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From the broadcast the weekend of Aug. 23rd & 24th, 2008: Our Featured Artists on this program were Aaron & Amanda Crabb with songs from their current "After the Rain" CD. It has been interesting to watch how individual ministries have grown by the former members of the Crabb Family, which decided to disband nearly two years ago. Aaron and Amanda certainly have found their own niche, appearing all over the country to sing and minister. As I mentioned on the program, they recently added a new pianist and third-part vocalist, Blaine Johnson from Alabma. One thing that's kept them busy this summer, in addition to singing, of course, was moving nto a new home with their kids, Eli and Eva. Amanda says, "We wanted the children to have a little yard to be able to run and play in, so God allowed our other house to sell within two weeks. We have moved into a small community north of Nashville." Amanda tells me they are starting work on a new recording which is scheduled for release next spring. Aaron & Amanda Crabb's CD featured on this program, "After The Rain," is available from our mailorder service, Springside. Just call 1-800-38-MUSIC to order. You can order easily from our webstore by using this link to go directly to this item. (Orders over $40 in the USA qualify for free shipping.) I had several requests to include the late Kenny Hinson in our series of "Yesterday's Voices" features, and, of course, I was happy to comply. Kenny was always a joy to interview. My favorite Kenny Hinson story is one I've told often. We were interviewing years ago (early 80s) in a classroom down the hall from a high school auditorium where the Hinsons were singing that night. Kenny was still in his street clothes, planning to change before the Hinsons went on stage. But he really "got into" the interview, talking about all sorts of things. Then when the interview was over, we just continued chatting about other stuff. But when we finally opened the classroom door, Kenny was startled to hear some familiar music coming from down the hall. The Hinsons were coming on!  He ran down the hall, burst on stage, grabbed a mike, and started to sing as if nothing had happened. The rest of the group (and the audience) "fell apart!" I was glad we could visit with the Total Praise Quartet during this program's Artist Spotlight segment. This group is Joe Trusty (baritone), Phillip Masters (tenor), Brad Mickler (lead) and Stephen Jewell (bass). (By the way, you'll hear on next week's Headline Update that Stephen's wife, Julie, is undergoing a difficult pregnancy and would appreciate your prayers on their behalf.) The TPQ recently celebrated the group's tenth anniversary. Actually, a former member of the quartet (who's still a big supporter of theirs), Rodney Hicks, started the group with a friend of his with whom he sang in church. Their CD "Keep On Walking," songs from which were included in this visit, is their seventh recording. More info about the group is available on their website, www.totalpraisequartet.com. E-mail info@totalpraisequartet.com. Congratulations to Nathaniel Freeman of Texarcana, Arkansas. He's the winner of a CD and $20 Springside gift certificate in our recent Squire Parsons trivia question. The question was, "When Squire Parsons left the Kingsmen back in the late 1970s to do solo singing and evangelistic work, what prominent quartet invited him to join their group instead?" The answer was Hovie Lister and the Statesmen. As you heard Squire say on a previous program, he was sorely tempted to do that. But decided that the Lord was calling him into a solo ministry — which is what he did. Congratulations, too, to our affiliate KWCL, Oak Grove, Louisiana, currently celebrating the station's 50th anniversary. As you heard KWCL's Kelly Lovell say on the air during our "DJ-On-The-Line" feature, they've been enjoying bringing together a lot of the station's "family" from over the years to help celebrate.

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