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Xari, thanks for writing. Your mother saw an arti...

2008-01-08T19:46:23.584-06:00

Xari, thanks for writing. Your mother saw an article in the Chicago Tribune regarding the Rev. Dr. Stanley Keeble's efforts to establish the Chicago Gospel Music Heritage Museum. The article was featured on TBGB (below):

http://blackgospel.blogspot.com/2006/05/amazing-disgrace.html

While the CGMHM board still exists (I'm a member), we have yet to establish a site, largely because of the difficulty of securing sufficient funding. Nevertheless, we continue toiling on, and hope someday soon to have a permanent structure in Chicago to honor the legacy of the city's gospel music pioneers and legends.

You can be sure that when it happens, TBGB will be on the story!

p.s. I'll either check back here for your answer o...

2008-01-08T11:28:00.000-06:00

p.s. I'll either check back here for your answer or, if you would, you could e-mail me at xarienne(at)gmail.com.

Thanks! --xari.

Hi There,I'm very much hoping you may be able to h...

2008-01-08T11:25:00.000-06:00

Hi There,

I'm very much hoping you may be able to help me or guide me to where I might find more information.

My mother and I are planning a trip to Chicago this summer and, at some point last year, she had read a blurb about a Gospel Hall of Fame located downtown in the Loop area. (Unfortunately, she does not recall *where* she read about it.)

In my searches to try to turn up any information about it, I saw mention of a collection being donated to the main branch of CPL (in 1991?), however when I called them this morning, the librarian said that, although they did receive a donation, the library merely provides access to the recordings, but it is not set up as a display or exhibit. He also mentioned their Jubilee Showcase collection and a sheet music collection, but neither of those are what my mother was interested in.

Her remembrance was of an exhibit that was located in a stand-alone location (perhaps a house or building?) and featured some of the various luminaries of gospel. (From the way she described it, it sounded somewhat along the lines of the "Hitsville USA and The Motown Sound" exhibit they have at Greenfield Village in Michigan, if you've ever been.)

Does any of this ring a bell for you?

Thanks in advance for any help you can give.

--xari.

I hear you! Thanks for trying, though! I'll have...

2008-01-07T20:43:53.690-06:00

I hear you! Thanks for trying, though! I'll have 70 minutes of the show up on iTunes in a few days.

Happy New Year to you too Bob, and to your family....

2008-01-06T21:19:00.000-06:00

Happy New Year to you too Bob, and to your family.

I believe this will be a great year for all.

I stayed up late last night telling myself I could stay up to listen to your program. At Exactly 4:00am EST, I dozed at the computer. So, I turned it off and went to bed, thinking to myself, I should have gone to bed early and gotten up at 4:00am.

(smile)

Thanks for your comments, Ducky! As you well know...

2008-01-06T20:01:14.408-06:00

Thanks for your comments, Ducky! As you well know, James learned his moves from gospel quartets, so it makes his curtain-closing escapade all the more enjoyable for its irony! Happy New Year!

I am laughing so hard reading Joe's story about Ja...

2008-01-06T19:34:00.000-06:00

I am laughing so hard reading Joe's story about James Brown. It was wonderful. Brown should have known Joe Ligon loves the audience and he gives all he's got.

The first time I heard "Steal Away" as a young teen, I was hooked on the Clouds. I am still hooked. I love them, old and new.

Congratulations Joe. And a "way to go" for Vanessa.

Thanks Bob for publishing this article.