Two weekends ago I attended a Central Va Angel Hearts Bennifit Concert to benifit the family of Christian Godin. As I explained before on the Homesteaders review, this series is to help hurting people in the central VA area take care of medical bills through an offering given at the concert. Preconcert music was done by the King’s Strings. This is a group of young musicians with none of them being over the age of 21. They played mostly bluegrass and hymn standards instrumental. Following was the comedy and MC work of Gerilynn. She was soon joined by Barbara Dalton and JoAnn Willis to make the rest of Garden of Grace. Gerri Smoot was out taking care of family business so JoAnn was filling in for the night.
The first of the main groups of the night was the Rick Webb Family. I had never heard them in concert before and was quite impressed. To be honest, I had not heard much of their music either. They had tight harmonies and a very good stage presentation. If you have the chance to go out and see them it will definitely be worth the effort.
Second up was the Down East Boys. I think this is one of the most, if not the most underrated, quartets going today. The Down East Boys / Quartet has been in existence in some form for several years. They have had many hit songs yet the name Down East was not easily recognizable by your common southern gospel fan until a few years ago. The songs that really put them back on the radar were The Mountains Will Be Shaken and Shouting on the Hills. Those two are what Get Away Jordan are to Signature Sound and the Dove Brothers.
Overall the night was a night filled with good southern gospel music. If you want to see pictures from the concert, visit http://www.vasoutherngospel.com and click on Gallery.
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