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Bill and Gloria Gaither: Precious Memories | Bill Gaither - Bill and Gloria Gaither: Precious Memories | November 23, 2024
- Bill gaither: life is made up of moments...
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- ... like turning the pages of a photograph album.
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- Our memories preserve for us the relationships...
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- ... and events that tell the stories of each of our lives.
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- Happy, sad, joyful, and painful.
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- The memories of our days make up the fabric...
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- ... of who we are.
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- (choir singing) ♪precious memories♪
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- ♪how they linger♪
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- ♪how they ever flood my soul♪
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- Bill gaither: an unforgettable memory was made when dozens of friends...
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- ... who had spent their lives in gospel music...
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- ... gathered to sings some songs from their own...
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- ... personal treasure of memories.
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- For these folks, many precious memories...
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- ... had begun around a piano somewhere.
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- They're sharing songs about how their lives have been changed...
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- ... by god's amazing grace.
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- ♪precious scenes unfold♪
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- Bill: jimmy fortune spent 21 years
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- Touring with the beloved country icons the statler brothers.
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- With a long trail of hit songs and successful tours,
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- This award-winning group provided priceless experiences
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- That changed the course of jimmy's life.
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- - ♪ and, oh, elizabeth... ♪
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- - when the group retired,
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- Jimmy still had a whole lot to sing about.
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- - ♪ i've got too much on my heart... ♪
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- Bill: so this country singer and songwriter
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- From staunton, virginia,
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- Is now singing a whole new crop of songs
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- About the faith and prayers that sustained him
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- Through years of ups and downs.
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- - ♪ blessed savior... ♪ - ♪ blessed savior... ♪
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- - ♪ thou will guide us. ♪
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- Bill: today, out of a heart of gratitude,
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- He is singing songs he hopes will sustain others.
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- - ♪ then sings my soul... ♪
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- Bill: hi, i'm bill gaither,
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- And i'm pleased that jimmy is here with us
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- In small town, usa, at the gaither studios
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- To share some great stories and some wonderful songs.
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- - ♪ there's a land that is fairer than day, ♪
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- ♪ and by faith we can see it afar. ♪
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- ♪ for the father waits over the way ♪
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- ♪ to prepare us a dwelling place there. ♪
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- All: ♪ in the sweet by and by, ♪
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- ♪ we shall meet on that beautiful shore. ♪
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- ♪ in the sweet by and by, ♪
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- ♪ we shall meet on that beautiful shore. ♪
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- [bright music]
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- ♪ ♪
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- - ♪ to our bountiful father above, ♪
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- Both: ♪ we will offer our tribute of praise ♪
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- - ♪ for the glorious gift of his love ♪
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- Both: ♪ and the blessings that hallow our days. ♪
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- All: ♪ in the sweet by and by, ♪
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- ♪ we shall meet on that beautiful shore. ♪
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- ♪ in the sweet by and by, ♪
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- ♪ we shall meet on that beautiful shore. ♪
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- ♪ in the sweet by and by, ♪
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- ♪ we shall meet on that beautiful shore. ♪
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- ♪ in the sweet by and by, ♪
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- ♪ we shall meet on that beautiful shore. ♪
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- ♪ and we shall meet on that beautiful shore. ♪
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- ♪ ♪
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- Yeah.
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- [cheers and applause]
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- - and, jimmy, welcome to small town, usa,
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- My hometown.
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- It's good to have you here.
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- - it's an honor to be here,
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- And i know something about small towns.
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- I'm from a little town back in virginia
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- Called lovingston, virginia,
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- About-- probably about 200 people,
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- I'd say in that town.
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- And that's where i--that's the area i grew up in, so--
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- - and they still call you jimmy, right?
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- - still call me jimmy there.
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- Yep, sure do.
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- - you know, we can go anywhere,
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- But when we come back to this little town,
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- The city limits, for some reason,
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- It feels like we've come home.
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- - you know, it's always good to come home.
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- And it's such a great honor to be here with you today.
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- It really is.
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- I'm--i'm very thankful for this opportunity,
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- To be honest with you.
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- - jimmy, you have a lot of wonderful friends
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- In the homecoming family,
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- And mainly because you were with
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- A very special group for, what, 21 years?
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- - 21 years with the statler brothers.
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- It was--it was quite a ride.
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- But it was-- you know, it was
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- Just like a snap of a finger, though.
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- I mean, that 21 years i was standing on stage with them
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- In savannah, georgia, 1982,
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- January the 28th,
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- I was actually standing on stage singing with my heroes.
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- It's like something that i couldn't even believe.
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- And then like the snap of a finger,
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- I was standing onstage with them
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- October the 28th in 2002.
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- The first day was unbelievable.
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- The feeling that i had on the last day was overwhelming,
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- The last concert i had with the guys in 2002.
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- It was--it was-- it was a tough thing
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- To go on that stage and sing with 'em.
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- The first song we ever sang together was "amazing grace,"
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- And the last song we sang together was "amazing grace."
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- - what did harold say about
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- Starting out with johnny cash with the statlers?
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- - well, he didn't exactly say it,
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- But of course, the statler brothers
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- Were with johnny cash for eight years.
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- And, uh--and i always say in my shows,
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- I said, "you know, they started with cash,
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- But they ended with a fortune."
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- [laughter]
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- And i said, you know, that's a true statement right there.
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- But those guys--
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- Johnny cash gave them a break,
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- And they sure did give me a break.
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- They could have picked anybody in the world.
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- And they picked an old boy from nelson county, virginia,
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- Who never had anything
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- And probably never would have had anything,
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- But thank god for the statler brothers,
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- 'cause they--i sure owe those guys big time.
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- - well, you were a blessing to them,
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- And they were a blessing to you.
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- Right? - amen.
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- Work both ways.
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- [upbeat music]
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- ♪ i believe my steps are growing wearier each day. ♪
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- ♪ still i've got a journey on my mind. ♪
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- ♪ lures of this old world have ceased ♪
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- ♪ to make me want to stay, ♪
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- ♪ and my one regret is leaving you behind. ♪
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- ♪ but i'll be waiting on the far side banks of jordan. ♪
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- ♪ i'll be sitting drawing pictures in the sand. ♪
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- ♪ and when i see you coming, i will rise up with a shout ♪
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- ♪ and come running through the shallow waters ♪
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- ♪ reaching for your hand. ♪
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- ♪ ♪
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- ♪ if it proves to be his will that i am first to cross-- ♪
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- ♪ somehow i've a feeling it will be-- ♪
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- ♪ when it comes your time to travel likewise, ♪
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- ♪ don't feel lost. ♪
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- ♪ for i will be the first one that you'll see. ♪
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- ♪ and i'll be waiting on the far side banks of jordan. ♪
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- ♪ i'll be sitting drawing pictures in the sand. ♪
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- ♪ and when i see you coming, i will rise up with a shout ♪
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- ♪ and come running through the shallow waters ♪
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- ♪ reaching for your hand. ♪
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- ♪ ♪
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- ♪ through this life we've labored hard ♪
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- ♪ to earn our meager fare. ♪
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- ♪ it's brought us trembling hands ♪
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- ♪ and failing eyes. ♪
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- ♪ so i'll just rest here on this shore ♪
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- ♪ and turn my eyes away ♪
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- ♪ until you come. ♪
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- ♪ then we'll see paradise. ♪
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- ♪ but i'll be waiting on the far side banks of jordan. ♪
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- ♪ i'll be sitting drawing pictures in the sand. ♪
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- ♪ and when i see you coming, i will rise up with a shout ♪
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- ♪ and come running through the shallow waters ♪
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- ♪ reaching for your hand. ♪
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- ♪ and i'll be waiting on the far side banks of jordan. ♪
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- ♪ i'll be sitting drawing pictures in the sand. ♪
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- ♪ and when i see you coming, i will rise up with a shout ♪
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- ♪ and come running through the shallow waters ♪
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- ♪ reaching for your hand. ♪
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- ♪ and i'll be running through the shallow waters ♪
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- ♪ reaching for your hand. ♪
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- ♪ ♪
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- [cheers and applause]
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- - jimmy, i remember when we did
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- A gospel bluegrass program in nashville.
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- Beautiful, beautiful set that night.
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- - it was.
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- - we had a lot of wonderful bluegrass guests.
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- But you sang a song called "i believe."
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- And you wrote that?
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- - i wrote that.
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- I could almost write a book on that song alone.
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- Um, but it was mostly inspired by my mother
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- When she passed away,
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- The thoughts of her when i was with her.
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- Always, when i was younger,
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- I thought i wanted to be as far away as possible.
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- I didn't think i could take being around
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- My mother and father when they passed away.
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- I just didn't think i could take it.
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- And lo and behold, i mean, as god would have it,
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- I was there with her, holding her hand.
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- And i just-- when she passed away,
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- It was such a powerful experience to me,
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- Because i remember talking to the hospice lady
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- And saying she'd been on hospice for over a week,
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- And she hadn't said a word, you know.
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- And she's just laying there.
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- And i said, "what's gonna happen?"
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- She said, "well, she's just gonna take her last breath,
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- And she'll be gone."
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- They said, "she can't do anything else.
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- There's no--there's no-- nothing left in her body."
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- And so when it was getting closer--
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- I could tell it was getting closer when she was gonna pass,
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- And right before she took her last breath,
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- She sat straight up in the bed
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- And held on to the side of the bed
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- And just the bed started shaking
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- Like it was just ten men shaking that bed.
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- She looked up and she said, "oh, my lord jesus,"
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- And fell back into bed.
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- Like, it was a powerful, powerful moment.
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- - what a-- what a way to go.
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- - but at that moment, i just--
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- Honest to gosh, i felt this-- there was nothing right there,
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- And i felt this rush of just love, like, go like that.
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- So i knew where she was.
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- I knew where she went.
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- And i wouldn't take anything for that experience.
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- Even though it was a horrible experience in one sense,
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- But--and the most beautiful experience in another sense.
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- But i had a bible that i used to take with me
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- That she had given me as a child.
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- And every now and then at certain points in my life,
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- She would write little notes in there to me
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- And things like that.
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- And the one thing that stuck with me so much
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- Was the thing that she'd written
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- At a troublesome point in my life.
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- She wrote this note in there to me in there
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- That said, "jimmy, my precious son."
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- She said, "i know life has been rough for you in a lot of ways,
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- "but we make it rough on ourselves
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- By the choices that we make."
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- - absolutely.
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- - but she said, "i want you to remember this one thing,
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- The most important thing that i'm ever gonna tell you."
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- She said, "remember this.
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- "jesus can and is the way out to inward peace.
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- Remember. mom."
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- And, boy, if that won't--
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- I mean, that has stuck with me, that--
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- Those words from just a simple woman
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- That never had much education in life,
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- That she would say that.
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- And it has stuck with me.
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- And it's so profound.
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- But it's so real
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- That he is the way out to any problem that you have
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- And can give you that joy that nothing else can give you.
- 00:14:07.069 --> 00:14:11.073
- - so you wrote "i believe."
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- - "i believe" came from my mom--
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- That experience with my mom.
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- - so let's watch it from the bluegrass taping, okay?
- 00:14:18.414 --> 00:14:21.417
- - let's do it.
- 00:14:21.417 --> 00:14:22.451
- [melancholy guitar music]
- 00:14:22.451 --> 00:14:25.187
- - ♪ when i see ♪
- 00:14:25.187 --> 00:14:28.524
- ♪ the sun rise in the morning, ♪
- 00:14:28.524 --> 00:14:35.831
- ♪ when i feel ♪
- 00:14:35.831 --> 00:14:38.968
- ♪ the wind blow across my face... ♪
- 00:14:38.968 --> 00:14:43.305
- ♪ ♪
- 00:14:43.305 --> 00:14:46.575
- ♪ when i hear the sound ♪
- 00:14:46.575 --> 00:14:50.846
- ♪ of children playing, ♪
- 00:14:50.846 --> 00:14:56.719
- ♪ i know it's all part ♪
- 00:14:56.719 --> 00:15:01.123
- ♪ of god's amazing grace. ♪
- 00:15:01.123 --> 00:15:06.962
- All: ♪ and i believe ♪
- 00:15:06.962 --> 00:15:11.600
- ♪ there's a place ♪
- 00:15:11.600 --> 00:15:14.103
- ♪ called heaven. ♪
- 00:15:14.103 --> 00:15:18.440
- ♪ and i believe ♪
- 00:15:18.440 --> 00:15:22.011
- ♪ in a place called calvary. ♪
- 00:15:22.011 --> 00:15:28.917
- ♪ i believe in a man ♪
- 00:15:28.917 --> 00:15:34.056
- ♪ whose name is jesus. ♪
- 00:15:34.056 --> 00:15:38.861
- - ♪ and i believe ♪
- 00:15:38.861 --> 00:15:42.731
- ♪ that he gave his life for me. ♪
- 00:15:42.731 --> 00:15:49.805
- [gentle fiddle music]
- 00:15:49.805 --> 00:15:52.808
- ♪ ♪
- 00:15:52.808 --> 00:16:00.382
- ♪ i was there ♪
- 00:16:00.382 --> 00:16:03.152
- ♪ the day my mama went to heaven. ♪
- 00:16:03.152 --> 00:16:10.159
- ♪ i held her hand ♪
- 00:16:10.159 --> 00:16:13.629
- ♪ as she closed her eyes to sleep. ♪
- 00:16:13.629 --> 00:16:20.335
- ♪ and i felt the power ♪
- 00:16:20.335 --> 00:16:24.440
- ♪ of 10,000 angels ♪
- 00:16:24.440 --> 00:16:30.479
- ♪ take her soul away... ♪
- 00:16:30.479 --> 00:16:34.450
- All: ♪ to be crowned ♪
- 00:16:34.450 --> 00:16:36.085
- ♪ at jesus' feet. ♪
- 00:16:36.085 --> 00:16:40.956
- ♪ and i believe ♪
- 00:16:40.956 --> 00:16:44.760
- ♪ there's a place called heaven. ♪
- 00:16:44.760 --> 00:16:51.366
- ♪ and i believe ♪
- 00:16:51.366 --> 00:16:55.037
- ♪ in a place called calvary. ♪
- 00:16:55.037 --> 00:17:01.977
- ♪ i believe in a man ♪
- 00:17:01.977 --> 00:17:06.748
- ♪ whose name is jesus. ♪
- 00:17:06.748 --> 00:17:11.120
- - ♪ and i believe ♪
- 00:17:11.120 --> 00:17:15.591
- ♪ that he gave his life for me. ♪
- 00:17:15.591 --> 00:17:21.663
- All: ♪ and i believe... ♪
- 00:17:21.663 --> 00:17:25.667
- - ♪ that he gave his life ♪
- 00:17:25.667 --> 00:17:31.273
- ♪ for me. ♪
- 00:17:31.273 --> 00:17:39.681
- ♪ ♪
- 00:17:39.681 --> 00:17:47.089
- [applause]
- 00:17:47.089 --> 00:17:52.394
- Thank y'all for that.
- 00:17:52.461 --> 00:18:55.023
- And if you do it for a long time is,
- 00:18:57.159 --> 00:18:59.161
- You collect a lot of wonderful friends along the way.
- 00:18:59.161 --> 00:19:02.931
- And the oak ridge boys...
- 00:19:02.931 --> 00:19:03.932
- [laughter]
- 00:19:03.932 --> 00:19:05.167
- One of those friends--or some of those friends, right?
- 00:19:05.167 --> 00:19:07.502
- - well, you know, being in a group
- 00:19:07.502 --> 00:19:09.171
- Like the statler brothers,
- 00:19:09.171 --> 00:19:10.239
- Of course, we got to be friends
- 00:19:10.239 --> 00:19:11.607
- With the oak ridge boys along the way too.
- 00:19:11.607 --> 00:19:13.442
- And it was mutual respect between both groups.
- 00:19:13.442 --> 00:19:18.280
- And when the statler brothers retired back in '02,
- 00:19:18.280 --> 00:19:23.051
- Of course, i was wondering--
- 00:19:23.051 --> 00:19:24.219
- You know, i wanted to continue on my own,
- 00:19:24.219 --> 00:19:26.555
- But i didn't really quite know how
- 00:19:26.555 --> 00:19:28.290
- And know how i was gonna go about it.
- 00:19:28.290 --> 00:19:30.125
- So i was really nervous about a lot of things.
- 00:19:30.125 --> 00:19:32.027
- So i was trying to put a little show together and everything,
- 00:19:32.027 --> 00:19:34.463
- And so right out of the blue, the oak ridge boys call up
- 00:19:34.463 --> 00:19:37.799
- And say, "hey, we heard, you know,
- 00:19:37.799 --> 00:19:39.668
- "you're gonna be out there on your own.
- 00:19:39.668 --> 00:19:41.303
- "so why don't you come open some shows for us
- 00:19:41.303 --> 00:19:42.804
- Just to kind of get your feet wet."
- 00:19:42.804 --> 00:19:44.373
- Just to kind of help me out.
- 00:19:44.373 --> 00:19:45.974
- - are you serious? - yeah, yeah.
- 00:19:45.974 --> 00:19:47.576
- - what a great thing to do.
- 00:19:47.576 --> 00:19:48.644
- - and so i mean, i just thought,
- 00:19:48.644 --> 00:19:49.845
- Well, you know, that's-- that's great.
- 00:19:49.845 --> 00:19:52.114
- You know, i got these guys that like me, of course,
- 00:19:52.114 --> 00:19:54.883
- And i said, it could be-- it could fit, you know?
- 00:19:54.883 --> 00:19:57.386
- It could work.
- 00:19:57.386 --> 00:19:58.420
- It could really help me kind of
- 00:19:58.420 --> 00:19:59.421
- Get my legs under me, so to speak.
- 00:19:59.421 --> 00:20:01.290
- So here it comes.
- 00:20:01.290 --> 00:20:02.291
- They introduce me.
- 00:20:02.291 --> 00:20:03.358
- I come on stage,
- 00:20:03.358 --> 00:20:04.693
- And i'm putting one foot in front of the other, you know,
- 00:20:04.693 --> 00:20:06.962
- So i'm standing there at the microphone.
- 00:20:06.962 --> 00:20:09.131
- I start--i start into my first song.
- 00:20:09.131 --> 00:20:11.133
- Like, "okay, it's going okay."
- 00:20:11.133 --> 00:20:12.801
- And all of a sudden, you know,
- 00:20:12.801 --> 00:20:14.069
- Your mind just starts going like crazy,
- 00:20:14.069 --> 00:20:16.505
- And i just happened to look down at my guitar,
- 00:20:16.505 --> 00:20:19.074
- And i looked, and i could see my pants.
- 00:20:19.074 --> 00:20:22.077
- And my pants were shaking so much
- 00:20:22.077 --> 00:20:23.578
- That i couldn't hardly see 'em.
- 00:20:23.578 --> 00:20:25.080
- And like--and i was like, "my legs are gonna give out."
- 00:20:25.080 --> 00:20:27.215
- - yeah.
- 00:20:27.215 --> 00:20:28.583
- - and i was at a moment of saying,
- 00:20:28.583 --> 00:20:31.687
- "i'm gonna set my guitar down
- 00:20:31.687 --> 00:20:33.422
- And just walk off stage and say, 'this is not for me.'"
- 00:20:33.422 --> 00:20:36.525
- I mean, i was at that point.
- 00:20:36.525 --> 00:20:38.427
- And i was scared to death.
- 00:20:38.427 --> 00:20:40.429
- And then i--i was getting ready to make that decision,
- 00:20:40.429 --> 00:20:42.764
- And all of the sudden, something comes out
- 00:20:42.764 --> 00:20:46.134
- From the side of the stage, and i look.
- 00:20:46.134 --> 00:20:49.104
- It was an apple rolled out of the--
- 00:20:49.104 --> 00:20:50.872
- Out, like, and stopped right at my feet.
- 00:20:50.872 --> 00:20:53.875
- And everybody, the whole audience
- 00:20:53.875 --> 00:20:55.277
- Just starts clapping and laughing.
- 00:20:55.277 --> 00:20:57.112
- I mean, they were just going off.
- 00:20:57.112 --> 00:20:58.447
- I mean, it was-- and it was just--
- 00:20:58.447 --> 00:20:59.948
- All the sudden it was like a gasp of air.
- 00:20:59.948 --> 00:21:01.883
- I got the air.
- 00:21:01.883 --> 00:21:03.151
- I looked over, and joe bonsall's over there.
- 00:21:03.151 --> 00:21:04.920
- He had rolled an apple out 'cause he saw how nervous i was.
- 00:21:04.920 --> 00:21:08.457
- He saw that i--he could see my legs shaking
- 00:21:08.457 --> 00:21:10.792
- From that far out off the stage.
- 00:21:10.792 --> 00:21:12.894
- And he--he rolled that apple out, and it broke the tension.
- 00:21:12.894 --> 00:21:15.397
- And from that moment on, i-- bam! i was on it.
- 00:21:15.397 --> 00:21:19.234
- And i felt like they--
- 00:21:19.234 --> 00:21:20.635
- The people loved me; they accepted me.
- 00:21:20.635 --> 00:21:23.071
- And so from then on, i was--
- 00:21:23.071 --> 00:21:25.006
- I was working on my show, critiquing everything,
- 00:21:25.006 --> 00:21:27.576
- And just really trying to hone it all in.
- 00:21:27.576 --> 00:21:30.345
- But those guys, they-- they did so much to help me out.
- 00:21:30.345 --> 00:21:33.749
- And matter of fact, i still tour with them today
- 00:21:33.749 --> 00:21:35.684
- And still do some shows-- open for 'em today.
- 00:21:35.684 --> 00:21:37.652
- - that's great. - so--
- 00:21:37.652 --> 00:21:39.020
- - well, what an appropriate song for them to sing with you
- 00:21:39.020 --> 00:21:41.590
- On "life is like a mountain railroad."
- 00:21:41.590 --> 00:21:44.192
- - oh, yes.
- 00:21:44.192 --> 00:21:45.227
- [laughter]
- 00:21:45.227 --> 00:21:47.262
- Oh, that was a--yeah, that was a rough track
- 00:21:47.262 --> 00:21:49.698
- I was on there for a while, i can tell you that.
- 00:21:49.698 --> 00:21:51.800
- - well, they're great guys,
- 00:21:51.800 --> 00:21:53.101
- And they sang with you on the cd,
- 00:21:53.101 --> 00:21:55.704
- But you're gonna be doing it here today live, but it's great.
- 00:21:55.704 --> 00:21:59.207
- You need to get the cd,
- 00:21:59.207 --> 00:22:00.442
- Because it's wonderful to hear the oaks
- 00:22:00.442 --> 00:22:02.444
- And that big old bass singer... - oh, yeah.
- 00:22:02.444 --> 00:22:04.112
- - belting out those low notes.
- 00:22:04.112 --> 00:22:05.714
- - you know it's them.
- 00:22:05.714 --> 00:22:06.782
- - you know it's them.
- 00:22:06.782 --> 00:22:08.683
- [upbeat music]
- 00:22:08.683 --> 00:22:11.787
- - ♪ life is like a mountain railway ♪
- 00:22:11.787 --> 00:22:16.124
- ♪ with an engineer that's brave. ♪
- 00:22:16.124 --> 00:22:20.796
- ♪ you must make the run successful ♪
- 00:22:20.796 --> 00:22:25.233
- ♪ from the cradle to the grave. ♪
- 00:22:25.233 --> 00:22:29.638
- ♪ watch the curves, the fills, the tunnels. ♪
- 00:22:29.638 --> 00:22:34.242
- ♪ never falter, never fail. ♪
- 00:22:34.242 --> 00:22:39.147
- ♪ keep your hand upon the throttle ♪
- 00:22:39.147 --> 00:22:43.385
- ♪ and your eye upon the rail. ♪
- 00:22:43.385 --> 00:22:47.823
- ♪ blessed savior, thou will guide us ♪
- 00:22:47.823 --> 00:22:52.427
- ♪ till we reach that blissful shore ♪
- 00:22:52.427 --> 00:22:57.032
- ♪ where the angels wait to join us ♪
- 00:22:57.032 --> 00:23:01.503
- ♪ in thy praise... ♪ - ♪ in thy praise... ♪
- 00:23:01.503 --> 00:23:03.672
- All: ♪ forevermore. ♪
- 00:23:03.672 --> 00:23:06.074
- ♪ ♪
- 00:23:06.074 --> 00:23:07.509
- - come on, jimmy.
- 00:23:07.509 --> 00:23:08.510
- [jaunty music]
- 00:23:08.510 --> 00:23:11.513
- ♪ ♪
- 00:23:11.513 --> 00:23:19.788
- - [laughs]
- 00:23:23.124 --> 00:23:24.292
- - ♪ as you roll across the trestle ♪
- 00:23:24.292 --> 00:23:28.630
- ♪ spanning jordan's swelling tide, ♪
- 00:23:28.630 --> 00:23:33.001
- ♪ you behold the union depot ♪
- 00:23:33.001 --> 00:23:37.572
- ♪ into which your train will glide. ♪
- 00:23:37.572 --> 00:23:42.143
- ♪ there you'll meet the superintendent-- ♪
- 00:23:42.143 --> 00:23:46.648
- ♪ god the father, god the son-- ♪
- 00:23:46.648 --> 00:23:51.319
- ♪ with a hearty, joyous plaudit, ♪
- 00:23:51.319 --> 00:23:55.657
- ♪ "weary pilgrim, welcome home." ♪
- 00:23:55.657 --> 00:24:00.328
- ♪ blessed savior, thou will guide us ♪
- 00:24:00.328 --> 00:24:04.833
- ♪ till we reach that blissful shore ♪
- 00:24:04.833 --> 00:24:09.504
- ♪ where the angels wait to join us ♪
- 00:24:09.504 --> 00:24:14.009
- ♪ in thy praise... ♪ - ♪ in thy praise... ♪
- 00:24:14.009 --> 00:24:16.177
- All: ♪ forevermore. ♪
- 00:24:16.177 --> 00:24:18.513
- [jaunty music continues]
- 00:24:18.513 --> 00:24:21.516
- ♪ ♪
- 00:24:21.516 --> 00:24:32.928
- [bright fiddle music]
- 00:24:36.464 --> 00:24:39.467
- ♪ ♪
- 00:24:39.467 --> 00:24:50.912
- ♪ blessed savior, thou will guide us ♪
- 00:24:54.816 --> 00:24:59.154
- ♪ till we reach that blissful shore ♪
- 00:24:59.154 --> 00:25:03.825
- ♪ where the angels wait to join us ♪
- 00:25:03.825 --> 00:25:08.296
- ♪ in thy praise... ♪ - ♪ in thy praise... ♪
- 00:25:08.296 --> 00:25:10.465
- All: ♪ forevermore. ♪
- 00:25:10.465 --> 00:25:12.534
- - ♪ yes, in thy praise... ♪
- 00:25:12.534 --> 00:25:14.936
- All: ♪ forevermore. ♪
- 00:25:14.936 --> 00:25:24.846
- [cheers and applause]
- 00:25:24.846 --> 00:25:27.816
- - probably one of the most popular melodies and lyrics
- 00:25:31.119 --> 00:25:37.225
- All over the world, internationally, anywhere
- 00:25:37.225 --> 00:25:40.629
- Is the great old gospel song
- 00:25:40.629 --> 00:25:44.466
- Written by a former slave master.
- 00:25:44.466 --> 00:25:48.637
- Newton was his name.
- 00:25:48.637 --> 00:25:50.972
- - yeah. - what a lyric.
- 00:25:50.972 --> 00:25:52.674
- And this song has a special significance to you, right?
- 00:25:52.674 --> 00:25:55.977
- - "amazing grace."
- 00:25:55.977 --> 00:25:57.412
- That's the song we're talking about.
- 00:25:57.412 --> 00:25:58.980
- And what a powerful, powerful song it is.
- 00:25:58.980 --> 00:26:02.884
- It was the first song that i sang with the statler brothers.
- 00:26:02.884 --> 00:26:05.353
- When i went over to audition for the statler brothers,
- 00:26:05.353 --> 00:26:07.489
- I met--i met phil first,
- 00:26:07.489 --> 00:26:09.824
- And then i went in--into the office, and i met harold.
- 00:26:09.824 --> 00:26:13.395
- And of course, harold with that deep voice.
- 00:26:13.395 --> 00:26:15.096
- "hey, little buddy.
- 00:26:15.096 --> 00:26:16.097
- How you doing?" you know.
- 00:26:16.097 --> 00:26:17.432
- And it just shakes the ground when he talks, you know.
- 00:26:17.432 --> 00:26:19.834
- And then don came down, and i met him.
- 00:26:19.834 --> 00:26:23.004
- And we talked a little bit, and they told me--
- 00:26:23.004 --> 00:26:24.773
- Filled me in about what was going on with lew
- 00:26:24.773 --> 00:26:26.741
- And how they were gonna need somebody to fill in for a while,
- 00:26:26.741 --> 00:26:29.044
- And they said, "let's just go"--
- 00:26:29.044 --> 00:26:30.712
- Harold said, "let's go down to our house
- 00:26:30.712 --> 00:26:32.414
- And get around the piano, and we'll sing some songs."
- 00:26:32.414 --> 00:26:34.616
- And i'm like, i just couldn't believe it.
- 00:26:34.616 --> 00:26:36.785
- Because i said, "whether this works out or not"...
- 00:26:36.785 --> 00:26:40.121
- - it's gonna be a lot of fun.
- 00:26:40.121 --> 00:26:41.222
- - "it's gonna be a lot of fun.
- 00:26:41.222 --> 00:26:42.590
- "and i'm gonna be able
- 00:26:42.590 --> 00:26:43.792
- "to tell my grandchildren one of these days
- 00:26:43.792 --> 00:26:45.493
- "that i stood around the piano
- 00:26:45.493 --> 00:26:46.795
- "and sang with the statler brothers, you know,
- 00:26:46.795 --> 00:26:48.897
- At least one time."
- 00:26:48.897 --> 00:26:50.231
- I just had this all in my head.
- 00:26:50.231 --> 00:26:51.766
- And that was-- i was satisfied with that.
- 00:26:51.766 --> 00:26:53.368
- I was like, "if you don't--
- 00:26:53.368 --> 00:26:54.469
- If they didn't hire me, big deal."
- 00:26:54.469 --> 00:26:56.638
- This is what i--
- 00:26:56.638 --> 00:26:57.639
- - you felt good. - i still great.
- 00:26:57.639 --> 00:26:59.474
- But we went there, and we sang
- 00:26:59.474 --> 00:27:00.809
- Around the piano at harold's house,
- 00:27:00.809 --> 00:27:02.310
- And "amazing grace" was-- it was magical.
- 00:27:02.310 --> 00:27:06.147
- I just wish we'd had a recorder running
- 00:27:06.147 --> 00:27:09.084
- When we sang that song,
- 00:27:09.084 --> 00:27:11.252
- Because it was just a feeling that when we started singing,
- 00:27:11.252 --> 00:27:15.056
- With the blend, you know?
- 00:27:15.056 --> 00:27:16.691
- And i knew in my heart, and i knew when i heard it.
- 00:27:16.691 --> 00:27:19.694
- I said, "lord, thank you, lord.
- 00:27:19.694 --> 00:27:22.130
- 'cause this is really good."
- 00:27:22.130 --> 00:27:23.531
- - yeah. - you know?
- 00:27:23.531 --> 00:27:24.866
- And, uh--and so-- and the last song
- 00:27:24.866 --> 00:27:28.703
- That i sang with the statler brothers
- 00:27:28.703 --> 00:27:30.705
- Was "amazing grace" on stage in 2002.
- 00:27:30.705 --> 00:27:33.942
- And i couldn't hardly get through it,
- 00:27:33.942 --> 00:27:37.278
- Singing that.
- 00:27:37.278 --> 00:27:38.279
- It just--it just affected me so much.
- 00:27:38.279 --> 00:27:40.181
- You know?
- 00:27:40.181 --> 00:27:41.216
- But what a powerful, powerful song
- 00:27:41.216 --> 00:27:43.451
- And what a great song to start with
- 00:27:43.451 --> 00:27:45.453
- And end with, you know?
- 00:27:45.453 --> 00:27:48.456
- [soothing piano music]
- 00:27:48.456 --> 00:27:52.627
- ♪ amazing grace, ♪
- 00:27:52.627 --> 00:27:57.398
- ♪ how sweet the sound ♪
- 00:27:57.398 --> 00:28:01.970
- ♪ that saved a wretch like me. ♪
- 00:28:01.970 --> 00:28:11.579
- ♪ i once was lost but now i'm found. ♪
- 00:28:11.579 --> 00:28:21.689
- ♪ was blind but now i see. ♪
- 00:28:21.689 --> 00:28:31.599
- ♪ 'twas grace that taught my heart to fear ♪
- 00:28:31.599 --> 00:28:41.109
- ♪ and grace my fears relieved. ♪
- 00:28:41.109 --> 00:28:50.552
- ♪ how precious did that grace appear ♪
- 00:28:50.552 --> 00:29:00.461
- ♪ the hour i first believed. ♪
- 00:29:00.461 --> 00:29:08.803
- [delicate music]
- 00:29:08.803 --> 00:29:10.138
- [woman vocalizing]
- 00:29:10.138 --> 00:29:13.141
- ♪ ♪
- 00:29:13.141 --> 00:29:21.115
- ♪ when we've been there 10,000 years, ♪
- 00:29:24.485 --> 00:29:34.262
- ♪ bright shining as the sun, ♪
- 00:29:34.262 --> 00:29:44.038
- ♪ we've no less days to sing god's praise ♪
- 00:29:44.038 --> 00:29:53.781
- ♪ than when we first begun. ♪
- 00:29:53.781 --> 00:30:03.458
- ♪ amazing grace, ♪
- 00:30:03.458 --> 00:30:08.229
- ♪ how sweet the sound ♪
- 00:30:08.229 --> 00:30:12.901
- ♪ that saved a wretch like me. ♪
- 00:30:12.901 --> 00:30:22.744
- ♪ i once was lost but now i'm found. ♪
- 00:30:22.744 --> 00:30:32.520
- ♪ was blind but now i see. ♪
- 00:30:32.520 --> 00:30:41.829
- ♪ i was blind but now i see. ♪
- 00:30:41.829 --> 00:30:56.778
- ♪ ♪
- 00:30:56.778 --> 00:31:05.787
- [applause]
- 00:31:05.787 --> 00:32:10.118
- Bill: this is gonna be good. here we go.
- 00:32:11.352 --> 00:32:13.187
- ♪ ♪
- 00:32:13.187 --> 00:32:14.655
- - ♪ i am weak, but thou art strong. ♪
- 00:32:14.655 --> 00:32:22.330
- ♪ jesus, keep me from all wrong. ♪
- 00:32:22.330 --> 00:32:30.171
- ♪ i'll be satisfied as long ♪
- 00:32:30.171 --> 00:32:37.011
- ♪ as i walk, ♪
- 00:32:37.011 --> 00:32:38.546
- ♪ let me walk close to thee. ♪
- 00:32:38.546 --> 00:32:45.286
- ♪ just a closer walk with thee. ♪
- 00:32:45.286 --> 00:32:53.127
- ♪ grant it, jesus, is my plea. ♪
- 00:32:53.127 --> 00:33:00.968
- ♪ daily walking close to thee, ♪
- 00:33:00.968 --> 00:33:07.809
- ♪ let it be. ♪
- 00:33:07.809 --> 00:33:10.144
- ♪ dear lord, let it be. ♪
- 00:33:10.144 --> 00:33:17.318
- - whoo! - that's awesome, buddy.
- 00:33:17.318 --> 00:33:18.986
- Way to go, bud.
- 00:33:18.986 --> 00:33:20.822
- Yeah.
- 00:33:20.822 --> 00:33:22.156
- ♪ ♪
- 00:33:22.156 --> 00:33:29.997
- - okay, jimmy, let's hear it.
- 00:33:29.997 --> 00:33:31.999
- - ♪ when my feeble life is o'er, ♪
- 00:33:31.999 --> 00:33:39.006
- ♪ you know, time for me will be no more, ♪
- 00:33:39.006 --> 00:33:47.548
- ♪ guide me gently, safely o'er ♪
- 00:33:47.548 --> 00:33:53.955
- ♪ to thy cross. ♪
- 00:33:53.955 --> 00:33:56.023
- ♪ let me walk close to thee. ♪
- 00:33:56.023 --> 00:34:02.196
- ♪ just a closer walk with thee. ♪
- 00:34:02.196 --> 00:34:10.505
- ♪ grant it, jesus is my plea. ♪
- 00:34:10.505 --> 00:34:17.979
- ♪ daily walking close to thee, ♪
- 00:34:17.979 --> 00:34:25.052
- ♪ let it be. ♪
- 00:34:25.052 --> 00:34:27.221
- ♪ dear lord, let it be. ♪
- 00:34:27.221 --> 00:34:33.995
- ♪ daily walking close to thee, ♪
- 00:34:33.995 --> 00:34:40.501
- ♪ let it be. ♪
- 00:34:40.501 --> 00:34:43.171
- ♪ dear lord, let it be. ♪
- 00:34:43.171 --> 00:34:54.615
- All: ♪ ooh ♪
- 00:34:54.615 --> 00:35:01.289
- [laughter]
- 00:35:01.289 --> 00:35:03.457
- That's awesome, buddy.
- 00:35:03.457 --> 00:35:04.792
- [both chattering indistinctly]
- 00:35:04.792 --> 00:35:08.563
- - you know, none of us got to where we are on our own.
- 00:35:08.629 --> 00:35:10.965
- That you grew up in there in the--
- 00:35:10.965 --> 00:35:13.134
- What do you call the mountains there?
- 00:35:13.134 --> 00:35:14.468
- - the beautiful blue ridge mountains.
- 00:35:14.468 --> 00:35:16.204
- - of virginia.
- 00:35:16.204 --> 00:35:17.205
- - oh, yeah. you could--
- 00:35:17.205 --> 00:35:18.439
- We lived in the foothills is where i grew up,
- 00:35:18.439 --> 00:35:19.807
- But you know, in 15, 20 minutes,
- 00:35:19.807 --> 00:35:21.475
- You could be on top of a mountain
- 00:35:21.475 --> 00:35:23.311
- Looking out for 30, 40 miles.
- 00:35:23.311 --> 00:35:25.479
- And it was just always gorgeous.
- 00:35:25.479 --> 00:35:27.748
- And i live in nashville now.
- 00:35:27.748 --> 00:35:29.584
- But i tell you, i miss those mountains
- 00:35:29.584 --> 00:35:32.086
- When i'm away from them, yeah.
- 00:35:32.086 --> 00:35:33.888
- - you know, gloria and i,
- 00:35:33.888 --> 00:35:34.889
- When we come in for a concert
- 00:35:34.889 --> 00:35:36.591
- There in roanoke or lynchburg or charlottesville,
- 00:35:36.591 --> 00:35:39.594
- Anywhere in the area,
- 00:35:39.594 --> 00:35:41.095
- We try to get in a little bit early.
- 00:35:41.095 --> 00:35:42.930
- We've been to monticello, you know, a couple three times,
- 00:35:42.930 --> 00:35:46.100
- Because what a beautiful, beautiful area.
- 00:35:46.100 --> 00:35:49.270
- And so much history.
- 00:35:49.270 --> 00:35:50.938
- - well, of course,
- 00:35:50.938 --> 00:35:52.039
- I was born in williamsburg, virginia.
- 00:35:52.039 --> 00:35:53.341
- Of course, you can't get more history than that.
- 00:35:53.341 --> 00:35:54.842
- And being raised there at the blue ridge mountains,
- 00:35:54.842 --> 00:35:57.612
- But, uh...if you can't write a song
- 00:35:57.612 --> 00:36:01.182
- Or something doesn't affect you from being in that area,
- 00:36:01.182 --> 00:36:05.119
- Then something's got to be wrong.
- 00:36:05.119 --> 00:36:06.787
- Because it's--it's just been a wonderful experience
- 00:36:06.787 --> 00:36:10.291
- Being able to have grown up there
- 00:36:10.291 --> 00:36:12.460
- In such a beautiful place.
- 00:36:12.460 --> 00:36:13.961
- And like you said, with the history and everything.
- 00:36:13.961 --> 00:36:15.863
- - stuart kline wrote the lyric to "how great thou art."
- 00:36:15.863 --> 00:36:20.801
- But he must have gone through virginia when he wrote it.
- 00:36:20.801 --> 00:36:23.638
- - [laughs]
- 00:36:23.638 --> 00:36:24.739
- - and when i-- "when through the woods and"--
- 00:36:24.739 --> 00:36:28.976
- - "forest glades i wander."
- 00:36:28.976 --> 00:36:30.678
- - "and consider all the worlds thy"...
- 00:36:30.678 --> 00:36:32.179
- - "thy hands hath made."
- 00:36:32.179 --> 00:36:33.514
- - he must have gone through virginia somewhere.
- 00:36:33.514 --> 00:36:36.083
- - you can't stand on top of the mountain
- 00:36:36.083 --> 00:36:37.752
- And look out and-- across virginia
- 00:36:37.752 --> 00:36:42.423
- And see the church steeples
- 00:36:42.423 --> 00:36:43.924
- And the little houses and things like that
- 00:36:43.924 --> 00:36:46.761
- That that song wouldn't just come to mind.
- 00:36:46.761 --> 00:36:51.098
- Never a night went by with the statler brothers that we--
- 00:36:51.098 --> 00:36:53.334
- We always did that song.
- 00:36:53.334 --> 00:36:55.102
- It was pretty much a closer in our show.
- 00:36:55.102 --> 00:37:00.107
- But--and i've always said that if you're in a show
- 00:37:00.107 --> 00:37:03.611
- And you just can't get to the audience,
- 00:37:03.611 --> 00:37:06.280
- It's like you're not getting through.
- 00:37:06.280 --> 00:37:07.615
- You just can't-- you know, it's like,
- 00:37:07.615 --> 00:37:08.783
- You know, they're just sitting there?
- 00:37:08.783 --> 00:37:10.618
- Do "how great thou art" and see what happens,
- 00:37:10.618 --> 00:37:12.553
- 'cause i can tell you, all of a sudden,
- 00:37:12.553 --> 00:37:14.555
- People's eyes start getting bigger and they start--
- 00:37:14.555 --> 00:37:16.524
- You're seeing their mouths move.
- 00:37:16.524 --> 00:37:17.858
- Everybody knows the words.
- 00:37:17.858 --> 00:37:19.627
- They're singing along with you.
- 00:37:19.627 --> 00:37:21.128
- They're feeling it.
- 00:37:21.128 --> 00:37:22.463
- And during the song, they'll start standing up.
- 00:37:22.463 --> 00:37:24.732
- I mean, they're just--you want a guaranteed standing ovation?
- 00:37:24.732 --> 00:37:27.468
- Sing "how great thou art" one time.
- 00:37:27.468 --> 00:37:29.537
- - let's do it.
- 00:37:29.537 --> 00:37:30.571
- - all right.
- 00:37:30.571 --> 00:37:32.073
- [peaceful music]
- 00:37:32.073 --> 00:37:36.077
- ♪ o lord my god, ♪
- 00:37:36.077 --> 00:37:41.582
- ♪ when i in awesome wonder ♪
- 00:37:41.582 --> 00:37:47.021
- ♪ consider all the worlds thy hands have made, ♪
- 00:37:47.021 --> 00:37:57.531
- ♪ i see the stars ♪
- 00:37:57.531 --> 00:38:02.436
- ♪ and i hear the rolling thunder, ♪
- 00:38:02.436 --> 00:38:08.609
- ♪ thy power throughout the universe displayed. ♪
- 00:38:08.609 --> 00:38:19.120
- ♪ then sings my soul, ♪
- 00:38:19.120 --> 00:38:23.124
- ♪ my savior god, to thee, ♪
- 00:38:23.124 --> 00:38:29.897
- ♪ how great thou art, ♪
- 00:38:29.897 --> 00:38:35.236
- ♪ how great thou art. ♪
- 00:38:35.236 --> 00:38:40.574
- ♪ then sings my soul, ♪
- 00:38:40.574 --> 00:38:44.578
- ♪ my savior god, to thee, ♪
- 00:38:44.578 --> 00:38:51.419
- ♪ how great thou art, ♪
- 00:38:51.419 --> 00:38:56.690
- ♪ how great thou art. ♪
- 00:38:56.690 --> 00:39:02.096
- [sentimental music]
- 00:39:02.096 --> 00:39:05.099
- ♪ ♪
- 00:39:05.099 --> 00:39:13.207
- ♪ when christ shall come ♪
- 00:39:13.207 --> 00:39:18.612
- ♪ with shout of acclamation ♪
- 00:39:18.612 --> 00:39:24.118
- ♪ and take me home, ♪
- 00:39:24.118 --> 00:39:27.788
- ♪ what joy shall fill my heart. ♪
- 00:39:27.788 --> 00:39:34.562
- ♪ then i shall bow in humble adoration ♪
- 00:39:34.562 --> 00:39:45.573
- ♪ and there proclaim, ♪
- 00:39:45.573 --> 00:39:49.410
- ♪ "my god, how great thou art!" ♪
- 00:39:49.410 --> 00:39:55.916
- All: ♪ then sings my soul, ♪
- 00:39:55.916 --> 00:39:59.920
- ♪ my savior god, to thee, ♪
- 00:39:59.920 --> 00:40:06.694
- ♪ how great thou art, ♪
- 00:40:06.694 --> 00:40:12.032
- ♪ how great thou art. ♪
- 00:40:12.032 --> 00:40:17.371
- ♪ then sings my soul, ♪
- 00:40:17.371 --> 00:40:21.375
- ♪ my savior god, to thee, ♪
- 00:40:21.375 --> 00:40:28.215
- ♪ how great thou art, ♪
- 00:40:28.215 --> 00:40:33.487
- ♪ how great thou art. ♪
- 00:40:33.487 --> 00:40:45.566
- - ♪ how great thou art. ♪
- 00:40:45.566 --> 00:40:56.076
- All: ♪ how great thou art. ♪
- 00:40:56.076 --> 00:41:12.092
- [cheers and applause]
- 00:41:06.120 --> 00:42:20.227
- - no.
- 00:42:23.497 --> 00:42:24.498
- - we had a lot of help along the way.
- 00:42:24.498 --> 00:42:26.934
- I've used this so many times, but i think it's true.
- 00:42:26.934 --> 00:42:29.570
- Uh, we're like a turtle on a fence post.
- 00:42:29.570 --> 00:42:33.140
- If you ever find a turtle on a fence post,
- 00:42:33.140 --> 00:42:36.644
- He did not get there by himself.
- 00:42:36.644 --> 00:42:38.245
- - right.
- 00:42:38.245 --> 00:42:39.246
- - somebody had some help somewhere.
- 00:42:39.246 --> 00:42:41.081
- And you certainly did.
- 00:42:41.081 --> 00:42:42.483
- - well, my story-- i was sitting down
- 00:42:42.483 --> 00:42:45.986
- With somebody to write a book about my life,
- 00:42:45.986 --> 00:42:47.988
- And we're gonna do that in the near future.
- 00:42:47.988 --> 00:42:50.491
- But we were talking as he started out, he says,
- 00:42:50.491 --> 00:42:53.327
- "you know, well, you know, where do--
- 00:42:53.327 --> 00:42:55.496
- "you know, where'd your mom and dad first meet?
- 00:42:55.496 --> 00:42:58.832
- Let's just go back to your mom and dad."
- 00:42:58.832 --> 00:43:00.668
- And i thought about that for a second, and i said,
- 00:43:00.668 --> 00:43:02.336
- "well, you know, my story really doesn't begin there.
- 00:43:02.336 --> 00:43:06.173
- "my story begins with an angel
- 00:43:06.173 --> 00:43:09.009
- That showed up in our family years before that."
- 00:43:09.009 --> 00:43:12.146
- And i believe in angels.
- 00:43:12.146 --> 00:43:13.447
- I believe that god puts 'em in specific places
- 00:43:13.447 --> 00:43:16.617
- To accomplish the things that he wants accomplished.
- 00:43:16.617 --> 00:43:20.120
- And my mother, when she was born, her--
- 00:43:20.120 --> 00:43:23.457
- My grandmother passed away two weeks later
- 00:43:23.457 --> 00:43:26.460
- After my mother was born from blood poisoning
- 00:43:26.460 --> 00:43:29.630
- From complications of the birth.
- 00:43:29.630 --> 00:43:31.965
- And there was-- my grandfather was trying
- 00:43:31.965 --> 00:43:35.803
- To raise her and my uncle and another aunt.
- 00:43:35.803 --> 00:43:40.574
- And so it was really tough for him to try--
- 00:43:40.574 --> 00:43:42.643
- He was trying to work and raise those kids.
- 00:43:42.643 --> 00:43:44.545
- Well, there was a lady by the name of ms. grills
- 00:43:44.545 --> 00:43:47.648
- From nashville, tennessee, of all things.
- 00:43:47.648 --> 00:43:50.117
- There had been--she was coming there in davis creek, virginia,
- 00:43:50.117 --> 00:43:54.321
- Which is a place that ain't even on a map today, probably.
- 00:43:54.321 --> 00:43:57.825
- And she was coming there
- 00:43:57.825 --> 00:43:59.159
- To get the job of being the schoolteacher.
- 00:43:59.159 --> 00:44:01.995
- They had a one-room school.
- 00:44:01.995 --> 00:44:03.831
- So mrs. grills is on her way to that one-room school,
- 00:44:03.831 --> 00:44:08.202
- And this guy on horseback stops on the road
- 00:44:08.202 --> 00:44:10.938
- And says--starts talking to her and her driver.
- 00:44:10.938 --> 00:44:14.441
- And he tells her the story about, you know,
- 00:44:14.441 --> 00:44:17.444
- My mother's mother passing away
- 00:44:17.444 --> 00:44:19.113
- And my granddaddy trying to raise those kids.
- 00:44:19.113 --> 00:44:21.782
- And he's really having a tough time.
- 00:44:21.782 --> 00:44:24.118
- And she right then immediately
- 00:44:24.118 --> 00:44:26.453
- Tapped the driver on the shoulder
- 00:44:26.453 --> 00:44:28.722
- And said, "take me there.
- 00:44:28.722 --> 00:44:30.324
- Take me to where"--
- 00:44:30.324 --> 00:44:31.792
- She said, "god spoke to me, and he wants me to go there."
- 00:44:31.792 --> 00:44:35.896
- She went there to the house, went on by the school.
- 00:44:35.896 --> 00:44:39.299
- She went to the house and went to my grandfather,
- 00:44:39.299 --> 00:44:41.635
- And she got there and met him, and she said,
- 00:44:41.635 --> 00:44:43.470
- "god has told me to come here and help you raise these kids."
- 00:44:43.470 --> 00:44:48.475
- And this is a woman that doesn't know him,
- 00:44:48.475 --> 00:44:50.778
- Doesn't know anything about nothing
- 00:44:50.778 --> 00:44:52.246
- Except for what happened.
- 00:44:52.246 --> 00:44:53.814
- And my granddaddy moved out of the house
- 00:44:53.814 --> 00:44:55.649
- Into a little smokehouse.
- 00:44:55.649 --> 00:44:56.650
- That's where he slept.
- 00:44:56.650 --> 00:44:57.985
- And she stayed there and raised my mom
- 00:44:57.985 --> 00:44:59.820
- And taught my mom the bible.
- 00:44:59.820 --> 00:45:01.155
- She was--she knew everything about the bible.
- 00:45:01.155 --> 00:45:03.757
- My mama knew things about the bible
- 00:45:03.757 --> 00:45:05.659
- From mrs. grills teaching her
- 00:45:05.659 --> 00:45:07.828
- And teaching her about prayer and how important prayer was.
- 00:45:07.828 --> 00:45:10.831
- And, um, this lady showed up
- 00:45:10.831 --> 00:45:14.101
- And taught my mom and raised my mother
- 00:45:14.101 --> 00:45:16.770
- And the other two as well,
- 00:45:16.770 --> 00:45:19.373
- My uncle and aunt,
- 00:45:19.373 --> 00:45:20.941
- Until my mom was 18, and my mother got married.
- 00:45:20.941 --> 00:45:24.945
- And then she moved back to nashville
- 00:45:24.945 --> 00:45:27.281
- And there's never been a trace of her ever since.
- 00:45:27.281 --> 00:45:30.050
- I been trying to find out about mrs. grills.
- 00:45:30.050 --> 00:45:32.119
- So if you know anything about mrs. grills
- 00:45:32.119 --> 00:45:33.887
- From nashville, tennessee, please let me know.
- 00:45:33.887 --> 00:45:36.523
- 'cause we've tried to find out things about her,
- 00:45:36.523 --> 00:45:38.192
- But that's all we know.
- 00:45:38.192 --> 00:45:39.293
- She showed up and taught my mama the bible
- 00:45:39.293 --> 00:45:41.461
- And prayed with my mom
- 00:45:41.461 --> 00:45:42.796
- And taught my mom about praying and how to pray,
- 00:45:42.796 --> 00:45:45.299
- And my mom became a prayer warrior.
- 00:45:45.299 --> 00:45:47.467
- And i still feel my mom's prayers going on right today
- 00:45:47.467 --> 00:45:50.537
- And being answered, thanks to mrs. grills.
- 00:45:50.537 --> 00:45:53.307
- Because, to me, that's where the story begins,
- 00:45:53.307 --> 00:45:56.143
- With an angel showing up
- 00:45:56.143 --> 00:45:57.311
- And doing what god told her to do.
- 00:45:57.311 --> 00:46:01.815
- - "precious memories, unseen angels."
- 00:46:01.815 --> 00:46:05.819
- The very important angels.
- 00:46:05.819 --> 00:46:07.487
- You're gonna sing this.
- 00:46:07.487 --> 00:46:09.323
- Old ben isaacs just happened to slip in.
- 00:46:09.323 --> 00:46:13.527
- And can you believe that?
- 00:46:13.527 --> 00:46:16.763
- And he brought with him sydni who travels with--
- 00:46:16.763 --> 00:46:19.867
- Travels and sings with you and carrie underwood.
- 00:46:19.867 --> 00:46:23.604
- - yes.
- 00:46:23.604 --> 00:46:24.972
- Sydni is--she's been with me for four years, actually.
- 00:46:24.972 --> 00:46:27.441
- And she's one of the greatest singers
- 00:46:27.441 --> 00:46:29.343
- I've ever had the pleasure of standing on stage with.
- 00:46:29.343 --> 00:46:32.112
- And not only that, she's got a great heart.
- 00:46:32.112 --> 00:46:34.114
- She's a wonderful person.
- 00:46:34.114 --> 00:46:35.282
- But, yeah, she happens to be singing for a lady
- 00:46:35.282 --> 00:46:37.284
- By the name of miss carrie underwood as well.
- 00:46:37.284 --> 00:46:39.386
- - well, we're in tall cotton here today.
- 00:46:39.386 --> 00:46:41.622
- Hey, come--come in.
- 00:46:41.622 --> 00:46:43.290
- We're gonna up this thing right now.
- 00:46:43.290 --> 00:46:44.892
- You're gonna--you're gonna sound a whole lot better.
- 00:46:44.892 --> 00:46:47.794
- [gentle music]
- 00:46:47.794 --> 00:46:50.797
- ♪ ♪
- 00:46:50.797 --> 00:46:52.799
- - ♪ precious memories, ♪
- 00:46:52.799 --> 00:46:57.971
- ♪ unseen angels, ♪
- 00:46:57.971 --> 00:47:02.976
- ♪ sent from somewhere to my soul. ♪
- 00:47:02.976 --> 00:47:13.086
- ♪ how they linger ever near me, ♪
- 00:47:13.086 --> 00:47:23.430
- ♪ and the sacred past unfold. ♪
- 00:47:23.430 --> 00:47:33.440
- ♪ precious memories, ♪
- 00:47:33.440 --> 00:47:38.412
- ♪ how they linger, ♪
- 00:47:38.412 --> 00:47:43.216
- ♪ how they ever flood my soul. ♪
- 00:47:43.216 --> 00:47:53.126
- ♪ in the stillness of the midnight, ♪
- 00:47:53.126 --> 00:48:02.970
- ♪ precious sacred scenes unfold. ♪
- 00:48:02.970 --> 00:48:12.779
- ♪ in the stillness of the midnight, ♪
- 00:48:12.779 --> 00:48:22.155
- ♪ echoes from the past i hear: ♪
- 00:48:22.155 --> 00:48:32.099
- ♪ old time singing, gladness ringing ♪
- 00:48:32.099 --> 00:48:41.942
- ♪ from that lovely land somewhere. ♪
- 00:48:41.942 --> 00:48:51.785
- ♪ as i travel on life's pathway, ♪
- 00:48:51.785 --> 00:49:01.395
- ♪ i know not what the years may hold. ♪
- 00:49:01.395 --> 00:49:11.138
- ♪ as i ponder, hope grows fonder, ♪
- 00:49:11.138 --> 00:49:20.747
- ♪ precious memories flood my soul. ♪
- 00:49:20.747 --> 00:49:30.590
- ♪ precious memories, ♪
- 00:49:30.590 --> 00:49:35.562
- ♪ how they linger, ♪
- 00:49:35.562 --> 00:49:40.367
- ♪ how they ever flood my soul. ♪
- 00:49:40.367 --> 00:49:50.277
- ♪ in the stillness of the midnight, ♪
- 00:49:50.277 --> 00:50:00.120
- ♪ precious sacred scenes unfold. ♪
- 00:50:00.120 --> 00:50:09.596
- ♪ in the stillness of the midnight, ♪
- 00:50:09.596 --> 00:50:19.206
- ♪ precious sacred scenes unfold. ♪
- 00:50:19.206 --> 00:50:35.055
- - ah, jimmy.
- 00:50:29.249 --> 00:50:37.557
- That's so good. that's so--
- 00:50:37.557 --> 00:50:40.060
- But i heard a fourth part in there.
- 00:50:40.060 --> 00:50:42.562
- It just--yeah, i heard it, and i just--
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- Just give--just do a chorus, and i know you're brilliant.
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- I know sydni's a great singer and ben's a great--
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- But i didn't hear...
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- ♪ ooh. ♪ okay.
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- Let's do the chorus. here we go.
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- [gentle guitar music]
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- ♪ precious memories, ♪
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- ♪ how they linger, ♪
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- ♪ how they ever flood my soul. ♪
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- ♪ in the stillness of the midnight, ♪
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- ♪ precious sacred scenes unfold. ♪
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- ♪ ♪
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- - ♪ in the stillness... ♪
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- Both: ♪ of the midnight, ♪
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- - come in. let's sing this last line.
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- All: ♪ precious sacred scenes unfold. ♪
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- - the jimmy fortune vocal band.
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- [laughter] there it is.
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- - thank you, buddy.
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- [upbeat music]
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- Hey, bill.
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- How about coming out and joining us
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- On this song right here, buddy?
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- We need you, man, big time.
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- ♪ i heard an old, old story ♪
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- ♪ how a savior came from glory, ♪
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- ♪ how he gave his life on calvary ♪
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- ♪ to save a wretch like me. ♪
- 00:52:37.544 --> 00:52:41.948
- ♪ i heard about his groaning, ♪
- 00:52:41.948 --> 00:52:46.453
- ♪ of his precious blood's atoning. ♪
- 00:52:46.453 --> 00:52:51.458
- ♪ then i repented of my sins ♪
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- ♪ and won the victory. ♪
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- ♪ oh, victory in jesus, ♪
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- ♪ my savior, forever. ♪
- 00:53:04.971 --> 00:53:09.643
- ♪ he sought me and he bought me ♪
- 00:53:09.643 --> 00:53:14.414
- ♪ with his redeeming blood. ♪
- 00:53:14.414 --> 00:53:19.085
- ♪ oh, he loved me ere i knew him, ♪
- 00:53:19.085 --> 00:53:23.757
- ♪ and all my love is due him. ♪
- 00:53:23.757 --> 00:53:28.428
- ♪ he plunged me to victory ♪
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- ♪ beneath the cleansing flood. ♪
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- ♪ ♪
- 00:53:37.937 --> 00:53:40.273
- ♪ i heard about his healing, ♪
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- ♪ of his cleansing power revealing, ♪
- 00:53:44.611 --> 00:53:49.449
- ♪ how he made the lame to walk again ♪
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- ♪ and caused the blind to see. ♪
- 00:53:54.120 --> 00:53:58.591
- ♪ and then i cried, "dear jesus, ♪
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- ♪ come and heal my broken spirit," ♪
- 00:54:03.229 --> 00:54:08.301
- ♪ and somehow jesus came and brought ♪
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- ♪ to me the victory. ♪
- 00:54:12.972 --> 00:54:17.510
- ♪ oh, victory in jesus, ♪
- 00:54:17.510 --> 00:54:21.948
- ♪ my savior, forever. ♪
- 00:54:21.948 --> 00:54:26.619
- ♪ he sought me and he bought me ♪
- 00:54:26.619 --> 00:54:31.391
- ♪ with his redeeming blood. ♪
- 00:54:31.391 --> 00:54:36.062
- ♪ oh, he loved me ere i knew him, ♪
- 00:54:36.062 --> 00:54:40.734
- ♪ and all my love is due him. ♪
- 00:54:40.734 --> 00:54:45.405
- ♪ he plunged me to victory ♪
- 00:54:45.405 --> 00:54:49.776
- ♪ beneath the cleansing flood. ♪
- 00:54:49.776 --> 00:54:54.614
- ♪ oh, victory in jesus, ♪
- 00:54:54.614 --> 00:54:59.052
- ♪ my savior, forever. ♪
- 00:54:59.052 --> 00:55:03.723
- ♪ he sought me and he bought me ♪
- 00:55:03.723 --> 00:55:08.495
- ♪ with his redeeming blood. ♪
- 00:55:08.495 --> 00:55:13.166
- ♪ oh, he loved me ere i knew him, ♪
- 00:55:13.166 --> 00:55:17.837
- ♪ and all my love is due him. ♪
- 00:55:17.837 --> 00:55:22.575
- ♪ he plunged me to victory ♪
- 00:55:22.575 --> 00:55:26.880
- ♪ beneath the cleansing flood. ♪
- 00:55:26.880 --> 00:55:31.985
- ♪ he plunged me to victory ♪
- 00:55:31.985 --> 00:55:36.589
- ♪ beneath the cleansing flood. ♪
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- [cheers and applause]
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- - [laughs] - why not?
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- - whoo!
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- All: ♪ just a closer walk with thee. ♪
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- ♪ grant it, jesus is my plea. ♪
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- ♪ daily walking close to thee, ♪
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- ♪ let it be. ♪
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- ♪ dear lord, let it be. ♪
- 00:56:19.466 --> 00:56:26.072
- - ♪ daily walking close to thee, ♪
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- ♪ let it be. ♪
- 00:56:32.745 --> 00:56:35.248
- ♪ dear lord, let it be. ♪
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- All: ♪ ooh. ♪
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- [cheers and applause]
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- - that's awesome, buddy.
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- ♪how they linger♪
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- ♪how they ever flood my soul♪
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- Thank you for joining bill and gloria gaither...
- 00:57:11.017 --> 00:57:13.520
- ... and their homecoming friends for "precious memories."
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- Be sure to watch program as these legendary gospel artists...
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- ... share more of your favorite songs.
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- ♪in the stillness, of the midnight♪
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