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THE LEGACY AND MUSICAL JOURNEY OF MOSIE LISTER FAITHFULNESS: A NEW JOURNEY Joseph Habedank Summer 2015 s 2nd Quarter GOSPEL FROM GRACELAND Ronnie Booth and Elvis Presley exclusive interview with DARRIN VINCENTof Dailey & Vincent AVAILABLE NOW AT RETAIL OUTLETS WORLDWIDE • One Of These Mornings • one of Southern Gospel’s most decorated artists • Joshua Led God’s Children with multiple Singing News Fan awards, GMA • Angels Everywhere Dove Awards and a Grammy nomination • Jesus Changed Everything • It’s Good To See The Sun • toured in 49 states, 8 Canadian provinces, 11 • Love Walked In European countries, India, Australia, South Africa, • Happy People New Zealand & Israel • Let Your Love Light Shine • A Soldier Fighting To Go Home • featured on ESPN at the Atlanta Motor • Thank You For Saving Me Speedway 2010, 2011 & 2012 • I Do Believe • AND MANY MORE! • includes the hit single “Happy People” Also available online at PENNSYLVANIA GOSPEL MUSIC FESTIVAL IN HISTORIC AND “SWEET” HERSHEY, PA TICKETS SEPTEMBER 11-13, 2015 ON SALE A 3 DAY, 5 SESSION EVENT! 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All artist are subject to change without prior notice of event. p14 p26 features p22 EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH DARRIN VINCENT Darrin Vincent of multi-award winning duo, Dailey & Vincent, speaks candor about both his career and his personal life 14 FAITHFULNESS: A NEW JOURNEY 22 GOSPEL FROM GRACELAND Through the victory of overcoming the past, Ronnie Booth’s connection to “The King Joseph Habedank and his wife, Lindsay, of Rock and Roll” and building a ministry embark on a new beginning. with his recordings. 4 gospelmusicquarterly.com | SUMMER 2015 departments p10 p6 gospel COMMUNITY s Summer 2015 2nd Quarter people | history | church GospelMusicQuarterly.com 6 Mildred Spethmann: 800.965.9324 A Young at Heart Centenarian PUBLICATION MANAGEMENT IMC Concerts 8 Stamps-Baxter M&P P.O. Box 8894, Johnson City, TN 37615 Company, part 2 p16 IMCconcerts.com/423.239.6262 10 The Legacy and Musical [email protected] Journey of Mosie Lister President and CEO: Landon Beene p19 Financial Director: Nate Goble gospel ARTISTS Art and Marketing Director & backstage | in the studio Managing Editor: Jessica Harkness Staff Writer: Dustin Allman 16 In the Studio: Trey Ivey Contributing Editors: Anne Beiler, Melissa Brady, Shawn 19 The Singing Americans p24 Degenhart, Nate Goble, Tim Lovelace, Mark Trammell Quartet, Kim Pennington, 24 Beyond the Stage: and Dr. Travis Plumlee An Artist’s Questionnaire p32 31 The Best Local Restaurant Editorial and Advertising Inquiries: [email protected] gospel INSPIRATION IMC VISION uplifting | spiritual | impact Innovative Management Consulting, Inc. (IMC) is dedicated to bringing the audience 32 From the Heart an uplifting musical experience. Our goal of Anne Beiler is to present top quality performances and spiritual encounters to edify your life. 38 The Best Memories in Life 40 I Spoke Four Words FROM THE EDITOR: ABOUT GMQ The Gospel Music Quarterly (GMQ) Life has a funny way of lifting us Magazine is published quarterly by up and knocking us down. The Innovative Management Consulting, Inc. gospel EVENTS experiences in life that we must (IMC) for fans of gospel music. GMQ is a recaps | upcoming | schedule go through mold and strengthens Christian lifestyle magazine that features us. Each of us has our own unique inspiring and motivational articles, 42 We Have an App for That! journey that follows God’s plan. behind-the-scenes interviews, special events and schedules. 44 Touring Schedule In this issue, I am excited to share with you some insights to some of the journeys that the artists continue to follow. Enjoy! © IMC Management All rights reserved. Nothing may be reprinted in whole or in part without written permission from the publisher. SUMMER 2015 | gospelmusicquarterly.com 5 MILDRED WITH DAUGHTER RUTH ANN Happy 100th Birthday! MILDRED SPETHMANN FRANK AND MILDRED SPETHMANN BY: GMQ STAFF The year was 1915 when Mildred Spethmann was born in Hankinson, North Dakota, on March 24th. Mildred Spethmann has lived through the times of horse and buggy, Model Ts, and men walking on the moon. She has been an eyewitness to a century of radical change. However, this story is about more than making it to the impressive 100 year mark, it is about a Christian lady who has truly lived for 100 years! 6 gospelmusicquarterly.com | SUMMER 2015 PHOTO CREDIT: SHUTTERSTOCK CREDIT: PHOTO gospel COMMUNITY A Young at Heart Centenarian Mildred committed her life to Christ at a young age and never looked back. She set out on a path to stay in the center of His will. She was married to the love of her life, Frank, for 52 years and six weeks. They raised three children, Janet, Ruth Ann, and Tom. She was always very active in her church, be it in missions or as a faithful Sunday School teacher. With every year that passed, she grew in the knowledge of God’s Word and demonstrated the Biblical teaching of having a dedicated prayer life and the importance of encouraging others. One of the most interesting things about Mildred’s life is that as the years started adding up, she never slowed down. As she entered her eighties, when many don’t travel as much, she was still going strong. She has a deep love for gospel MILDRED AT THE HYMN SING TAPING music and has continued to travel to concerts extensively to this day. Many gospel artists are close friends with Mildred country, her work doesn’t stop. It is during those times that and have enjoyed seeing her show up at concerts all over the she writes letters. In fact, she sends 800 cards and letters United States. She will hop on a plane with her daughter, each year, and that does not include the 500 Christmas Ruth Ann, to be at a concert in Branson, Phoenix, Pigeon letters she sends. Forge, or to go sailing on a Christian cruise in the islands. At concerts, she is usually on the front row clapping and Recently, she had her 100th birthday celebration where there encouraging others with her beautiful and infectious smile. were over 300 in attendance. Party guests included Scott, After the concerts, she is quick to give a hug and pray with Taryn, Preston and Bailey Fowler; Tim, Mary Alice and you about anything. Some of her latest travels include Gabrielle Lovelace; Geraldine Ragan; and a host of other being at Gerald Wolfe’s Hymn Sing video taping and being family and friends from all over the country who came to recognized in the studio audience of the Music City Show, return a small amount of love to a very special lady. hosted by Tim Lovelace. She also sang on Legacy Five’s latest CD, Great Day, where she was in a choir that was Her life has impacted others in countless ways and is an featured on the song “Christ Is Still the King” that just inspiration to all who know her. As believers in Christ, climbed to the number we know there is no one spot on Gospel scripture telling us charts across America. to reach a certain age and retire from His Mildred is a consummate service. Mildred has encourager. To this day, purpose and, as she pours her lifetime of stated earlier, has truly wisdom into people of lived for 100 years! all ages. She is involved, From all of us at the alongside Ruth Ann, in Gospel Music (L TO R): MILDRED AND GERALD WOLFE; JOE BONSALL AND MILDRED promoting concerts in Quarterly, her home church in El Cajon, California and invites everyone she meets. When she is not actively traveling the HAPPY BIRTHDAY MILDRED SPETHMANN! SUMMER 2015 | gospelmusicquarterly.com 7 PRECIOUS ABIDING PEACE BIO VINTAGE STAMPS-BAXTER LOGO A History of the STAMPS-BAXTER MUSIC & PRINTING COMPANY BY: SHAWN DEGENHART part 2 As we discussed in the last issue, after beginning his own monthly newsletter detailing news about the company, publishing company in 1924, V. O. Stamps published several information about new songbooks, devotionals, editorials, songbooks before forming a partnership with J. R. Baxter, and a schedule of local singings. Jr. These books included Harbor Bells (1925), Silver Strains (1926), The Ideal Quartet Book (1926) and Golden Harps Prior to Stamps-Baxter, most companies would publish only (1927). It was in 1926 that the two friends joined forces one book per year. That changed in 1933 when Stamps- as the Stamps-Baxter Music Company, headquartered in Baxter began publishing two books annually. The first Jacksonville, Texas. October 1 of that same year saw the would be available in time for New Year’s Day singings, opening of a branch office in Chattanooga, Tennessee, and and the second would be available in June.