Award-winning Bluegrass Duo Dailey & Vincent Release Debut Gospel CD on Oct. 20

Posted by Lisa L. Rollins Sep 16, 2009

Award-winning Rounder Records duo Dailey & Vincent will release the players’ first gospel album, a collection of a cappella songs, called Singing From the Heart, on Oct. 20.

The project began in 2001, long before Jamie Dailey and Darrin Vincent--whose latest album, Brothers from Different Mothers, debuted at No. 1 on Billboard's bluegrass charts--started their career as a duo. The record of a cappella spiritual songs was designed as one that would honor the Church of Christ's practice of singing without instruments and that would benefit the Tennessee Bible College in Cookeville, which is a Church of Christ institution.

Malcolm L. Hill, president of the college, said that after he became acquainted with Dailey, he told him about TBC and the school’s ongoing need to help would-be students with funding for school. Hill asked Dailey, then, to help develop quartet CD of a cappella singing to help raise money for the college, which never turns away students because of no money for tuition when it comes to pursuing a degree in Bible.

Impressed by this fact, Vincent said, the duo began work on creating a quartet-rich album. In doing so, Dailey & Vincent called on the very best of vocalists from the worlds of bluegrass, Southern gospel and country music to guest on the disc, including tenor Andy Ball, bass Glenn Dustin, baritone Anthony Facello, baritone Tony King, tenor Shawn Lane, bass Jeff Pearles, Doyle Lawson, singing baritone on Near the Cross and Molly Skaggs, a bluegrass "double legacy" who’s the daughter of Sharon White and Ricky Skaggs.

The end result is the forthcoming Singing From the Heart CD, which includes the songs Joshua Fit The Battle Of Jericho, Near The Cross. Hide Me, Rock Of Ages, Farther Along, I Am Resolved, The Old Rugged Cross, Moses Smote The Water, Amazing Grace, Jesus Is Coming Soon, O’ To Be Like Thee, 'Til I See You Face To Face and Don't You Wanna Go To Heaven

Says Vincent: "I want the listeners to get a blessing from this music, and to know how special it is to take a song and blend voices a cappella. It moves me emotionally to hear how much of an impact singing without instruments gives to the lyrics."

The album will be available through Christian book and music-retail outlets, Dailey & Vincent's Web site, the TBC, Rounder Records' Web site and at Dailey & Vincent concerts.