Tribute Quartet (Sharpsburg, GA)
September 7th, 2008
I saw the Tribute Quartet on Friday, September 5 at the Line Creek Baptist Church. This church did something different - during intermission, they served dinner! It was very nice getting to fellowship with the other concert-goers as well as the men from the quartet, who are so very friendly! The church pianist, who had played for several congregational hymns at the beginning of the evening, took Josh Singletary “under her wing” and made sure he got what he wanted to eat since he came into the dinner after most people had served themselves. (She even took something off of Gary Casto’s plate to give to Josh!) Then during the second half of the program, the church pianist and Josh played duet style on another congregational hymn.
The sound setup in the church was excellent - even from the third row where I sat. The program contained quite a variety of songs and included three solos from Josh Singletary on the piano. He played “How Great Thou Art” on the church’s 9 foot concert grand piano and “Every Day with Jesus” and “Goodbye, World, Goodbye” from his keyboard. The newest member of the group, Brian Alvey, has been singing tenor for Tribute for 2 or 3 months now and I think he’s great with the group. I detected a few changes he’s made to his part in several of the songs and I liked them!
The first half of the program had a number of upbeat songs like “Brother, Don’t Lose the Shout,” “Is It Good News,” “Over On the Other Side,” “Beulah,” “When the Gates Open Wide,” “I’m In That Crowd,” and slower songs “Safe In The Shelter of His Hands” and “Who Am I.” The second half featured a couple of fun songs “Waiting On The Water to Part” and “You Better Have a Boat” before turning more meditative with songs like “Give the Gift,” “Mercy Walks A Road That Never Ends,” “Be Still and Know,” “The Other Side of Calvary,” congregational hymns “The Old Rugged Cross” and “Because He Lives,” and a song I don’t think I’ve heard but really liked called “When We Sing Together Again.” The last song was a reprise of “I’m In That Crowd” and it had the audience on their feet until the end of the concert! I was very impressed that almost all of the people that came to the concert stayed for the dinner and the second half of the concert. I think that is a wonderful indication of how well this group was received.
Here are some videos I got from the concert: