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We begin the year by looking at
The Veal Brothers'
Crossroad. A few years ago they issued the well received
Feel The Spirit. They have followed up with a CD that should garner
lots of attention.
The group is based out of Gloster, Mississippi. As the name reflects, they are
a family group. The members are Rev. Robert Veal, Jr. (Lead Vocalist), Larry
Veal, Sr. (Lead Vocalist), L. C. Clark, Charles Veal, Sr., Jerry Veal, Robert
Veal, Sr. and Charles Veal, Jr. Also, contributing to this project were Antonio
Turner, Jeffery Gibson, Sr., Castro Coleman, and Ontaria Showers.
Their 2006 release was titled Feel The Spirit - Recorded Live In Alabama
& Louisiana. It represented the guys live performances in
concerts in Alabama and Louisiana. That project had all the trappings of
a live recording. Therefore, the guys displayed a lot of energy in each
song. Their new CD is all studio recordings. So, the intensity and
excitement displayed in Feel The Spirit is not present in
Crossroad. That is not to take away from the quality of
Crossroad, it is indeed will produced. And, the guys do deliver a
timely message in each song.
The songs on this new offering are ?Crossroad,? ?God?s Love,?
?The Price is Right,? ?You Been So Good,? ?Worked
Out," ?The Bible,? ?I Feel Him Moving,? ?Take
Me Back,? ?I?ll Do It,? ?Ninety Nine & One Half
Won?t Do,? ?Waiting On The Lord,? ?In Your Care,?
?Your Touch," ? and ?Miracle.?
The lead singers seem to be at their best on this project while singing ballads
like "Miracle" and "You Been So Good." The
one except would be "The Price Is Right." This up-tempo
song shows that the guys are able to handle any arrangement. While
listening to this song, you might find yourself waiting for the lead singer to
say ?let?s go to church? or ?let?s go to work fellas.? In other words, the lead
and background vocals seem to suggest that the guys were having a good time
singing this song.
While there are no drive songs on the project on the whole it still has a
traditional tone. Complete with those patented rises and falls that you expect
from good gospel quartet groups. Listen closely to ?Waiting On The Lord? and
you will see (hear) what we are talking about.
Throughout this CD the background is clean and really powerful. The musicians
never overshadow the singers. In other words, it is a well produced CD.
We thing you will agree, that this project sticks very close to the traditional
sound of quartet gospel you hear at concerts around the country every week.
There is a saying that a ?Family That Prays Together, Stays Together.? In fact,
The Turner Brothers
from Apopka, Florida reminded us of this in a song having the title ?A
Family That Prays Together.? Well, to paraphrase ? A Family That
Sings Together, Ministers to the masses Together. And, that is just what
the guys from Gloster, Mississippi do with this new CD, after all "The
Price Is Right."
This release from The
Veal Brothers
is a very good project. You will definitely want to add this one to your
collection.
We give The Veal Brothers'
Crossroad an 8.5 out of 10.
To purchase this CD click
here. Click on the title to hear
a clip from ?The
Price Is Right." |
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