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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
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Amazing
What a Blessing this book has been to me. I have really enjoyed learning not only about Gospel music but about the African American culture that birthed this music/style into existence. So this book has really enlightened me and I am very thankful for it's Historical detail. It is a must read!!!!!
Published on August 15, 2008 by Ashley R. Aldred
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Inaccuracies
The book is intersesting however there are several inaccuracies which suprised me. Dr Boyer was there during the "Golden Age of Gospel" Photo personnel are also incorrect. One lists the Caravans when it's really the Gospel Harmonettes. William Bobo of the Dixie Hummingbirds was listed as playing the guitar when indeed it is Howard Carroll. Cissy Houston and the Drinkard...
Published on March 30, 2007 by Linwood Heath
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
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This review is from: The Golden Age of Gospel (Music in American Life) (Paperback)
What a Blessing this book has been to me. I have really enjoyed learning not only about Gospel music but about the African American culture that birthed this music/style into existence. So this book has really enlightened me and I am very thankful for it's Historical detail. It is a must read!!!!!
3 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Inaccuracies,
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This review is from: The Golden Age of Gospel (Music in American Life) (Paperback)
The book is intersesting however there are several inaccuracies which suprised me. Dr Boyer was there during the "Golden Age of Gospel" Photo personnel are also incorrect. One lists the Caravans when it's really the Gospel Harmonettes. William Bobo of the Dixie Hummingbirds was listed as playing the guitar when indeed it is Howard Carroll. Cissy Houston and the Drinkard Singers were in Newark, New Jersey not Detroit. I am a great fan of the Boyer Brothers and still play their recordings, however we must be careful with our History.
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The Golden Age of Gospel (Music in American Life) by Horace Clarence Boyer (Paperback - February 15, 2000)
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