When John Hall joined the Blackwood Brothers, they quickly began to put new projects on their record table featuring his great voice.

One of the songs on this project, "God Is Not Dead", is sung to the tune of another well known sacred classic.

What is the name of the song that shares this tune?

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"How Great Thou Art".

You're correct, James.

I've gotta ask, James. . . did you know this or did you have to pull out the LP and listen to it?

No I didn`t pull out the LP, although we do have it, and it did have me thinking, so I ask my brother and he told me- so really I have to give Larry credit for helping me.

Gospel music has never been the same since Jake left the Statesmen and JD left the Blackwoods.

ATTENTION: RCW!

:rollinglaughing:

I have a friend who is still mad that Jake left the Statesmen.

I always thought that the Blackwoods style changed after John Hall joined them. Their sound went more from traditional quartet style to a more contemporary sound. The material that they did was totally different after J.D. left. However, after Jake left the Statesmen, their style stayed the same for several years. I know there was 2 years difference from whan Jack Toney joined the Statesmen and John Hall joined the Blackwoods, but did gospel music really change that much in those 2 years? I might be crucified here but I always thought the Statesmen sounded better with Jack Toney than Jake Hess. I know that subject has been debated many times over the years. IMHO Jack was the greatest pure lead singer ever.

I wouldn't disagree with that last statement, although I don't remember much about Jack from my earlier days of going to concerts, back in the 60's.

I do think, in the last 20 years, that no one matched Jack. I didn't see much gospel music in the 70's or most of the 80's.