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From the broadcast the weekend of Oct 4th & 5th, 2008: Our Featured Artists on this program were the Dixie Echoes from Pensacola, Florida, with songs from their current CD called "So Many Reasons." As I talk with fans and people within the industry, whenever the subject of classic Southern Gospel quartet singing comes up, the Dixie Echoes are cited as an example of one of the few groups still doing it regularly. In fact, as Randy Shelnut mentioned on the program, it's pretty much all they do. That doesn't mean they sing only old songs. There are plenty of new ones, too — just sung in the classic style. Of course, as Randy mentioned on the air, for today's younger audiences, even the old stongs are new — because they've never heard them. The Dixie Echoes today are lead singer Randy Shelnut, his son, baritone Randy Junior (whose nickname is "Scoot"), bass Pat Barker, tenor Wesley Smith and pianist Stuart Varnado. More info about the group can be found at their website. The Dixie Echoes' CD featured on this program, "So Many Reasons," 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.) Congratulations to Bill and Gloria Gaither for their "Lifetime Achievement Award" from the Southern Gospel Music Guild. (You heard about this and Bill's response on the Headline Update.) I cannot think of anyone more worthy of this recognition. God has certainly blessed this couple in innumerable ways. And He's certainly used them to place Southern Gospel music before an entire new generation of fans. Since 1963, they've penned more than 700 songs. They still live on the 15 acres in Alexandria, Indiana, which they bought for $3,800 in 1964. In between Bill's 150 Homecoming dates each year and video shoots around the world and Gloria's ever-increasing demand as an author and motivational speaker, they still find time to spend with their three children, Suzanne, Amy and Benjamin, and their six grandchildren.

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