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UPCOMING EVENTS!!! SUNDAY, MARCH 13, 2005 - 7:30 PM THE GOSPEL HUMMINGBIRDS
THE GOSPEL HUMMINGBIRDS are synonymous with tight harmony, creating outstanding inspirational music and soulful performances. Their style uniquely blends contemporary and traditional gospel quartet music with urban rhythm and blues. James Gibson, spokesperson for the group, coined their style as "Rhythm and Gospel". R&G for short. Audiences from all over the world have marveled at the way the Hummingbirds effortlessly bring them to an inspirational frenzy leaving them clamoring for more To see these 8 musicians on stage is an experience you'll never forget. This show begins with the band setting the tone for the show with music that gets your audience rocking. Then the 'Birds hit the stage with soulful vocals that leave no doubt that you are in for a treat. In no time the Gospel Hummingbirds will have you clapping your hands, dancing in the isles, and maybe even singing along. In the end, you will be exhausted but thoroughly entertained . Joe Thomas, Sr. founded the 'Birds in the early 1960's soon they become known all over the world as one of the most elite musical groups in their field. Since their inception they have recorded five albums. "Route 66," "To Heaven," "Signs of Revelations," "Steppin' Out," "Taking Flight," and their latest compilation, "Live In Paradise." In 1993, The Gospel Hummingbirds album Steppin' Out earned them a Grammy Nomination in the category of "Best Traditional Soul Gospel Album". That same year it received the French "Jazz Academy Award" as best gospel album of the year. Although they started singing in the "Church" (and they still do), in 1987 they were invited to perform at the famous Eli's Mile High Club, a blues nightclub in Oakland, Ca. Since then they have successfully taken their music to rock, blues, and R&B fans in nightclubs, blues and jazz festivals here in the U. S., Canada, Australia, Japan, Italy, France and Belgium. The group has shared the bill with; The Five Blind Boys Of Alabama, The Mighty Clouds Of Joy, The Dixie Hummingbirds, John Lee Hooker, Johnny Taylor, Little Milton, B.B. King, Etta James, The Persuasions, Commissioned, Huey Lewis and The News and The Neville Brothers. They have done background vocals on albums by; Huey Lewis and The News, The Fabulous Thunderbirds, and Joe Louis Walker. Over the years, as with any group with longevity, there have been personnel changes. Clearance Nichols, lead singer and oldest 'Bird, has been with them for forty years. James Gibson, baritone and bass singer, has twenty years under his belt. Gerald Dayce sings first and second tenor and has four years with the group. For three years Charles Holland has sung lead and first tenor. The "Baby Bird" Eric Smith, second tenor and bass player, although he has been a regular musician for the group for many years, is working on his first year as a Gospel Hummingbird. Somehow with each personnel change, they just keep getting better. Billboard Magazine has spoken of their music as "Not just for sacred music lovers, but for anyone with an abiding interest in great roots sounds." Downbeat Magazine says "This is a must-listen for those folks who still equate heavenly music with harps and wings" It has been suggested that they perform other kinds of music, but The Gospel Hummingbirds remain true to their Faith and true to "R&G." "Few other gospel groups so successfully blur the lines between gospel and rhythm and blues. They've sung on albums by the Fabulous Thunderbirds and Huey Lewis, and on this album get some help from Robert Cray's rhythm section. A soul album that stands up to just about anything that came out of Stax Records in the '60's." - Chicago Tribune |
