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No, I'm not going to start a political thread! I promise.

However, gospel artists have often performed for political candidates at their rallies on the campaign trail.

The Blackwood Brothers were no exception.

They performed quite frequently for a Tennessee gubernatorial candidate in the 1950s. Who was he?

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Was it Frank Clements?


Question - What was the name of the Mississippi Governor who put them on his staff and why did he say he did it?

I was going to say Frank Toby, but rememberingthat he was mayor I now say Frank Clements.

Frank Clement is correct.

From what I've heard, he could have been a good gospel singer! :babyha:

Oh wise Czar of gospel music trivia, didn't Mississippi governor James Plemon "J.P." Coleman, claim to be a cousin of the Blackwood Brothers and put them on his staff?

If so, I wonder what they were "booked" as doing and if Jimmie Davis learned his politicking with the Plainsmen from governor Coleman.

Counselor, you are asking questions for which the Czar has no answer. You may well be correct. I learned about Clement yesterday and I shall have an even better question for you when I get the picture from one of his political rallies.

Wow, you complain about our Canadian spelling, but thank goodness we don't have words like "gubernatorial",lol :blink:

Hey, Chicky. . . I spell checked it before I posted it. It looked screwy to me too!

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Didn't Wendy Bagwell do a piece on a "goobernatorial" candidate called From Peanuts to President? :D