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¤ I want to spend my
life mending broken people ¤
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¤ I want to spend
my life removing pain ¤
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¤ Lord let my words
heal a heart that hurts ¤
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¤ I want to spend my
life mending broken people ¤
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Welcome to another 3ABN Today
program. Thank you for joining
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us as you do each and every day.
(Danny Shelton) I'm so glad to
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be sitting here today
with my great friend and buddy,
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Mr. Tim Parton.
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It's a delight to
see you too friend.
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Oh, I'll tell you what. It's
been a while since we sat down
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like this to the piano and
had the microphone. So today you
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pray for us and we'll pray
for you but we're going to do a
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little bit of music and then
after we do a song or so here we
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have a special guest today. I
almost can't wait till we do it.
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Maybe we'll hurry through the
song because we have a special
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guest that you're going to know.
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He's worth waiting for.
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He is and that you'll love
and so we're going to be talking
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about gospel music today. So
call your friends, your enemies,
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everybody. Tell them, say tune
in to 3ABN. It's going to be a
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great program. The reason we
know, we've already prayed and
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asked the Holy Spirit for
His anointing to be here today.
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So if you're looking for
a blessing, you'll find one.
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Now don't necessarily look how
good we sing or play or how good
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looking or not we are but if
you're looking for a blessing
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I promise you, and you open your
heart to God when this program's
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over you'll feel better than you
did when we started. How do I
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know? Because I'm
expecting that blessing too.
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And you know why? Because I
think all of us have encountered
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the goodness of God. I mean
I know I have in my life. So I
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think that we all have that in
common and we can always look at
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His goodness in our lives and
we can sing along and appreciate
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everything and might really
appreciate these first two songs
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especially because they talk
about God being good and how He
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watches us and cares for us.
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Absolutely. When I was very
young my mom used to sing a song
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and you probably know it...Now
we want you at home if you know
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these songs sing with us. If you
don't just lip-sync and act like
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you know what you're doing. But
why don't we do I Trust in God?
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Okay. Did your
mom sing this song?
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Yeah, she used to sing this.
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Okay. ¤ ¤
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¤ I trust in God
wherever I may be ¤
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¤ Upon the land or
on the rolling sea ¤
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¤ Oh come what
may from day to day ¤
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¤ My heavenly
Father watches over me ¤
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¤ I trust in God Oh I
know He cares for me ¤
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¤ On mountain bleak
or on the rolling sea ¤
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¤ Though billows roll He
keeps, He keeps my soul ¤
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¤ My heavenly
Father watches over me ¤
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Listen to this verse.
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¤ He makes the rose
an object of His care ¤
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¤ He guides the eagle
through the pathless air ¤
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And guess what?
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¤ And surely He, He remembers me
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¤ My heavenly Father
watches over you and me ¤
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Sing it with me now
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¤ I trust in God I
know me cares for me ¤
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¤ On mountain bleak
or on the rolling sea ¤
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Ah come on
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¤ Though billows
roll He keeps my soul ¤
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¤ Oh my heavenly
Father watches over me ¤
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¤ My heavenly
Father watches over, ¤
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he watches over ¤
You and me, and me ¤
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Mmm, Praise the Lord. He's
watching over you today. He
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loves you. He died for you. He
made a plan of salvation for you
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He's coming back very soon in
the clouds of glory to claim His
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redeemed from all around the
planet earth. Exciting time to
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be alive isn't it? (Amen) Sorry
I kind of break up a little bit
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I think about my mother singing
that song. She used to sing it
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and she used to put her
heart into that. And I do. The
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words mean a whole lot more to
me now. We're getting older Tim.
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But the message never gets old.
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In fact it gets dearer for
the fact that again He's just
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faithful to each of us and to
know that someone who cares is
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watching over us. There's a song
I enjoy. It's along that same
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line that talks
about the very same thing.
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All right. I like it already.
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¤ God takes real good care of me
Every day is good as I can see ¤
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¤ I serve Him with
gladness, I have no regrets ¤
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¤ For He walks beside
me. Why should I worry ¤
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¤ and why should I
fret? Faith in my heart to ¤
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¤ strengthen every
day ¤ His guiding light ¤
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¤ to guide each step of
the way. To God, I can pray ¤
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¤ His goodness and His
mercy every day is mine ¤
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¤ And I can call
on Jesus any time ¤
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¤ You see God
takes good care of me ¤
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¤ Oh, every
morning, noon or night ¤
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¤ He's taking good care of
me And I'll praise His name ¤
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¤ throughout eternity ¤
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¤ He solves every
problem that I ever met ¤
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¤ So I'm going to trust Him ¤
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¤ I ain't a gonna worry
and I'm not about to fret ¤
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¤ My wonderful friend
keeps a watching over me ¤
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¤ Through trouble and care
He'll take great care of me ¤
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¤ Though there's lots of
trouble in the world today ¤
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¤ He's never been too
busy to hear me when I pray ¤
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¤ You see God
takes good care of me ¤
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¤ My heavenly Father
watches over you and me ¤
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¤ Oh yeah, God
takes great care of we ¤
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Beautiful. Boy if that doesn't
get you encouraged and happy
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I had to stand up here a while
ago. I'll need to stand up again
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maybe run around a little bit.
Get some of this joy of the Lord
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There's nothing like the
goodness of God to get a man
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going. Absolutely
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Thank you so much for that song.
That's a pretty old song, right?
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That's an old Henry Slaughter
tune. The Statesmen used to sing
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it. That's one of those old
quartets, you know the Statesmen
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Speaking of quartets. Not so
very old. You did a great job.
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But gospel music goes
back a long way. But I
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look at some of we're
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going to call it the founders
of southern gospel music herein
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the United States of America
that started comes from a family
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and I'm going to introduce right
now Mr. Billy Blackwood. So
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y'all heard of the Blackwood
Brothers, I'm sure. If you
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haven't you been hiding under
a bushel somewhere for many
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years. (It's been a long
time) Billy, it's so good to
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have you here today?
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Danny, great to be
here with you and with Tim.
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We're having fun already.
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I can tell. I can
tell. Let me in on it.
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We're enjoying it. So absolutely
So it's so great to have...Now
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Billy some of you've seen him.
You guys did a program together
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right? We did it over in
the sound center actually.
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Billy Blackwood and Friends and
so how you been watching that.
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But Billy we're going to talk in
a little bit. I want you to sing
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something first though. You
got a book here and it's a great
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book. I've been reading it. And
for me to stay on something, my
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mind's like a kid. It's got
to keep my attention. So far I'm
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having a hard time putting
it down to do others. The Gospel
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Music Life. The Gospel Music
Live. It's an autobiography
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of Billy Blackwood. So we're
going to get to go back a little
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bit today and find out about
the dad and aunts or uncles and
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all who back and the Blackwood's
started about when? (1934)
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1934
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Before you and I discovered
America. It's older than you.
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Just a little bit.
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It is older than me, at least
a few years. But anyway we're
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going to find out about that
and your latest project that you
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been up to. So right
now maybe we going to...
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Which one you want to do?
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Let's do Without Him first. This
is a great old...I love some of
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the old classic songs. This is
one of my favorites. Written by
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Mylon LeFevre.
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On the last chorus Tim me and
you'll do just a little bit with
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him. Let him do the...we'll jump
in a little bit. It's hard not
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to sing this song, you know.
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¤ ¤ Great song.
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¤ Without Him I could do nothing
Without Him I'd surely fail ¤
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¤ Without Him I
would be drifting ¤
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¤ Like a ship without a sail ¤
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¤ Jesus, Oh Jesus
Do you know Him today ¤
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¤ Please don't turn Him
away ¤ Oh Jesus, my Jesus ¤
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¤ Without Him
how lost I would be ¤
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¤ ¤
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¤ Without Him I would be dying
and without Him I'd be enslaved¤
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¤ Without Him I
would be hopeless ¤
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¤ But with Jesus Oh
thank God I'm saved ¤
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If you know this
chorus help us sing.
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¤ Jesus, Oh Jesus
Do you know Him today ¤
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¤ Please don't turn Him away ¤
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¤ Oh Jesus my Jesus ¤
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¤ Without Him
how lost I would be ¤
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Amen. Amen. Thank you so much.
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Hope today
you're not without Him.
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Amen. I love that song.
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Many, many years...Wasn't Mylon
wasn't he really young when he
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wrote that?
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Seventeen years old.
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Seventeen years old. You know
it's kind of like some of these
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songs, oh, Surely the Presence
and some of these that reminds
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me that style of song, the Lanny
Wolfe type. You go back to those
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and just some of those beautiful
songs. And it talks about just
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literally our relationship
because what we all...and this
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what I think people talk about
who's smart and who's not and
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all this people. To me
intelligence is understanding
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who we are and who God is.
So we have to ask God, hey Lord
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help us understand who we are.
Before we can trust you we got
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to know who you are. And when
you read his word and you begin
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to pray and you see God
literally every path that you
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go through...when He wants
you to go through those doors He
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opens them. You don't have to
fight them and knock them down.
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And you know that you can trust
in a God and then no matter what
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you go through that literally
in life without Jesus Christ
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as Lord and Savior of your life
you're just like a ship without
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a sail. And if you're out in
the ocean or even a big lake you
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have a sail. They didn't have
motors back a long time ago but
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you're out in the ocean without
a sail, you're in trouble, big
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trouble. So I
love it. Jesus, Jesus.
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You know Danny as you're talking
it just comes to me that there
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are probably people watching
today who feel like their boat
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is out in the middle of the lake
and they're without a sail. You
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know if that's you today, that
was my life at one period and I
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just want to let you know
God loves you, He has a plan for
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your life. I tell people all the
time, Jesus is the most exciting
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person you'll ever meet. He's
the best friend you'll ever have
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and He's the only Savior you'll
ever need. And so today if your
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boat is adrift and maybe your
life is adrift and you can't
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find the shore with both hands
we got the answer. His name is
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Jesus. He gives us peace. He
gives us direction, He gives us
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everything we need for life and
godliness. So we hope you know
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Him today. That's why
we're here to share with you.
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Absolutely. We're going to
do maybe another song or so but
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then we want to talk a little
it about some of your background
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and your book.
Who's on next Tim?
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What would you like to do?
Would you, you want to sing
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another one now
that you're warmed up.
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Sure let's do that I'd Rather...
This is an old song. I grew up
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watching Dr. Billy Graham
in those crusades and seeing
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you know hundreds and thousands
of people come to Christ. One of
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my favorite parts of the crusade
was to hear George Beverly Shea.
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(Oh yeah) sing that big baritone
voice and Bev Shea and my dad
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were contemporaries and they
were friends. I didn't know Bev
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Shea but I certainly you know
watched him sing, heard him sing
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This was one of the songs he
used to sing on the Billy Graham
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crusades and as I've lived
a little life now, no comment,
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no comment. As I've lived a
little life and I've tried a lot
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of things in the world, we'll
talk about that in my book in
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just a little bit. But I tried
a lot of things the world has to
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offer I found out that there's
nothing that can take the place
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of a relationship with Jesus
Christ. We are created, we are
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born with a hole in our
heart and we might try to stuff
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everything in the world...You
might try to stuff everything
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in the world in that hole to
fill it. It doesn't matter what
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you put in there, it's in
the shape of Jesus and until you
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plug Him into that hole you're
going to search until you find
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Him, but you can find Him today.
And so I want to sing this old
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Bev Shea song and hope that you
enjoy it as I do. Let the words
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mean to you what they meant to
the writer and what they mean to
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me as I sing them. Listen.
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¤ ¤
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¤ I'd rather have
Jesus than silver or gold ¤
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¤ I'd rather be His
than have riches untold ¤
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¤ I rather have Jesus
than houses or lands ¤
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¤ I'd rather be led by
His nail-pierced hand ¤
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¤ Than to be a
king of avast domain ¤
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¤ And be held in
sin's dread sway ¤
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¤ I'd rather have
Jesus than anything ¤
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¤ This world affords today ¤
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¤ ¤
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¤ And I'd rather have
Jesus than men's applause ¤
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¤ I'd rather be
faithful to His dear cause ¤
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¤ I'd rather have
Jesus than worldwide fame ¤
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¤ I'd rather be
true to His holy name ¤
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¤ Than to be a
king of a vast domain ¤
00:20:54.35\00:21:04.99
¤ And be held in
sin's dread sway ¤
00:21:05.03\00:21:15.87
¤ I'd rather have
Jesus that anything ¤
00:21:15.90\00:21:23.41
¤ this world affords today ¤
00:21:23.45\00:21:36.52
¤ This world affords today ¤
00:21:36.56\00:21:54.74
Amen, beautiful. I mean
that's a mouthful really.
00:21:54.78\00:22:00.62
That's a mouthful.
00:22:00.65\00:22:01.98
That's a mouthful when you
say I'd rather have Him than you
00:22:02.02\00:22:04.39
know than literally all the
wealth and you're talking about
00:22:04.42\00:22:06.89
all the things this world has to
offer. I mean, you grew up in a
00:22:06.92\00:22:11.13
family, you could have gone
about any direction you wanted
00:22:11.16\00:22:13.33
because of the music of the
Blackwood brothers. In fact you
00:22:13.36\00:22:17.63
started heading in some
directions and I'm sure in your
00:22:17.67\00:22:19.77
life you look at Billy and you
say well you can tell he's born
00:22:19.80\00:22:22.14
with a silver spoon in his mouth
He never had a problem in his
00:22:22.17\00:22:25.27
life. Everything has just been,
my mom used to say, hunky-dory
00:22:25.31\00:22:29.84
whatever that means. It was good
whatever that meant at the time.
00:22:29.88\00:22:32.51
So hope it's nothing that
somebody's offended about.
00:22:32.55\00:22:35.52
That's what I'm used to. So
but when you look at your life
00:22:35.55\00:22:41.59
everybody on earth we each have
to make our own decisions. So
00:22:41.62\00:22:45.96
you grew up a little bit.
Tell us a little bit about the
00:22:45.99\00:22:47.76
Blackwood Brothers, where they
started and a little bit about
00:22:47.80\00:22:50.77
them. Your dad and the
rest of them and then...
00:22:50.80\00:22:52.13
Yeah well for folks who
don't know about our family
00:22:52.17\00:22:54.20
my dad and his two older
brothers and a nephew started
00:22:54.24\00:22:57.64
singing together down in
Mississippi out in the middle of
00:22:57.67\00:23:00.34
nowhere Mississippi. That's
not a town on the map. They were
00:23:00.38\00:23:03.24
literally out in the
sticks about nine miles from the
00:23:03.28\00:23:06.31
nearest town which was the
county seat. But they started
00:23:06.35\00:23:10.42
singing together. Realized
that they had a blend in their
00:23:10.45\00:23:13.46
voices which is true of like you
and your brother sang and the
00:23:13.49\00:23:17.96
Gatlin Brothers and the Mandrell
Sisters you know and groups like
00:23:17.99\00:23:22.26
that. There's a familial
blend and a dynamic that happens
00:23:22.30\00:23:26.63
vocally when there's
family singing together and the
00:23:26.67\00:23:28.47
Blackwood Brothers realized they
had that. My dad was 15 when
00:23:28.50\00:23:32.34
they said let's make a career
out of this. They had grown up
00:23:32.37\00:23:34.74
as sharecroppers, the poorest
of the poor, you know, farming
00:23:34.78\00:23:38.88
somebody else's land for a share
of the crop. Living in a little
00:23:38.91\00:23:42.28
shack on that land that they
didn't own. They didn't own the
00:23:42.32\00:23:44.69
land, they didn't own the farm
implements, they didn't own the
00:23:44.72\00:23:46.65
mule, they didn't own nothing.
But when they found out they
00:23:46.69\00:23:50.33
could sing they saw an
opportunity to get out of the
00:23:50.36\00:23:51.96
cotton fields of Mississippi.
00:23:51.99\00:23:54.96
Absolutely. Smart, 15 years old.
00:23:55.00\00:23:56.56
Fifteen. My dad was 15. His
brother was older than he, quite
00:23:56.60\00:23:58.67
a bit older but his nephew R.W.
was two years his junior. And
00:23:58.70\00:24:02.30
they started singing together
and eventually got on the radio
00:24:02.34\00:24:06.37
there, a local radio station,
and then went to the capitol
00:24:06.41\00:24:09.71
of Mississippi, Jackson,
Mississippi. Got a big deal
00:24:09.74\00:24:12.88
there singing on the radio there
And one thing led to another.
00:24:12.91\00:24:15.95
In 1950 they based in Memphis,
Tennessee and by that time had
00:24:15.98\00:24:21.16
built quite a following. They
were on a major radio station
00:24:21.19\00:24:24.53
there in Memphis and were
holding monthly concerts in the
00:24:24.56\00:24:29.46
city auditorium, the Ellis
auditorium there in Memphis
00:24:29.50\00:24:32.10
Packed out the concert every
month. They had guest groups
00:24:32.13\00:24:33.54
come and sing with them. But
they really kind of hit their
00:24:33.57\00:24:36.84
stride in the early 50s. And
there's a couple of kids that
00:24:36.87\00:24:42.64
grew up in that area that
credit my dad and the Blackwood
00:24:42.68\00:24:46.38
Brothers as being major
influences on them. One was a
00:24:46.41\00:24:48.12
young guy who was a truck
driver there in Memphis...
00:24:48.15\00:24:52.39
That one that came in
the back, tried to get in...
00:24:52.42\00:24:54.42
He did. He came in the back.
Tried to get in the auditorium
00:24:54.46\00:24:55.92
because he didn't have enough
money for the ticket. But Elvis
00:24:55.96\00:25:00.30
Presley was that young man and
he was a big Blackwood Brothers
00:25:00.33\00:25:04.67
fan. His mom, that was his mom's
favorite group. In fact, when
00:25:04.70\00:25:06.70
his mom passed away the
group was traveling and singing
00:25:06.74\00:25:09.74
somewhere and Elvis and Vernon,
his dad, chartered a plane to go
00:25:09.77\00:25:14.14
get my dad and the Blackwood
Brothers to bring them to
00:25:14.18\00:25:16.91
Memphis to sing for her funeral.
But he was one of the young
00:25:16.95\00:25:20.72
people that came up. There
was another guy, his family were
00:25:20.75\00:25:23.35
farmers over in east Arkansas
and he later did okay in music
00:25:23.39\00:25:28.22
and his name was Johnny Cash.
He wrote my dad a letter...He
00:25:28.26\00:25:33.29
wrote a song called Over the
Next Hill We'll Be Home years
00:25:33.33\00:25:35.50
later and my dad recorded it.
So in the mail comes a letter to
00:25:35.53\00:25:39.03
my dad: Dear James, when I
was a kid we were working in a
00:25:39.07\00:25:42.77
cotton field and we'd come
in and take our lunch break to
00:25:42.80\00:25:46.24
listen to the Blackwood Brothers
on WMPS radio. Never did I dream
00:25:46.27\00:25:50.18
that I would one day write a
song that James Blackwood would
00:25:50.21\00:25:53.11
record. He said, of all the
honors, or all the awards I've
00:25:53.15\00:25:55.38
ever won, this is the highest,
this is the most. So the
00:25:55.42\00:25:58.62
Mandrell Sisters, Larry Gatlin
said the first time he heard my
00:25:58.65\00:26:02.12
dad sing he said that's when
I knew what I wanted to do. The
00:26:02.16\00:26:04.43
Statler Brothers when they were
kids coming to the Blackwood
00:26:04.46\00:26:07.50
Brothers concerts and decided to
form a group. So I mean just on
00:26:07.53\00:26:10.93
and on. The list is quite
lengthy. Also in 1954, there was
00:26:10.97\00:26:17.11
a TV show...now you have to be
at least as old as we are, maybe
00:26:17.14\00:26:19.61
a little older to know about
this but a lot of folks know
00:26:19.64\00:26:22.14
about TV programs today like
American Idol and You Can Be a
00:26:22.18\00:26:25.95
Star and those kinds of things.
Well back then the program was
00:26:25.98\00:26:27.98
called Arthur
Godfrey's Talent Scouts.
00:26:28.02\00:26:29.88
Absolutely. Tim,
you don't remember.
00:26:29.92\00:26:32.59
We watched that all
the time, every week.
00:26:32.62\00:26:33.96
The Blackwood Brothers had the
opportunity to be on in 1954 and
00:26:33.99\00:26:38.59
they won. So immediately while
they had been kind of confined
00:26:38.63\00:26:44.60
to the south for most of
their 20 years, by this point,
00:26:44.63\00:26:48.14
instantly all of America because
everybody tuned in to the most
00:26:48.17\00:26:52.67
popular show on TV at the time.
And everybody tuned in to see it
00:26:52.71\00:26:56.48
They saw what gospel quartet
music was and so that catapulted
00:26:56.51\00:26:59.48
them to a new level.
(absolutely) And again so that
00:26:59.51\00:27:04.35
was our background. That's what
I kind of grew up in was that
00:27:04.39\00:27:06.65
kind of environment.
00:27:06.69\00:27:10.59
But just because you dad and
your uncles and all were there
00:27:10.63\00:27:12.89
that doesn't necessarily mean
the kids would have the talent
00:27:12.93\00:27:16.23
or the desire to do it. But it
turned out so many of you did.
00:27:16.26\00:27:20.64
Right. Just about all
the second generation did.
00:27:20.67\00:27:23.47
Yeah. And they all loved it
and many of you spent your life,
00:27:23.51\00:27:27.01
much of your life, in gospel
music so this is then the beat
00:27:27.04\00:27:31.95
goes on, the song goes on
with the Blackwood Brothers. I'm
00:27:31.98\00:27:35.18
always amazed at that you know
and so anyway in the book. We're
00:27:35.22\00:27:39.92
getting a little bit of that but
we're going to find out a little
00:27:39.95\00:27:43.29
bit about your life because at
some point you had to say well
00:27:43.32\00:27:47.26
even though my folks are this,
my dad's doing all of this, you
00:27:47.30\00:27:52.10
had to come to the point to say
Lord I really trust you. I want
00:27:52.13\00:27:55.77
you to be the Lord of my life.
But I guess you tried a few
00:27:55.80\00:27:59.44
other things first. In fact,
didn't you do some work with
00:27:59.47\00:28:02.08
Elvis in Vegas.
00:28:02.11\00:28:04.11
I did, I did. But I had traveled
with the Blackwood Brothers when
00:28:04.15\00:28:05.91
I was just a teenager but, you
know my story, Danny and Tim.
00:28:05.95\00:28:13.76
But I wanted to see what the
world had to offer. Brought up
00:28:13.79\00:28:16.06
in a Christian home, you know,
Christian family, gospel music
00:28:16.09\00:28:19.73
family. But I just wanted
to see what was out there. And
00:28:19.76\00:28:25.73
because of my association with a
lot of these people and like you
00:28:25.77\00:28:29.60
mentioned Elvis, I remember as
a kid. This was back before cell
00:28:29.64\00:28:34.28
phones. I'd know it was my dad
on the phone and he'd hang up
00:28:34.31\00:28:37.61
and he'd say, that was Elvis, he
wants us to, he wants me to call
00:28:37.65\00:28:40.78
the guys and go out to Graceland
and sing because gospel music
00:28:40.82\00:28:43.85
was his favorite kind of music.
Now he was called the king of
00:28:43.89\00:28:46.86
rock 'n roll but his love was
gospel music. And he would call
00:28:46.89\00:28:49.79
my dad and the Blackwood
Brothers would go out there and
00:28:49.82\00:28:52.76
stand, you know, sit at the
piano till three in the morning
00:28:52.79\00:28:54.30
while he plucked some chords.
He was no Tim Parton that's for
00:28:54.33\00:28:57.67
sure but Elvis would pluck some
chords on the piano and they'd
00:28:57.70\00:29:00.17
sing gospel music because that's
what he really loved. And he
00:29:00.20\00:29:04.61
always gospel groups opening
the concerts for him. And one of
00:29:04.64\00:29:08.44
those young men was Donny Sumner
who's uncle J.D. had sung base
00:29:08.48\00:29:13.35
with the Blackwood Brothers and
now had the Stamps Quartet and
00:29:13.38\00:29:15.98
they were singing with Elvis and
Donny started a group, got the
00:29:16.02\00:29:18.72
job opening for Elvis and called
me and said, Hey we need a
00:29:18.75\00:29:22.79
drummer and I was a drummer. He
said would you like to join us?
00:29:22.82\00:29:24.59
And I said well let me think
about it, yeah! So I was 20
00:29:24.63\00:29:29.20
years old and I got to join the
Elvis show. We opened the show
00:29:29.23\00:29:32.70
in Las Vegas and Lake Tahoe and
on tour. And I stayed there for
00:29:32.73\00:29:37.71
almost two years. It didn't take
me that long though to figure
00:29:37.74\00:29:41.61
out that all the glitters isn't
gold. And Danny, I was way in
00:29:41.64\00:29:46.05
over my head. People ask
me about that part of my life
00:29:46.08\00:29:50.89
because a lot of folks know the
headline of that. But they don't
00:29:50.92\00:29:56.09
know the detail that I would
love to have a do-over on those
00:29:56.12\00:30:00.00
two years because I wasn't
walking with the Lord, I wasn't
00:30:00.03\00:30:01.83
living for the Lord. I had
no testimony worth anything. And
00:30:01.86\00:30:07.17
I would love to have a do-over
on that. But God was gracious.
00:30:07.20\00:30:11.97
I found out that God is a
forgiving God, God's a redeeming
00:30:12.01\00:30:18.35
God, God's a restoring God, He's
a relational God. It's not all
00:30:18.38\00:30:25.82
rules and regulations. It's
about relationship. And when I
00:30:25.85\00:30:30.73
had the relationship with Him
that He desires most everything
00:30:30.76\00:30:34.16
else kind of comes along with
that. It's a...You know that.
00:30:34.20\00:30:38.60
But I did, I deviated, but
God graciously restored me to my
00:30:38.63\00:30:44.17
walk with Him and I got back
into gospel music and been doing
00:30:44.21\00:30:47.94
it ever since. Spent all these
years now in music ministry.
00:30:47.98\00:30:51.48
The book came about because of
a lot of the things we've just
00:30:51.51\00:30:55.82
been talking about and here's
the point. I'm going to go ahead
00:30:55.85\00:30:58.85
and let you in on the back page,
the last page of the story.
00:30:58.89\00:31:03.53
The book is just a hook, the
book is a tool because a lot of
00:31:03.56\00:31:07.90
people who may never darken a
church door, they know the name
00:31:07.93\00:31:11.67
Elvis Presley, they know the
name Johnny Cash, they know the
00:31:11.70\00:31:13.94
Statler Brothers and the
Mandrells and the Gatlins and
00:31:13.97\00:31:16.97
all and their interest will be
piqued by association with that
00:31:17.01\00:31:22.71
and with just the story of
my family. It's an interesting
00:31:22.74\00:31:25.38
story. (Yes) But when they get
to the end of the book the plan
00:31:25.41\00:31:31.49
of salvation is there, the
redeeming grace of God is there.
00:31:31.52\00:31:35.22
And so I encourage you...I mean
a lot of people just enjoy the
00:31:35.26\00:31:39.26
story as a believer. It'll be
encouraging to you. But if you
00:31:39.29\00:31:43.80
know someone who doesn't know
Christ this book, A Gospel Music
00:31:43.83\00:31:46.97
Life will tell you all the story
I've just told you plus a lot
00:31:47.00\00:31:51.21
About 150, 200 pages.
00:31:51.24\00:31:54.14
Yeah, about 190. But a lot of
pictures (good read) I put a lot
00:31:54.18\00:32:00.58
pictures in there for people
like me who like to not just
00:32:00.62\00:32:02.95
read but like to see just
all kinds of historical pictures
00:32:02.98\00:32:05.29
of my career through the
days. And all of the Blackwood
00:32:05.32\00:32:08.12
Brothers history. Our whole
group history is in there as
00:32:08.16\00:32:10.93
well. So...
00:32:10.96\00:32:12.29
And there's
something else beside it here.
00:32:12.33\00:32:13.66
Yeah there's something
else beside it here. This is a
00:32:13.70\00:32:15.26
companion CD. It's called
Billy Blackwood and Friends and
00:32:15.30\00:32:18.23
somebody's that really close to
you is on here with me. (Yeah)
00:32:18.27\00:32:21.60
Yvonne and I do a duet on here
of the old hymn In the Garden.
00:32:21.64\00:32:25.87
But a couple of songs that I've
done for you today, Without Him
00:32:25.91\00:32:29.24
and I'd Rather Have Jesus are
both on here. But a lot of old
00:32:29.28\00:32:33.42
classics and a couple of newer
songs as well. But you'll love
00:32:33.45\00:32:36.35
both of those,
the book and the CD.
00:32:36.38\00:32:38.59
You know it's not just your
talent that I'm thrilled to...
00:32:38.62\00:32:44.19
I love hearing you sing. There's
an anointing on you. But it's
00:32:44.23\00:32:47.66
the testimony, finding out where
you started and where you are
00:32:47.70\00:32:53.40
today. And so when you're
singing I'd Rather Have Jesus
00:32:53.44\00:32:56.64
you mean it.
That's worth everything.
00:32:56.67\00:32:58.64
That's why that song means
so much to me. I mean I grew up
00:32:58.67\00:33:02.51
hearing it in a special, because
it's a special song, ah you know
00:33:02.54\00:33:09.88
when you've tasted what the
world has to offer and you've
00:33:09.92\00:33:15.82
been in those circles and you've
been in those places and you've
00:33:15.86\00:33:19.66
witnessed that I'd rather have
Jesus than worldwide fame. I'd
00:33:19.69\00:33:24.00
rather be true to His holy name.
I'd rather be led by His nail
00:33:24.03\00:33:27.60
scared hand. Those things...
those are not just great lyrics
00:33:27.64\00:33:31.34
it's not just a great song
that's real life to me (tearful)
00:33:31.37\00:33:36.01
That's precious,
absolutely precious. Tim.
00:33:36.04\00:33:42.92
What I love is the commitment
to a ministry. I think that's
00:33:42.95\00:33:48.62
wonderful that...You know, I'm
still a young guy. But I haven't
00:33:48.66\00:33:57.90
I mean I've been in the business
for a long time. We've had the
00:33:57.93\00:34:02.74
privilege of performing on the
same stages together but I love
00:34:02.77\00:34:06.04
the fact that you have been so
faithful to the ministry and to
00:34:06.07\00:34:11.68
God and to encouraging
and edifying and...That's a
00:34:11.71\00:34:17.59
wonderful gift. So I want to say
thank you and I know you've been
00:34:17.62\00:34:22.89
applauded many, many, millions
of times. But it's all about
00:34:22.92\00:34:28.56
your faithfulness, your
commitment to God and His
faithfulness to you.
00:34:28.60\00:34:33.07
For sure.
00:34:33.10\00:34:34.44
He is faithful. Even when we're
faithless the word says He's
00:34:34.47\00:34:36.94
faithful. (Absolutely)
00:34:36.97\00:34:38.31
I think we need some music.
00:34:38.34\00:34:40.11
Okay well I think that I'd like
to hear you sing a song. It's
00:34:40.14\00:34:44.75
called Leave It There.
00:34:44.78\00:34:47.42
My Aunt Lena May and my cousin
Margaret, I remember when we
00:34:47.45\00:34:53.76
were kids, my brother and I
were family of kids, we used to
00:34:53.79\00:34:57.53
listen to them sing. They didn't
sing much. But they sang, the
00:34:57.56\00:35:01.86
only song I can really remember
the two of them doing and it
00:35:01.90\00:35:04.97
really has stuck with me. I saw
it recently somewhere. I thought
00:35:05.00\00:35:08.60
about it so I looked it up and
I said I want to see if I got
00:35:08.64\00:35:11.41
all these words. So I just
brought it up to Tim the other
00:35:11.44\00:35:13.58
day. We'll see if we can...It's
called Leave It There. So I
00:35:13.61\00:35:16.58
don't know if you all know
it. You can sing it with us.
00:35:16.61\00:35:22.38
¤ If the world the
world from you withholds ¤
00:35:22.42\00:35:26.99
¤ of its silver and its gold ¤
00:35:27.02\00:35:29.92
I know that part
00:35:29.96\00:35:31.43
¤ And you have to get
along with meager fare ¤
00:35:31.46\00:35:37.70
¤ Just remember in His word
how He feeds the little birds ¤
00:35:37.73\00:35:48.68
¤ So take your burden to
the Lord and leave it there ¤
00:35:48.71\00:35:57.12
Leave it there.
00:35:57.15\00:35:58.95
¤ Leave it there,
Oh, leave it there ¤
00:35:58.99\00:36:05.39
¤ Just take your burden to
the Lord and leave it there ¤
00:36:05.43\00:36:15.10
¤ If you trust and never doubt ¤
00:36:15.14\00:36:21.84
¤ He will surely,
he'll bring you out ¤
00:36:21.88\00:36:25.65
¤ Just take your
burden to the Lord ¤
00:36:25.68\00:36:29.85
¤ And leave it there ¤
00:36:29.88\00:36:33.46
Now this next verse,
I'm learning this now. I'm
00:36:33.49\00:36:36.99
experiencing this.
00:36:37.03\00:36:39.06
¤ When your
youthful days are gone ¤
00:36:39.09\00:36:43.26
¤ And old age is
stealing on ¤ Mmm.
00:36:43.30\00:36:48.40
¤ And your body bends
beneath the weight of care ¤
00:36:48.44\00:36:53.81
¤ He will never leave you then
He'll go with you till the end ¤
00:36:53.84\00:37:04.79
¤ So take your
burden to the Lord ¤
00:37:04.82\00:37:09.26
¤ And leave it there ¤
00:37:09.29\00:37:16.13
¤ Leave it
there, leave it there ¤
00:37:16.16\00:37:27.31
¤ Take your burden ¤ or you
can put an s on it if you want
00:37:27.34\00:37:28.68
¤ And leave it there ¤ All
of them. You can put all of them
00:37:28.71\00:37:31.51
there.
00:37:31.55\00:37:33.01
¤ If you trust and never doubt ¤
00:37:33.05\00:37:36.62
¤ Oh He will surely,
He'll surely bring you out. ¤
00:37:36.65\00:37:41.59
¤ Just take your
burden to the Lord ¤
00:37:41.62\00:37:45.59
¤ And leave it there ¤ Billy
00:37:45.63\00:37:51.97
¤ Take your burden to
the Lord and leave it there ¤
00:37:52.00\00:38:06.45
That's a neat old song, isn't
it? (Yeah) Take your burden to
00:38:06.48\00:38:08.98
the Lord. I was thinking some
people say well I got all these
00:38:09.02\00:38:11.75
burdens, you want to put an S
but to God, it's all the same.
00:38:11.79\00:38:14.92
Your one burden or your 100
burdens. He's in charge of all
00:38:14.96\00:38:18.26
of it. As soon as you come to
the foot of the cross and commit
00:38:18.29\00:38:21.73
your life to Him, guess what
happens. That burden is lifted
00:38:21.76\00:38:25.23
from you, He takes
it and He carries it.
00:38:25.27\00:38:28.00
I Peter says cast your care
on Him because He cares for you.
00:38:28.04\00:38:30.54
You know, I've got a couple of
songs that I need to do a little
00:38:30.57\00:38:36.54
dedication. So let me just
say to the people the Washington
00:38:36.58\00:38:44.39
D.C. Alumni Association of
the University of the Southern
00:38:44.42\00:38:48.69
Caribbean, that's the University
of the Southern Caribbean. They
00:38:48.72\00:38:52.69
celebrating their 55th
anniversary. (Congratulations)
00:38:52.73\00:38:56.06
Yeah right. Back in 1967 that
was even before I was around.
00:38:56.10\00:39:01.14
Yeah, I was 16 or something then
00:39:01.17\00:39:05.37
So I love again the commitment
to the education that they
00:39:05.41\00:39:14.65
started back then and then 55
years later, here it is 2022. I
00:39:14.68\00:39:18.89
know we're not supposed to maybe
date our program but this is for
00:39:18.92\00:39:22.49
their special occasion and so
I just want to play a couple of
00:39:22.52\00:39:27.33
songs for them.
00:39:27.36\00:39:28.70
You going to be a
little bit of Caribbean music?
00:39:28.73\00:39:30.07
Well, you know what...
00:39:30.10\00:39:33.54
You can put a little of
that beat in there I'm sure.
00:39:33.57\00:39:34.90
Well let me start with one,
I'll warm up to it maybe, okay.
00:39:34.94\00:39:39.27
So here's a song
that you'll recognize.
00:39:39.31\00:39:42.61
¤ ¤
00:39:42.64\00:40:19.08
I love this song.
00:40:19.11\00:40:20.45
¤ ¤
00:40:20.48\00:40:55.58
Changes style and tempo.
00:40:55.62\00:41:00.56
¤ ¤
00:41:00.59\00:41:24.51
¤ I sing because I'm
happy I sing because I'm free ¤
00:41:24.55\00:41:39.36
¤ His eye is on the sparrow
And I know He watches me ¤
00:41:39.39\00:41:54.58
¤ Yes, I know He watches me ¤
00:41:54.61\00:42:05.19
And you.
00:42:05.22\00:42:06.55
Yes, He does.
00:42:06.59\00:42:07.92
I love it. You know, I love
watching him play because you
00:42:07.96\00:42:09.29
know what, you can
tell he surprises himself.
00:42:09.32\00:42:11.13
Tim: Laugh out loud.
00:42:11.16\00:42:13.03
He's playing along and I can
just tell all of a sudden like
00:42:13.06\00:42:14.56
he's like whoa I didn't
even... That was pretty neat.
00:42:14.60\00:42:17.50
I want to tell you something
about Tim. He'll shoot me for
00:42:17.53\00:42:20.74
saying this but we...
00:42:20.77\00:42:22.10
With a rubber band.
00:42:22.14\00:42:23.47
Yeah, with a rubber band. Yes.
We'd been on concerts together
00:42:23.51\00:42:27.01
a group that Tim played with
and the Blackwood Brothers and I
00:42:27.04\00:42:30.51
know what talent he was, but
I had the opportunity to produce
00:42:30.55\00:42:33.42
one of our records, first
record for the group, I'd ever
00:42:33.45\00:42:36.45
produced. And I tapped Tim to be
the session leader. So he came
00:42:36.48\00:42:41.52
in with charts and I mean just
knocked that record out of the
00:42:41.56\00:42:47.93
park. I looked so good. They
said, Boy you really produced a
00:42:47.96\00:42:52.53
good record. It wouldn't have
been anything if it hadn't been
00:42:52.57\00:42:55.07
for this guy. He just hit a home
run on everything he touched.
00:42:55.10\00:42:59.07
You're very kind. Well, okay.
Moving on. So here's the fun
00:42:59.11\00:43:06.82
song, a song that I love, a song
that we all love to sing, When
00:43:06.85\00:43:10.12
We All Get to Heaven. And so I'm
going to try this. You watch and
00:43:10.15\00:43:15.26
we will both be surprised. Oh
no there'll be no parts. No, no,
00:43:15.29\00:43:18.96
you can put that mike down.
00:43:18.99\00:43:22.80
¤ ¤ marching tempo
00:43:22.83\00:44:14.45
¤ ¤ walking base
00:44:14.48\00:44:28.26
¤ ¤
00:44:28.30\00:45:15.14
Ha! All right. I think
you missed your part on that.
00:45:15.18\00:45:18.31
Yeah, I did. I was way behind
on that. Now that was excellent.
00:45:18.35\00:45:24.19
I've never heard that song
arranged like that. And probably
00:45:24.22\00:45:27.09
never will again.
00:45:27.12\00:45:28.46
If we're lucky we won't
ever have to endure that again.
00:45:28.49\00:45:31.83
Absolutely. I can't imagine
having that much music inside
00:45:31.86\00:45:36.56
of you. It's got to come out.
00:45:36.60\00:45:37.97
I asked Tim earlier, I said
do sparks ever come out of your
00:45:38.00\00:45:40.80
ears because the firing of the
synapses in there just have to
00:45:40.84\00:45:44.81
something to behold.
00:45:44.84\00:45:46.47
But you realize Tim, I'm sure
you must have a master's degree
00:45:46.51\00:45:49.04
in music. (Oh Yeah) I'm sure you
took lessons from the time you
00:45:49.08\00:45:52.18
were a little boy, right?
00:45:52.21\00:45:54.58
Two years, yeah and
that's what I got right there.
00:45:54.62\00:45:57.99
Just honestly you really didn't
get that...You and the Lord
00:45:58.02\00:46:02.56
developing that talent.
00:46:02.59\00:46:03.93
It was totally Him. I played
a little and he just blessed me.
00:46:03.96\00:46:08.86
But He blessed you're effort on
the go. The blessing's on the go
00:46:08.90\00:46:11.73
You know what, I want to change
streams here real fast and talk
00:46:11.77\00:46:16.71
a little bit about a friend of
mine that we all know. You may
00:46:16.74\00:46:23.88
probably have seen him if you've
watched 3ABN or the Praise Him
00:46:23.91\00:46:27.12
Network. His name is Lake Jones
and he's 28 years old and he
00:46:27.15\00:46:35.82
moved to New York City and was
trying to break into the music
00:46:35.86\00:46:40.63
scene there. At the beginning
of December of 2021, he had some
00:46:40.66\00:46:50.71
flu-like symptoms and went to
the doctor and long story short
00:46:50.74\00:46:57.01
he ended up having to have
a pacemaker. Had open heart
00:46:57.05\00:47:01.82
surgery and he is currently
recovering from that but it's a
00:47:01.85\00:47:06.25
temporary situation and in fact
in a couple of months, he will
00:47:06.29\00:47:11.56
be going back in to replace that
pacemaker and they may have to
00:47:11.59\00:47:19.17
do what...I'm not even sure of
the procedure but it's going to
00:47:19.20\00:47:21.94
be where they have to puncture
three places in his heart
00:47:21.97\00:47:25.81
because the valve is not mending
well so he's in much need of
00:47:25.84\00:47:32.38
prayer. I know a lot of people
have written in talked about how
00:47:32.41\00:47:35.22
much they enjoy Lake Jones'
singing. So I just want to
00:47:35.25\00:47:40.72
encourage you pray for Lake
because it could be that he's
00:47:40.76\00:47:46.46
definitely going to have to
have a bigger pacemaker. I'm not
00:47:46.49\00:47:50.33
exactly sure what all that
entails naturally because I'm no
00:47:50.37\00:47:52.73
heart surgeon. But I want
to dedicate a song to him. He
00:47:52.77\00:48:02.01
didn't anticipate this. And I
know a lot of people are going
00:48:02.04\00:48:04.25
through situations that you
don't anticipate. You know life
00:48:04.28\00:48:07.42
throws you a curve every so
often. And you wonder how long
00:48:07.45\00:48:11.65
God do I have to go through this
situation before you answer my
00:48:11.69\00:48:18.76
cry? Before you heal? Before you
send aid and assistance. So this
00:48:18.79\00:48:26.43
is a great song and in fact
I was practicing this song this
00:48:26.47\00:48:31.17
morning and I got a text from a
friend. I think she's my friend.
00:48:31.21\00:48:37.08
I'm pretty sure she is.
And she sent me, it was a +61
00:48:37.11\00:48:45.62
international text. It was so
timely. She just mentioned that
00:48:45.65\00:48:50.29
she was overwhelmed by all that
was on her plate right now. She
00:48:50.33\00:48:55.73
says I had a decent melt-down
after work. I left work in time
00:48:55.76\00:49:00.37
to go to prayer meeting
in an effort to sing away my
00:49:00.40\00:49:03.34
discouragement. But she
was crying and she said singing
00:49:03.37\00:49:06.14
while crying isn't a skill I've
mastered. But she just pulled in
00:49:06.17\00:49:11.71
at home. She thought let me see
what's on Praise Him. And she
00:49:11.75\00:49:14.42
says there you are Tim singing
This Is My Father's World, How
00:49:14.45\00:49:17.79
Great Thou Art and the Wonder
of It All. Just gold! Thanks for
00:49:17.82\00:49:22.12
the reminder of things beautiful
and that God is bigger than any
00:49:22.16\00:49:25.79
problem. So I want to tell you
He is bigger than any problem.
00:49:25.83\00:49:29.50
But there is that holding
pattern that oftentimes we feel
00:49:29.53\00:49:34.60
ourselves...find ourselves in.
So I want to just sing this bit
00:49:34.64\00:49:40.61
of encouragement to you.
00:49:40.64\00:49:46.98
¤ The days are long
the nights are longer ¤
00:49:47.02\00:49:50.49
¤ and all there
seems to be is silence ¤
00:49:50.52\00:49:55.76
¤ It's hard to
wait for answers ¤
00:49:55.79\00:50:02.20
¤ when I'm
pleading for guidance ¤
00:50:02.23\00:50:07.64
¤ But I have confidence in
the God known for His goodness ¤
00:50:07.67\00:50:21.98
¤ So while I
wait I'll be strong ¤
00:50:22.02\00:50:29.42
¤ Raise my voice and
sing a thankful song ¤
00:50:29.46\00:50:37.03
¤ That God is good. He
never fails those He loves ¤
00:50:37.07\00:50:48.14
¤ He's seldom early
but He's never late ¤
00:50:48.18\00:50:52.95
¤ So I'll be
strong While I wait ¤
00:50:52.98\00:51:08.56
¤ My heart is calm I can rest ¤
00:51:08.60\00:51:12.40
¤ I understand
His time is best ¤
00:51:12.43\00:51:18.67
¤ He's seldom early
but He's never late ¤
00:51:18.71\00:51:25.28
¤ So I'll be
strong while I wait ¤
00:51:25.31\00:51:40.13
So if your waiting ¤Just
be strong while you wait¤
00:51:40.16\00:51:51.47
Yeah. What I beautiful song.
Thank you so much for doing that
00:51:51.51\00:51:54.98
and ministering to people
because really that's what this
00:51:55.01\00:51:57.11
is all about. We could just stay
here and sing around the piano
00:51:57.15\00:52:00.98
but you know God has given us
the tools to literally reach up
00:52:01.02\00:52:04.39
as we're speaking and singing
here. Billy, this signal's going
00:52:04.42\00:52:08.66
22,300 miles to space to
satellite traveling at the speed
00:52:08.69\00:52:12.76
of 186,200 miles per second
to nine different satellites
00:52:12.79\00:52:17.47
encompassing planet earth coming
down in the countries around the
00:52:17.50\00:52:21.77
world. Right now Ukraine, Russia
all of the countries in Europe
00:52:21.80\00:52:26.44
are able to download 3ABN
Australia. Whether you're going
00:52:26.47\00:52:29.44
to Africa, whether you're going
to South America, central, north
00:52:29.48\00:52:34.72
It doesn't make any difference
where. And what an opportunity
00:52:34.75\00:52:37.02
that we have to reach out to
somebody to share. So thank you.
00:52:37.05\00:52:43.29
We're not just doing some music
but we're doing it for a purpose
00:52:43.32\00:52:46.86
and that's to hopefully somebody
in the valley of decision,
00:52:46.90\00:52:50.87
somebody about ready to give up
that you never need to do that
00:52:50.90\00:52:54.30
because Jesus is always there.
He's the answer to this world's
00:52:54.34\00:52:58.37
problems today.
00:52:58.41\00:53:01.68
I think Billy has a great
song that would wrap this whole
00:53:01.71\00:53:03.11
thing up.
00:53:03.14\00:53:04.98
Our friend Lanny Wolfe wrote
a song called You're In God's
00:53:05.01\00:53:09.38
Hands. And I was up here with
Danny and with Tim, I don't know
00:53:09.42\00:53:14.06
a couple of years ago we were
doing a program and Lanny sang
00:53:14.09\00:53:18.06
this song and I was working on
this recording and Danny leaned
00:53:18.09\00:53:22.80
over to me and said, I think you
need to put this song on your
00:53:22.83\00:53:25.23
record. So I did. And right
on the heels of what Tim just
00:53:25.27\00:53:28.77
shared. Listen as I sing.
00:53:28.80\00:53:30.14
¤ ¤
00:53:30.17\00:53:43.72
¤ You're in a place you've
never found yourself before ¤
00:53:43.75\00:53:54.60
¤ and you're not sure just
what tomorrow has in store ¤
00:53:54.63\00:54:03.57
¤ But where two or
three are gathered ¤
00:54:03.61\00:54:09.88
¤ God has promised to be there ¤
00:54:09.91\00:54:14.85
¤ So now in faith believing
we lift your name in prayer ¤
00:54:14.88\00:54:27.90
¤ You're in our prayers, We've
touched the throne of grace ¤
00:54:27.93\00:54:36.91
¤ For you, your Father cares ¤
00:54:36.94\00:54:42.44
¤ He's promised He
would see you through ¤
00:54:42.48\00:54:47.02
¤ You can be
sure the Great I Am ¤
00:54:47.05\00:54:52.02
¤ Will make a way,
just trust His plan ¤
00:54:52.05\00:54:57.49
¤ You're in our
prayers but best of all ¤
00:54:57.53\00:55:01.06
¤ You're in God's hands ¤
00:55:01.10\00:55:11.71
¤Sometimes you feel your
falling tears are cried in vain¤
00:55:11.74\00:55:22.15
¤ But God counts them all ¤
00:55:22.18\00:55:24.35
¤ and with
compassion feels your pain ¤
00:55:24.39\00:55:32.56
¤ Acquainted with
grief and sorrow ¤
00:55:32.59\00:55:36.16
¤ The Lord knows
how much you can bear ¤
00:55:36.20\00:55:41.64
¤ He's laid you on our hearts so
now we lift you up in prayer ¤
00:55:41.67\00:55:53.92
¤ You're in our prayers ¤
00:55:53.95\00:56:03.43
¤ we've touched the
throne of grace for you ¤
00:56:03.46\00:56:05.63
¤ Your Father cares ¤
00:56:05.66\00:56:09.26
¤ He's promised He
would see you through ¤
00:56:09.30\00:56:14.27
¤ You can be sure ¤
00:56:14.30\00:56:16.40
¤ The Great I Am will make
a way Just trust His plan ¤
00:56:16.44\00:56:23.28
¤ You're in our
prayers But best of all ¤
00:56:23.31\00:56:27.78
¤ You're in God's hands ¤
00:56:27.82\00:56:38.79
¤ We touched the
throne of grace for you ¤
00:56:38.83\00:56:43.47
¤ Your Father cares ¤
00:56:43.50\00:56:47.87
¤ He's promised He
would see you through ¤
00:56:47.90\00:56:53.54
¤ You can be
sure The Great I Am ¤
00:56:53.58\00:56:57.78
¤ Will make a way
Just trust His plan ¤
00:56:57.81\00:57:02.78
¤ You're in our prayers ¤
00:57:02.82\00:57:05.55
¤ But best of all
you're in God's hands ¤
00:57:05.59\00:57:12.69
¤ You can be
sure the Great I Am ¤
00:57:12.73\00:57:16.83
¤ Will make a way,
Just trust His plan ¤
00:57:16.87\00:57:23.44
¤ You're in our prayers ¤
00:57:23.47\00:57:28.91
¤ But best of all
you're in God's hands ¤
00:57:28.94\00:57:45.49
Amen. Time is all gone. Until
we see you next time may the
00:57:45.53\00:57:49.73
Lord richly bless you abundantly
more than you could ever ask
00:57:49.76\00:57:52.70
or think.
00:57:52.73\00:57:55.27
¤ ¤
00:57:55.30\00:58:29.00