 Hello everyone! Welcome to another edition of On The Road. Tonight (Feb. 16) we were in Alexandria, Virginia and Calvary Community Church. The Dove Brothers Quartet hasn't been their since 1999. We had the privilege and honor to meet the writer of I Can Pray. Nathan Markee, was there and it was the first time he saw the Dove Brothers Quartet in concert. It was an honor to be able to sing I Can Pray in front of him and Nathan really enjoyed it. Afterwards, we went out to eat and I was able to sit down with him and talk. He explained how the song, I Can Pray came about. He said that he was at a rest home one day and a thought came across his mind as he was looking around at the people who were living there. He said to himself, "Why doesn't God just take these people home". "They can't really do anything". Then God spoke to him and said. "They can pray". They might not can sing, teach, or preach but they can pray. It might be because of their prayers that God has extended His grace and mercy for their loved ones that may not know the Lord. That is how Nathan was inspired to write I Can Pray. It was really great to get to know Nathan and spend some time with the writer of a great song. Thanks Nathan for everything!
Until Next Time....
Jerry
Hello Everyone! Well let's see what has happened this week.
We had a great two days with our friends the Dixie Melody Boys and Larry Delawder. We were in Kinston, NC for the Dixie Melody Boys homecoming and it was a great turn out for them. Along with the Dixie Melody Boys, Larry Delawder and the Dove Brothers Quartet, was the great trio Movin' Up. Everyone had a blast that night and after the intermission, we all got up and sang a few songs together. We ended the concert with "The Antioch Church Choir". It was a fun filled night especially when Larry did his impression of Barney Fife! He is so good at that and I would recommend him to any church or any concert. He is awesome!
The next night was the Dove Brothers Quartet homecoming and we had it at our old high school auditorium. It was standing room only and the line up for that night was the Social Securiy Boys which did an outstanding job! Then Larry came in and did his Barney Fife impression and had the crowd in stitches! He was cracking everybody up. He is definately a must see! After that, the Dixie Melody Boys took the stage and did some of the best pure singing that I have ever heard anyone do. They are very good and are one of my favorite groups to listen to.
After the Dixie melody Boys finished their set, Larry came back on to do his harmonica songs as well as sing some to. He is just a great individual and a wonderful performer.
Then it was time for the Dove Brothers Quartet to take the stage, and we did in DBQ style. We sang songs from our two latest recordings 'Never The Same" and Shout It Out" as well as some of the favorites throughout the years like Get Away Jordan and Didn't It Rain. During the intoductions, Rayburn lane came out a presented McCray dove with a plaque for 20 years of being in Professional Gospel Music. That was a big suprise for him as he did not know anything about what we had planned. So McCray was actually speechless for a change! Ha Ha! After the intermission, we all sang a few songs together and that was the end of the 2007 Dove Brothers Quartet Homecoming. We are looking forward to next years homecoming as we plan for even bigger things for the 2008 Homecoming!
That was our weekend in a nutshell!
Until next time.... whenever that maybe.
Jerry
Hello Everyone! I hope everybody had a wonderful Christmas and a great new year! It has been a while since I have wrote but up until now there hasn't been much to write. So I will try and run down a few of the things that we have been doing. Let's see...... Yeah that about covers it!
On a serious note though, we have been back on the road hard at it as usual and have had some great concerts. We saw 14 people get saved in Cunningham, TN Saturday night (Jan 13) and 12 who were saved in Cherryville, NC Sunday night (Jan 14). That is a true blessing and it feels us with excitement and what God has in-store for the Dove Brothers Quartet in 2007! For those of you who have attended our concerts so far this year, you have seen me not in the best of health. The last part of December, I came down with pneumonia. It is hard for me to sing sometimes and sometimes my voice just goes away. It is very draining to perform sometimes but with God's help and your prayers I know I will get through this tough time. So pray for me for a healing and a physical strengthening. So if I can't perform a certain song that you want to hear, I apologize.
Now on to some other stuff that has been happening. When we were in Woodville, Texas last year, we were able to visit the Childrens Home their for a little while and give them all stuffed animals. We have got the pictures in and they are now up and ready to view. So go here for the photo's. I am going to start posting more pictures of what goes on in our bus in the future. Here is a picture that I took of the two brothers doing some real hard work. I hope you enjoy!
Hard At Work
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That is my guitar that McCray is playing. He is to cheap to buy his own. HA HA!
Anyway, that is enough for now. Stay tuned for the next photo of Jerry Kelso!
Until next time.....
Jerry
Hello Everyone! Sorry it took so long to write, but when nothing happens then nothing gets written. So here we go with a few tid bits of some of the things that have happened since the last bus break down.
We were in Woodville Texas (our home away from home) with our dear friend Billy Rose and had a great time! We got their sometime the morning of the concert and as usual, I was sleeping. McCray, Jerry #2 and Big D went to play golf. Normally McCray wins and everybody else loses. That wasn't the case this time around. Our very own Jerry #2 Kelso actually won! Woo Hoo!! That is saying a lot since McCray shoots in the low 80's most of the time and Jerry.... well he likes to play. So I finally got up and waited for someone to tell me where I was. But nobody was on the bus. It was just me. Finally some of the guys came back to the bus with Mr. Billy and I went over to his house to shower. We got to his house and by the time I got all cleaned up it was about dinner time. We had a great meal prepared by Big D's wife and the family. It was delicious!!!! Thanks Mr. Billy for opening up your home to us and feeding us. We love you all!
After the meal, we went to the Children's Shelter in Woodville and gave away some gifts to all of the children. You could see the joy in those children’s eyes when we came off of the bus with toys for them. It was a very special moment for all of us.
Our good friend Jonathan Sawrie filled in for Eric that week and did an outstanding job! Thanks Jonathan for a great week.
Eric has been having more trouble with his shoulder since the surgery and had to go get an MRI done on that Friday, so he was at home for that week and is now back with us. We had a great concert at the Methodist Church that night and some of our friends from Louisiana came to see us. At the end of the concert we headed off to Fort Worth, Texas to be with the Hoppers, Jeff and Sheri Easter, Dottie Rambo and our friend Larry Delawder, which does a great Barney Fife impersonation.
Mr. Billy road with us for that concert as well. It was a great concert!
We ended up in Louisiana and had a great time their as well. We had 6 people to get saved that night and like I always say, that makes it all worth while.
Another special time we had was in Greer, South Carolina with our friends the Travelers Quartet and Southern Harmony. It was an awesome night. Both groups sang so well that night and we had a great crowd to sing to. Afterwards their was a special appearance by the legendary Assassin and the Carolina Cyclone. If you want to catch a glimpse of them in a very rare appearance, then check them out here. They love Gospel Music and they said that they would definitely be their at next years concert.
Well, that's all for now!
Until next time......
Jerry
Hello everyone! Welcome to another edition of "On The Road". Well, let's see what has happened this week on the road. Oh yeah.... we had another breakdown! That's right, another breakdown. Last week we had that infamous oil leak. This week we had the alternator burn up. That is the one that the "new hose" that we payed BIG BUCKS for was attached to. Here is what happened. Eric and I were in the back lounge of the bus carrying on a very intellectually stimulating conversation. Well, actually we were playing a video game. But not just any video game. It was the 2006 Nascar Racing game! Eric was driving great and I was driving like I was in last place! Which I was but that is just the way it is. Eric comes in first and I make sure nobody gets behind me. I am always dead last! Yeah, I ROCK!!! Anyway, we were playing our game and all of a sudden we smelled something burning. We looked at each other and both ran up to the front to tell David to pull over. Well, we couldn't pull over because we were on a two lane road with traffic going through the country. But we made it to the church that we were performing at that night and checked it out. The alternator was smoking real bad and the line that was supposedly replaced last week wasn't getting the oil to the alternator so it ruined the alternator. McCray, got on the phone to try and get a new alternator and a new line. They found one in Nashville, TN which was about two hours away. So our human GPS and merchandise manager, Rayburn and promoter Brian O'Neal went to Nashville to get the part. They finally got back about 45 minutes in to the concert and right after the concert, Rayburn and Eric started working on the bus. It was so cold that night. Brian pulled out a barbeque grill after the concert and turned it on for heat purposes but it was soon filled to the max with steaks, chicken, ribs and potatoes! That was some great eating that night. MMM - MMM GOOD! I stood out side with Brian to learn how to cook on a grill and keep him company. Brian is a great guy and a great cook also! Thanks for everything Brian! Well, the bus got fixed and we were on the road again!
Well, that's all for now. Stay tuned... you never know what might happen with us "On The Road"!
Hello Everyone!
Well, where do I start. It has been an extremely busy summer for us and it is carrying on throughout the rest of the year. We have been home for about 12 days since the summer and we are looking forward to our December vacation! This summer, we recorded two projects and a live DVD. The first recording, "Shout It Out" was recorded at Serenade Studios in Bladenboro, NC. This is a recording that we wanted to do for a while. We were getting so many requests to record such songs as "He Didn't Throw The Clay Away", Thanks To Calvary", "Look For Me At Jesus Feet", "Lonesome Road", and "Those Tender Hands". We also recorded a few new songs as well. Oh, and let's not forget about the song "Stand By Me"! That was a lot of fun to do. Since Ernie Haas and Signature Sound recorded one of the Dove Brothers hits, "Get Away Jordan" (originally made famous by the legendary Statesmen Quartet), we thought we would record one of their songs and put a Dove Brothers arrangement to it. We will have LIVE footage of this song soon, I am told and we will be putting it on the website for your enjoyment!
Now, on to the next recording! Never The Same was recording at Crossroads music in Arden, NC on the Sonlite label. We feel that this is the best recording, bar none, that we have ever recorded. From the music to the arrangements of each song to the powerful message that each song tells. We are very proud of this recording and we hope that all of the effort that was put into this recording by the Dove Brothers Quartet as well as all of the Crossroads staff and the great writers that contributed to this recording will be enjoyed by all.
Our new dvd, Dove Brothers Quartet Live! was recorded at the King's Kids Camp in Dillsburg, PA. This dvd features songs off of some of our most popular recordings and also features a song that you can only get on dvd as of right now, "Beyond the Sunset". We also recorded "Didn't It Rain" and "Get Away Jordan". We haven't recorded a live dvd in over 6 or more years. So this was long over due.
It will be made available in our online store soon. So get you copy!
Now that the products are out of the way I wish to thanks Jonathan Sawrie for filling in while McCray's wife, Yvonne was having the Dove twins. McCray took a week off to be with his family during that time and he is a proud father of twin boys, Andrew and Mathew. We had a great time with Jonathan as we sang for 5 straight days and ended our time together at Dollywood. Jonathan even showed us a few moves of his own on "Get Away Jordan" which was hilarious!!! Thanks again Jonathan for filling in for McCray. We had a blast with you!
Last week, (Oct. 5 - 9), we started out with a good ole bus breakdown. Rayburn Lane found an oil leak in a hose that needed to be replaced ASAP! The trouble is that everything was closed except Wal-Mart. So off they go to try and find some parts that Eric (our very own McGeyver) could temporarily fix it with until we found one the next day. Eric worked on the line for hours, the problem was that we had to be in Aurora, Indiana Thursday night with the Anchormen. It was a 15 hour trip just to get there. So time was not on our side. Meanwhile, McCray went to go get his churches van so we could take and do the dates. None of us wanted to ride in a van for 15 hours and no place to sleep all week. By this time it was about 5:00am Thursday morning with no one getting any sleep. But our McGeyver, Eric Dove, came through. He temporarily fixed the line and we were on our way to Indiana. I helped out to. Someone had to hold the flashlight! While we were traveling at a "good rate of speed" we smelled something like rubber burning. We pulled the bus over and checked out the engine. A pully went bad that runs the bus and the belt broke in too. Fortunately we had a spare pulley and a belt. So with yet another delay, we were back on the road again. We finally made it to Aurora, IN and we were just in time to do a sound check. Everybody was on stage except yours truley. Where was I you ask? Well, we have pocket doors in our bus that slide in and out of the walls by air. All of the doors were open until they reset the logic system on the bus from the equipment bay. I was in the very back of the bus getting ready to get off the bus when the door to the front lounge shut. I didn't think anything of it until I tried to open it. It wouldn't budge! So I waited and waited until someone came to see where I was at and McCray and Eric finally came to check on me. We were able to get the door open so I could get through and then it shut again. But we still made the sound check and I want to say Thank You to all of the Anchormen for letting us use their equipment.
The next day we were in Michigan and had a great concert. While we were there I got to see a dear friend of mine, Mrs. Elinor Spalo. She says she is my Florida mom. She is in her 80's and drives all over the place to hear us whether we are in Michigan or in Florida. I love you Mrs. Elinor!
We then traveled to Goshen, Indiana at The Village restuarant and performed. It was good to see our friend Gwen Mast at the concert. We ate some really good food at The Village and we look forward to coming back!
From there we went to Hubbard, Ohio and we had a wonderful time that night with 7 saved! Now that's something to shout about! We ended our trip in Burgaw, North Carolina. We were at a Co-Op at the high school and had a good time.
All in all, with all of the breakdowns and sleepless nights there were souls saved this week and that is worth all of the miles that we travel! God Bless!
Until next time.....
Jerry
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