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JANUARY 8, 1998
Renowned gospel artist releases new album
A famous poet once wrote: “You
can't go home lfi:." However,
that gentleman clearly never met
Daryl Coley. On his latest album,
Live In Oakland - Home Again,
Daryl makes a joyous return to his
native Bay Area, California, con
ducting and singing with the New
Generation Singers, a choir he
formed more than 20 years ago.
“Live In Oakland - Home Again
encompasses every facet for music
I've ever been involved with,” says
Daryl. “I've been carryingaround
in my mind a few different con
cepts for albums, and this one—
going back to my roots—was one
of them. It just felt like the time
was right to do it.”
Daryl reports that after an ini
tial period of locating each other,
the choir was quick to lock back
into the trademark sound it had
made under his direction more
than a decade ago, taking gospel
from its roots to its cutting edge to
createasound that isstill uniquely
Daryl Coley.
Daryl emphasizes that a song
has to have substance and mean
ing before he’s attracted to it, and
the 10 selections on Live In Oak
land - Home Again only affirm
that commitment. A special high
light of the album is Daryl’s duet
with his mother, Marion—their
first ever on record. Selected by
Daryl’s mom, it’s a jazzy rework
ing of the beloved children’s song,
“Yes, Jesus Loves Me,” on which
it’s clear that mother, son and
audience are all having the time of
their lives.
“I Will Bless Your Name” is a
Historic Imperial Theatre to host special C-SPAN broadcast
Cable television network officials
with C-SPAN gave final confirma
tion that the network will cable
cast live from Augusta’s historic
Imperial Theatre. C-SPAN pro
duction personnel will be in Au
gustaonJanuary 13 to cable-casta
30-minute live call in program. C
SPAN production personnel have
been touring the country in the C
SPAN “school bus,” stopping at
about 50 locations in a series ex
ploring the writings of Alexis de
Tocqueville. Tocqueville is noted
for his work entitled Democracy in
America. Tocqueville’s travels
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rousing, all-stops-out anthem of
praise to God, with Daryl and the
choir both inspiring each other to
greater heights. “IWill Sing Glory”
is a simple message of glory to God
put to an irresistible reggae/ca
lypso beat and driven by asmoking
electricguitar. “His Love” is easy
rolling R&B/gospel expressing the
wondrousness of Christ, while the
traditional “Jesus Saves” receives
a contemporary reworking as a
quiet fire of praise gradually builds
into raging, righteous flames of
affirmation of the title’s simple
truth.
Daryl’s deepest roots go back to
his childhood, when his mother
was a church choir director and
inspiration to her young, musi
through the eastern part of North
America are believed to have
brought him to the Augusta, Geor
gia area on or about January 13,
1832. Tocqueville commented on
many areas of American society.
Tocqueville spent nine months
touring the country and wrote
meticulous notes about his meet
ings with presidents, lawyers and
settlers. One of the areas that he
wrote about was the role of theatre
in a democracy.
The program will afford viewers
an opportunity to look inside the
historic Imperial Theatre which is
cally gifted son. Daryl
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in h?ndo I band,
as well asstudying voice
and jazz piano. At age
seven he had become a
featured vocalist in his
home church as well as
the citywide Oakland
Children’s Chorus.
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ing Oakland’s Ephesian
Church of God in Christ,
where Gospel luwinar
ies Edwin and Walter
Hawkins, then still teen
agers, were first cutting
their musical teeth.
Withinayear, the Edwin
Hawkins Singers’ “Oh,
Happy Day” had vaulted
them to the top of both
the gospel and pop
charts, and the wide-eyed Daryl
watched as the baton was passed
from traditional to contemporary
gospel.
Daryl spent his high school years
in a vocal ensemble called the
Castleers, doing everything from
classical numbersand show tunes,
to pop, R&B, and jazz. When
Daryl’s fellow Castleer Rodney
Franklin landed a record deal with
Columbia Records soon after high
school, he called on Daryl to help
with arrangements and back
ground vocals. Hesoon found him
self working with a number of cel
ebrated jazz artists, including
Stanley Clark, Ramsey Lewis and
Nancy Wilson.
currently under renovation and
will also offer the opportunity for
viewers to call in to the program
and discuss American theatre his
tory with Norman Easterbrook.
Mr. Easterbrook, director of the
Imperial Theatre, has studied the
Imperial’s history and is a scholar
of American Theatre history. The
Augusta program will focus on the
influence of theater on American
democracy from the mid 1800 s to
the 20th century. The program
will air at 8:30 a.m. EST and will
be re-broadcast at 7 p.m. EST that
same day.
Euat while he was experi
ence in the world mm.
he remained active l:mol, par
‘ti:lrung in the Ha ' Music
Arts Seminar as well as Rev.
James Cleveland’s Gospel Music
Workshop of America (GMWA),
and as a member of the popular
local group, the Voices of Christ.
Daryl wrote Tramaine Hawkins’
smash “I Am Determined,” and
toured with her as music director
in the late 70’s. After two years as
a soloist with Rev. James Cleve
land, Daryl released the first of his
seven solo albums, Just Daryl, in
1986. The album was nominated
for.a Grammy and four GMWA
awards, and was the formal begin
ning of one of the most singular
careers in gospel music.
“I’'m always amazed at the mu
sic the Lord brings out of meevery
time 1 do an album,” says Daryl.
“Ifwhat I doclicks with the masses,
that’s wonderful, but I don’t really
feel I have control over it. I'm just
out here doing what God’s given
me to do. When it’s all done, I just
hope I will have been able to touch
and change lives—to encourage
people, and teach them, and bless
them—and that souls will have
been saved. Music is the vehicle,
but that’s the ultimate purpose of
all I try to do.” :
Daryl’s explosive new album is
scheduled for release on January
13, 1998. He is currently on the
road and will be live in such cities
as Washington, D.C., Miami, Hous
ton, Los Angeles as well as Japan.
C-SPAN is a public affairs and
information network carried lo
cally by Jones Intercable. After
the live broadcast, C-SPAN pro
ducers will present a plaque com
memorating Tocqueville’s associa
tion with Augusta. The presenta
tion will be coordinated by Jones
Intercable and will take place at
the Cotton Exchange at 32 Eighth
Street.
More information about the se
ries, Tocqueville and related edu
cational materials can be obtained
by visiting the C-SPAN web site at
WWW.C-Bpan.org.
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