With the passing of Herschel Sizemore on September 9, 2022, The Shenandoah Valley Quartet is now reunited in that wonderful Land they are signing about here.
Can't believe I missed this channel, been looking for videos with Billy Edwards and couldn' find any, I believe these in Gloria Boyd's channel are some of the very few. Are the videos recorded by Mac Wiseman or are they his property (bought)? Have old video recordings from 1990-91-92 in many festivals with Mac Wiseman, Raymond Fairchild, JD Crowe, Tony Rice, etc have however never seen Billy Edwards live. However I received a very nice personal handwritten reply to my letter to Billy Edwards, still have it, and a cassette I bought from him. I discovered bluegrass in 1979, oh! those were the days!
Billy Edwards was my uncle. I've compiled a playlist of all of the videos and audio that I can find that have been uploaded to RUclips of him. You can find the playlist by just searching for "Billy Edwards on the banjo" in the RUclips search window. As far as this particular festival, (There are 5 videos from this fesrival on the above mentioned playlist.) I only know it was at Renfro Valley in Kentucky. It's great to hear people are still seeking out his music. He was a great guy and extremely talented, of course I'm biased.
I would love to have this festival identified. There are other great clips of Tony Rice, Lester Flatt, and Mac Wiseman. I was looking to source the festival itself if possible.
Let me share a testimony of my spiritual experience when I received a New Birth in my spirit, that has something to do with the message of this song. On the day when I surrendered my life to the Lord Jesus, wherein I acknowledged myself a sinner and humbled myself before Him in prayer with all my heart: confessed, repented and asked forgiveness of all my sins before Him, and that what He endured on the cross is for me and mankind that we may be forgiven, and that His Blood is the only one that can cleanse us from our sins, I felt something unusual happened in me. I sensed within me that something like a water was poured on my head. The cool water flowed down slowly like an oil from my head to my shoulders and my whole body. As the water runs down my body, hands, legs and feet, I felt something coarse like sand or mud that goes down with it until it disappeared at the tip of my fingers and toes. Afterward, I felt so light and refreshed as if I had no weight, and then I was filled with the 'Love and Peace of God'. The Light of the Spirit of Wisdom and Revelation ( Ephesians 1:17 ): Then and only then, I realized how filthy is a man before God; he is covered with mud of sin and filthiness of life in this fallen world. He needs the Holy Blood of Christ Jesus that He had shed on the Cross to cleanse him from all sins, filthiness, inequities and unrighteousness. Blessed be THE LORD. Truly, the Word of God is true concerning the filthiness of man because of sin, and the cleansing of it can be done only by the washing of the Holy Blood of the Son of God, which He had poured out on the Cross. My experience clearly defines and confirms the message of the Gospel on the forgiveness of sins in the Name of our Lord and Savior Christ Jesus and what He had done on the Cross for our Salvation and in receiving the promised Life Eternal in Heaven. Furthermore, the sin that had entered into this world and man's life is the weight that made man carries a heavy load. But, the Lord Jesus had carried it all the way until His death on the Cross of Calvary. Therefore, those who acknowledged what He had done and received it in their lives as a propitiation of their sin and fallen nature shall He remove this weight from them. He shall replace it with a burden and yoke of following Him and living His Will that is light and easy. This testimony of God in me made me fully understand how to be forgiven of God as what His Word, the Holy Bible teaches, which I considered a 'great and marvelous' thing. Thank You so much Father, for washing away my sins and cleansing me with the Holy Blood of Your Only Begotten Son, my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, that He had shed on the Cross of Calvary. Thank You for the "Justification unto Sanctification" that Your Son had done on the Cross for me and mankind. Thank You so much Father. This song made me recall this experience and touched me deeply with gratefulness to the LORD our God and Savior with exceeding gladness every time I listened. Scriptural Lights: Psalm 51:2, 7, 10 | Ezekiel 36:25-27 | John 13:7-10 | Hebrews 10:22 | Psalms 19:12 | Jeremiah 33:8 | Acts 3:19 | Matthew 11:28-30 | Romans 8:29-30 | Ephesians 5:26 | Titus 3:5 | Ephesians 1:7 | Romans 5:8-9 | Romans 3:23 | Romans 10:9-10 | 1 John 1:7-9 | Revelation 7:14 To God be the Glory! God bless and graces to all.
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these ole boys were second to none on their sacred songs. praise the Lord he used them.
THIS IS SUPER BLUEGRASS GOSPEL MUSIC. WE NEED MORE MUSIC LIKE THIS IN CHURCH TODAY
With the passing of Herschel Sizemore on September 9, 2022, The Shenandoah Valley Quartet is now reunited in that wonderful Land they are signing about here.
Nice pickin, boys. I heard my dear grandma sing this song many a Sunday morning. Id give anything to hear her sing it again, Miss you, grandma.
just my opinion, but these fellas had a super tight bluegrass & gospel sound...
My father was friends with John Palmer since the Reno & Smiley days. My older brother bought a prewar Gibson banjo from Billy Edwards.
They are REALLY good!!
This hymn was totally waiting for bluegrass to save it! It’s the only way I’d listen to it.
Which we heard more music like this in church, today, man!
BILLY(not Bobby) Edwards: Banjo
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Man that banjo sounds crisp and dry and clean!
Can't believe I missed this channel, been looking for videos with Billy Edwards and couldn' find any, I believe these in Gloria Boyd's channel are some of the very few. Are the videos recorded by Mac Wiseman or are they his property (bought)? Have old video recordings from 1990-91-92 in many festivals with Mac Wiseman, Raymond Fairchild, JD Crowe, Tony Rice, etc have however never seen Billy Edwards live. However I received a very nice personal handwritten reply to my letter to Billy Edwards, still have it, and a cassette I bought from him. I discovered bluegrass in 1979, oh! those were the days!
Billy Edwards was my uncle. I've compiled a playlist of all of the videos and audio that I can find that have been uploaded to RUclips of him. You can find the playlist by just searching for "Billy Edwards on the banjo" in the RUclips search window. As far as this particular festival, (There are 5 videos from this fesrival on the above mentioned playlist.) I only know it was at Renfro Valley in Kentucky. It's great to hear people are still seeking out his music. He was a great guy and extremely talented, of course I'm biased.
I would love to have this festival identified. There are other great clips of Tony Rice, Lester Flatt, and Mac Wiseman. I was looking to source the festival itself if possible.
Hear the version of New Tradition
Sound a lot like the Country Gentlemen. Not too bad!
Let me share a testimony of my spiritual experience when I received a New Birth in my spirit, that has something to do with the message of this song.
On the day when I surrendered my life to the Lord Jesus, wherein I acknowledged myself a sinner and humbled myself before Him in prayer with all my heart: confessed, repented and asked forgiveness of all my sins before Him, and that what He endured on the cross is for me and mankind that we may be forgiven, and that His Blood is the only one that can cleanse us from our sins, I felt something unusual happened in me. I sensed within me that something like a water was poured on my head. The cool water flowed down slowly like an oil from my head to my shoulders and my whole body. As the water runs down my body, hands, legs and feet, I felt something coarse like sand or mud that goes down with it until it disappeared at the tip of my fingers and toes. Afterward, I felt so light and refreshed as if I had no weight, and then I was filled with the 'Love and Peace of God'.
The Light of the Spirit of Wisdom and Revelation ( Ephesians 1:17 ):
Then and only then, I realized how filthy is a man before God; he is covered with mud of sin and filthiness of life in this fallen world. He needs the Holy Blood of Christ Jesus that He had shed on the Cross to cleanse him from all sins, filthiness, inequities and unrighteousness. Blessed be THE LORD.
Truly, the Word of God is true concerning the filthiness of man because of sin, and the cleansing of it can be done only by the washing of the Holy Blood of the Son of God, which He had poured out on the Cross.
My experience clearly defines and confirms the message of the Gospel on the forgiveness of sins in the Name of our Lord and Savior Christ Jesus and what He had done on the Cross for our Salvation and in receiving the promised Life Eternal in Heaven.
Furthermore, the sin that had entered into this world and man's life is the weight that made man carries a heavy load. But, the Lord Jesus had carried it all the way until His death on the Cross of Calvary. Therefore, those who acknowledged what He had done and received it in their lives as a propitiation of their sin and fallen nature shall He remove this weight from them. He shall replace it with a burden and yoke of following Him and living His Will that is light and easy.
This testimony of God in me made me fully understand how to be forgiven of God as what His Word, the Holy Bible teaches, which I considered a 'great and marvelous' thing.
Thank You so much Father, for washing away my sins and cleansing me with the Holy Blood of Your Only Begotten Son, my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, that He had shed on the Cross of Calvary. Thank You for the "Justification unto Sanctification" that Your Son had done on the Cross for me and mankind. Thank You so much Father.
This song made me recall this experience and touched me deeply with gratefulness to the LORD our God and Savior with exceeding gladness every time I listened.
Scriptural Lights: Psalm 51:2, 7, 10 | Ezekiel 36:25-27 | John 13:7-10 | Hebrews 10:22 | Psalms 19:12 | Jeremiah 33:8 | Acts 3:19 | Matthew 11:28-30 | Romans 8:29-30 | Ephesians 5:26 | Titus 3:5 | Ephesians 1:7 | Romans 5:8-9 | Romans 3:23 | Romans 10:9-10 | 1 John 1:7-9 | Revelation 7:14
To God be the Glory! God bless and graces to all.