"Amen."
The member of the Mighty
Galati n Singers re: lead ingers
Myron nd Curlee Shorter, not re­
lated, Greg Rogers, Robert Ander­
son, Charlie Du , Milton Re d and
what i p rhap the only non-family
go pel group in 0 troit that has a
wom n member, Mae Alexander.
TH J R UP. greed that
Alexander "Put tbe pice in it (and)
change (their) dimension."
According to Alexander, who i
the booking manger and promoter of
the group, "The Mighty Galatian
Singers' ) would like to go to Africa;
would like to take thi Black go pel
ministry in music abroad.'"
The Galatian have recorded a
single record and expects to record
their first album in January. They
have appeared throughout Michigan,
in parts of Arkansas, Ohio and other
tates.
Myron Shorter said, "If Detroit is
not the gospel capital, it should be,"
as he qualified that by saying, "to me,
there is just a lot of down home
people here (in Detroit who love and
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a woman, that "quartet· singing has
been down graded." However, they
quickly added, "We are going to let
them (the world) know quartet sing
ing is the root of gospel." •
And I imagine that if they had
answered the question: what' going
- This "Back By Popular
Demand" gospel concert goer
at New Bethel Baptist Church
Sunday, August 25, moved a
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and dance. (photo by N. Scott)
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James Moore'.s rough roa
By Margaret Mansfield
Singing has brought James
Moore attention since he was a child.
A performance at the' Gospel Music
Workshop when he was just 16, won
him his first record contract. He's
had three since, yielding two hit al­
bums and a Stellar Award.
His latest album topped the
charts andis currently number three.
"The Lord has just opened up a lot of
doors," says Moore. There was at
first some confusion about just who
had released his most recent album,
entitled "James Moore-Live With.
The Mississippi Mass Choir".
Said Moore, "a lot of people think
it was Mississippi Mass' album, but
it was Rev. James Moore album, and
the Mississippi Mass Choir backed
me up.
Because I did two song on th
Missi sippi Mass Choir' fir t
album, and it was great. So, they
backed me on my last album." And
when the Stellar award-winning
gospel vocalist belts out his wholly­
acclaimed rendition of "God Will
Take Care Of You", believe him,
-he knows!
Reared in a foster home, this
Detroit native has had more than hi
share of troubles. "I know last year
to the top
in 1990, I was going through 0
much -personal things," Moo
ate. "But God brought 'me
through it." The hard times Moore's
referring to include a broken engage­
ment, threats and rumors. " hurt,
because I was talked about real bad
and called all kind of thing,"
Moore contend. ..
Indeed, success in gospel has not
come easy. At one point, it had near­
ly cost him his self-esteem, surpris­
ingly enough with his own record
company -Malaco Records, A
di couraged Moore adds, "anytime
you get one of the owners of the
ord company talk to you any type
of way -disrespect you and the
God within you, and they indict you
on this or tha t, it becomes a
nightmare."
Pre ently con idering a label
change, Moore feels that 'he's not
gotten the respect nor support an an­
ist, needs. "At one point, I really felt
like giving up. Right now, I'm
believing that the Lord is going to
open up an avenue for me."
old boy accused Preston of picking
him up and then trying to sexually
assaul t him. Charges incl ude sexual
battery, exhibiting pornographic
material to a minor, and possession
of cocaine.
Preston, 45, says it was a total
misunderstanding. He maintains,
"the kid just panicked. He ran down
and told a bunch of lies that I had
knocked him down. We're going to
fight this thing."
Just Briefly: The Rev. Jesse
Jackson says that he's convinced he
could win the Democratic presiden­
tial nomination ifhe runs, but says he
won't decide until sometime this
fall ... Glady Knight is looking to
complete her first gospel album by
the end of the year ... Deneice Wil­
liams has a new Christian lullaby
album coming out on Word Records.
This week's cripture: "See to it
that no one takes you captiv
through hollow and deceptive
philosophy, which depends on.
human tradition and the basic prin­
ciples 0/ this world rather than
Christ, "- Colo sians 2:8.
CAPTAIN TOMMY
Tommy Kennedy/Url Tylsko
Billy Preston ays he's going to
fight recent Charge of exual assault
that were filed recently in Malibu,
CA. He was arrested when 8 16-year
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