THERE A UNIQUE DIFFERANCE IN COUNTRY MUSIC AND REAL WESTERN MUSIC. RED FOLEY WAS MY CHILDHOOD FAVORITE.HIS RECORDING OF OLD SHEP.. PAPPY'SGOLDEN PLOW SHEAR..AND OF COURSE..PEACE IN THE VALLEY! HE RECORDED IT IN ABOUT 1950'S, WITH THE SUNSHINE BOYS.. AND IT BECAME THE FIRST GOSPEL RECORD TO SELL OVER 1,000,000! IN 57,(AT AGE 17)I WAS IN SPRINGFIELD,MO, PLAYINGAND SINGING GOSPEL.. FOR A TENTCRUSADE.
IN ABOUT 1957-58, BILLY HAD ALREADY PLAYED ORGAN FOR MAHALIA JACKSON!FOR SEVERAL YEARS, HE OFTEN PLAYED AT WITH DORIS AKERS AND THE SKY PILOT CHOIR,IN L.A.,HE WAS STUNNING!LATER HE PLAYED FOR WORLD FAMOUS HEALING EVANGELIST, A A ALLEN..UNDER HIS GIANT TENT CRUSADE, IN EL MONTE(L.A.),CALIF. BRO. ALLEN INVITED HIM TO TRAVEL WITH OUR TEAM, BUT SOME OF THETEAM MUSICIANS, THOUGHT HE WAS"TOO YOUNG14 YRS
GOD IS TRUELY... A GREAT... EVER LOVING... EVER LASTING... ALL MIGHTY... EVER PRESENT,.. ALL KNOWING... FATHER GOD!SURE DO LIKE THIS WEB SITE!ALREADY FOUND (AN OLD FRIEND) AND ONE OF THE WORLDS GREATEST GOSPEL SINGERS,MAHALIA JACKSON!SHE TOOK GOSPEL MUSIC TO THE WORLD!AS A GOSPEL ORGANIST AND PAST PROMOTER OF SOME GOSPEL MUSIC ARTIST, I WAS BLESSED TO KNOW AND LOVE SIS.JACKSON...AS WELL AS CLARA W