical Protestantism.As the fortunes of southern gospel have declined, those of Contemporary Christian Music (CCM) have risen. The Martins "big break" came in 1992 when Michael English and Mark Lowry insisted that Gloria Gaither listen to the group audition in the women's restroom prior to a Gaither Homecoming video recording in Indiana. Just as I Am: 30 Favorite Old Time Hymns, was nominated for a 1998 Grammy in the same category. In 1989 Jake's nephew Steve Hess & Eugene Baker (Hess & Baker, Skylite/Sing) were in Nashville to record several segments on Bobby Jones Gospel (BET Network). There will never be another voice like Jake's. The collective effect forms the social imaginary, a way to understand self- and group-concepts in postmodern life.15Charles Taylor, Modern Social Imaginaries (Durham: Duke University Press, 2003), 3. My sources include celebrity interviews of performers, DVD bonus features, album covers, and online press coverage. tippy('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_1524_1_42', { content: jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_1524_1_42').html(), placement: 'bottom', theme: 'sosp', arrow: false, allowHTML: true }); Each video or concert is a variation on a format: Bill and Gloria Gaither invite many of the aging stars of southern gospel's mid-twentieth-century golden age to join them and their musical friends, peers, and rising stars from southern gospel and a range of subgenres on the more traditional and conventional sides of North American Christian musiccountry gospel, bluegrass, inspirational, and choral and hymnody. Try again later. Mini Bio (1) Judy Martin-Hess is an actress, known for Gaither's Pond (1997). [citation needed] His son, Jake Jr., named his recording company Manchild Records in honor of his father. See Shearon, email to H-Southern Music Network mailing list, March 27, 2009. tippy('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_1524_1_12', { content: jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_1524_1_12').html(), placement: 'bottom', theme: 'sosp', arrow: false, allowHTML: true }); Of course, race is never far from any discussion of southern cultures, but it is also true that, in southern gospel, "overmuch emphasis on black-white polarities diminishes our understanding of cultural dynamics submerged beneath the surface of the music. The Bob Robinson family, Bob, Carolyn, Rick, Leigh Ann and Lynne were mightily blessed in 1968 when we became neighbors of Jake & Joyce Hess on Williamsburg Rd, Brentwood, TN. For some people, the best send-off is one that they would have loved to attendthemselves: a big party. Please ensure you have given Find a Grave permission to access your location in your browser settings. We have set your language to The piano was delivered to that church on Sunday after the singing on Saturday. Also known as Judy Lynn Martin. Learn about how to make the most of a memorial. We first saw Jake with the Statesmen in 1960, in Long Beach California! Joyce Martin Sanders lives in Nashville, Tennessee with her husband Paul, and she has two children. The conversation encourages audiences to understand The Martins's music as a cultural practice connected to the Arkansas backcountry. Are you sure that you want to report this flower to administrators as offensive or abusive? Mr. Jake I never had the pleasure of knowing you but listening to your songs over and over I know I was blessed with your presence.You and Vestal keep the angels singing in heaven cause we all knew you were angels here. as a former singer in a gospel group. Daughter Becky was born on September 11 of the following year (she was named after the wife of Sam Phillips of Sun Records and Elvis Presley fame, who had encouraged the 14-year-old Jake at one of his first radio jobs when he sang with the Rhythm Rascals). From Arkansas With Love. with Jake Hess Jr. and Judy Hess. However, a 1993 appearance on the Gaither Homecoming series helped transform The Martins from an avocational regional trio into a professional act with a national following in fundamentalist Christian entertainment. Since He, Denver Doy, Jim And Hovie sang out of Atlanta. Most fundamentalists and many conservative evangelicals believe this return will be presaged by certain historical events, including cataclysmic conflict between Arabs and Jews in the Holy Land, the rise of Anti-Christ, and the emergence of a one-world order. See Shearon et al., "Gospel Music," and Heilbut, The Gospel Sound: Good News in Bad Times (Milwaukee, WI: Hal Leonard, 2001 [1979]) and Harrison, "Why Southern Gospel Music Matters," Religion and American Culture 18, no. It keeps me reminded of what God has brought me through and what He was done for me and the people I love," says Judy. Jake Jr. was born on June 25, 1960. The interviews are actually excerpts taken from long conversations filmed in a homey setting in which The Martins sit side-by-side on a large couch facing the camera and Bill Gaither sits in an overstuffed armchair to the right of the frame. Randall Balmer, My Eyes of Have Seen the Glory: A Journey Into the Evangelical Subculture in America (New York: Oxford University Press, 2006); and Donald Dayton and Robert Johnson, eds., The Variety of Evangelicalism, (Knoxville: University of Tennessee Press, 2001). Roger Bennett played piano for the Cathedral Quartet for nearly twenty years, and throughout his career, he was introduced as a child prodigy at the keyboard from Strawberry, Arkansas. You're where I'm going. What started in Hawaii more than a decade earlier ends in Studio A in Andersonville, Indiana, with Gaither presiding as witness to The Martins's musical authenticityby sea, in the studio, (notionally) on command, at home among southern gospel's Homecoming Friends or in faraway lands. You need a Find a Grave account to continue. Unlike "northern urban" gospel (a phrase with no currency outside academe), it is the preferred way to self-identify within the culture and the most widely recognized way to describe the music to outsiders. Not that "southern gospel" never made an appearance before the 1970s and 1980s. For a fuller discussion of "southern" as a racial signifier and readings of race and white gospel see Harrison, Following Harry Eskew's lead in the Grove Music entry for Gospel Music, Stephen Shearon uses "northern urban" gospel to designate commercial Christian music of and for primarily white Protestants that emerged in the late-nineteenth- and early-twentieth-century revivalism in urban areas outside the South. I grew up listening to him and hearing my parents speak of him and watching him on T.V. He was the youngest of 12 children. Entries are arranged alphabetically by singer, and each consists of a full-page drawing of the person, biographical information including birth date, favorite Bible verse, hometown and musical accomplishments, and an inspirational story or testimony. To our Lord, thank you for giving us Jake - his song, his smile and his spirit. And also to the Homecoming friends. The conflation of "southern" and "white" to describe this music circulates widely among scholars and non-specialists, but has only been tentatively stated in scholarship. The thing we appreciated about Jake was his love for his God and his family. cemeteries found in Juniper, Marion County, Georgia, USA will be saved to your photo volunteer list. Please contact Find a Grave at [emailprotected] if you need help resetting your password. Happy Birthday from Columbus Corner Bakery! For more on links between country and gospel, see Douglas Harrison, "Grace to Catch a Falling Soul: Country, Gospel, and Evangelical Populism in the Music of Dottie Rambo," in Walking the Line: Country Music Lyricists and the American Culture, edited by Roxanne Harde and Thomas Alan Holmes (Lanham: Rowman and Littlefield, 2013), 7796. Claiming a home in southern gospel grounds The Martins in an imagined identity that they in turn hold out for fans seeking models of stability and reassurance in an extended moment of great cultural change and instability for white evangelical fundamentalist religious culture. Thank you Jake for your Music. I thought you might like to see a memorial for Emily Joyce McWaters Hess I found on Findagrave.com. In 1990 A second album release sealed their position in Gospel Music and the contract was sold to Springhill Records that would take them to an all new level of marketing. CCM emerged as the musical avatar of those conservative evangelicals who believed it was a mistake for Christians to concede entire swaths of popular culture to secular tastes and values in the name of resisting worldliness and impiety. tippy('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_1524_1_18', { content: jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_1524_1_18').html(), placement: 'bottom', theme: 'sosp', arrow: false, allowHTML: true }); I explore the Arkansas imaginary through the state's most famous southern gospel sibling trio, The Martins, their music, and their reception since approximately 1990.191990 coincides roughly with the emergence of what would become the Bill and Gloria Gaither Homecoming Friends video (later concert) series. They toured from 1981 until 1988 when illnesses prompted several of the members to retire from full-time singing. A fan's review of The Best of The Martins video on Amazon.com captures this dynamic succinctly: "I wouldn't consider the Martins southern gospel," the reviewer writes, "as their sound is more contemporary but they have a love of the Lord and that comes across strong in their work and their lives. Failed to remove flower. 2014.grammys.criticized.as.political.stunt.to.push.gay.marriage.agenda.natalie.grant.responds.after.early.exit/35586.htm). 5.2K 2.3K comments 63 shares Like Comment Most relevant Clara Smith Happy Anniversary. I had seen Jake in Macon, Ga., in 1955 with The Statesmen! "Southern" gospel has its own difficulties, not least the fact that not all gospel from, of, or appealing to people in the South is a white enterprise. So very sorry for the loss, condolences to the family. The Gaither interview invites viewers to imagine them as representing a set of hill-country valuesa love of hunting, closeness to nature, self-sufficiency, and cultural isolationthat Blevins argues have over the course of two centuries come to stand in for all (white) Arkansans.58The cultural difference between the Ozark/Ouachita and Mississippi Delta regions of Arkansas is aptly captured by/in two recent films. As Stephen Shearon has noted, both white and black gospel have "liked aspects of what the other was doing" ever since blacks and whites began singing sacred music near one another in North America. The Martins Official Website Nail to Cross Jewelry is designed & handcrafted by JW Martin, our dad. (Jennifer Jones, ", For a cogent analysis of how shape-note gospel from the South mediated cultural conflicts and status instabilities of white, southern farmers, see Gavin James Campbell, "'Old Can Be Used Instead of New': Shape Note Singing and the Crisis of Modernity in the South, 18801920,", Premillennial dispensationalism has been the dominant theological paradigm for fundamentalist evangelicals in the United States since the mid-nineteenth century. tippy('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_1524_1_6', { content: jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_1524_1_6').html(), placement: 'bottom', theme: 'sosp', arrow: false, allowHTML: true }); If, as Anthony Heilbut has noted, "gospel" is a vexingly "vague and inadequate" term for a wide and shifting range of sacred music within Anglo-European and African American Protestantism,7Anthony Heilbut, "Black Urban Hymnody," on Brighten the Corner Where You Are: Black and White Urban Hymnody (New World, 1978, NW-224). In 1977-1978 Hess reunited with the surviving members of The Statesmen Quartet, Hovie Lister, Doy Ott, and Rosie Rozell to record three projects, including "Songs Elvis Loved". Since then, he has been on the road making music for more than 60 years. Share this memorial using social media sites or email. Judy M Hess, 51. They're not a map to follow, but simply a description of what people commonly feel. Spring Hill, 2005, CMD 1807. [4], Judy Martin Hess (b. We loved to hear Jake sing. There is a problem with your email/password. tippy('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_1524_1_38', { content: jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_1524_1_38').html(), placement: 'bottom', theme: 'sosp', arrow: false, allowHTML: true }); Certainly this is true of southern gospel. The Martins's arrival on the national gospel scene participates in a familiar narrative of the country kids from Nowheresville, USA, making it big. Recording companies experienced similar contractions. Religion Dispatches. 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