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Revival!:Sacred Rock and Pure Love from Historic LPs of the 50's and 60's
by Sandrock Recordings
For 35 years, Tennessee-based Don and Earl traversed the country together, bringing their powerful Gospel songs and stories to meeting houses, revival tents, and radio stations from Mexico to Cincinnati. Don Williams was born and raised in Briceville, Tennessee, the heart of the Cumberland Mountain coal fields. A searing tenor and gifted whistler, Don began performing professionally after winning an Army-sponsored amateur contest during his World War II service. After his Army discharge, he soon found work as a singer on a local Knoxville radio station. Knoxville-born Earl Mays, also a seasoned radio performer by then, had been honing his hearty lead vocals, beautiful story-telling, and guitar chops since his teenage years, committing then, after being saved, to use his talent for the Lord. Together, Don and Earl's radio programs reached a nationwide, and even international, audience. At the height of their radio popularity, Don & Earl were broadcast from over 100 stations between M
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
For 35 years, Tennessee-based Don and Earl traversed the country together, bringing their powerful Gospel songs and stories to meeting houses, revival tents, and radio stations from Mexico to Cincinnati. Don Williams was born and raised in Briceville, Tennessee, the heart of the Cumberland Mountain coal fields. A searing tenor and gifted whistler, Don began performing professionally after winning an Army-sponsored amateur contest during his World War II service. After his Army discharge, he soon found work as a singer on a local Knoxville radio station. Knoxville-born Earl Mays, also a seasoned radio performer by then, had been honing his hearty lead vocals, beautiful story-telling, and guitar chops since his teenage years, committing then, after being saved, to use his talent for the Lord. Together, Don and Earl's radio programs reached a nationwide, and even international, audience. At the height of their radio popularity, Don & Earl were broadcast from over 100 stations between M
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