HOWARD VOKES, JR.
The Gospel Side
Beautiful Shores of Heaven – Wait For The
Light To Shine -If Jesus Comes Tomorrow – Precious Lord – Amazing Grace –
I’ll Fly Away – What A Friend We Have In Jesus – My Loyal Friend Is
Jesus Christ – Where He Leads Me – House Of Gold – Gods Gonna Get You
For That – If I Could Hear My Mother Pray Again – I Saw The Light – This
Train – Old Rugged Cross – Were You There When They Crucified My Lord –
Great Speckled Bird – All I Want For Christmas is Jesus
Light To Shine -If Jesus Comes Tomorrow – Precious Lord – Amazing Grace –
I’ll Fly Away – What A Friend We Have In Jesus – My Loyal Friend Is
Jesus Christ – Where He Leads Me – House Of Gold – Gods Gonna Get You
For That – If I Could Hear My Mother Pray Again – I Saw The Light – This
Train – Old Rugged Cross – Were You There When They Crucified My Lord –
Great Speckled Bird – All I Want For Christmas is Jesus
I’ve been a fan of Howard Vokes and his Grand Ole Opry
catastrophe songs. He has had a ton of them, and they are all terrific
‘story’ songs, written in the old way of country music. That’s not the
case anymore, country music has changed so drastically, you are highly
unlikely to hear a ‘story’ song these days. This particular CD by
Howard’s son, Howard, Junior, is a very nice old-time gospel tribute to
Jesus Christ. It’s too bad some of the so-called country music stars of
today can’t do this as well as Howard Junior does it. It’s all a
heart-filled and heart-produced CD. Probably not one that will get a
lot of air play, but certainly one that will get a lot of record player
play, simply because it is a very nice tribute to the music Howard
Junior loves, and a very nice tribute to his Savior, Jesus Christ.
Howard plays the rhythm guitar and bass, and also does all the vocals.
Skeets Martin is on lead guitar (very nicely done), and Chet Houge is on
the Dobro (also very nicely done). I would suspect that ‘dad’ Howard
Vokes Sr., is lurking in the studio keeping the session going on it’s
obvious course of producing some really good old-timey gospel music.
The entire project is very heart warming, not pushed, not hurried, not
aspriring for perfection, and to me that is absolutely what original
traditional and classic country music was all about. Nice job, well
done, Howard Junior. Tell your dad you did good. Howard Junior
dedicated this very nice effort to his mother.
catastrophe songs. He has had a ton of them, and they are all terrific
‘story’ songs, written in the old way of country music. That’s not the
case anymore, country music has changed so drastically, you are highly
unlikely to hear a ‘story’ song these days. This particular CD by
Howard’s son, Howard, Junior, is a very nice old-time gospel tribute to
Jesus Christ. It’s too bad some of the so-called country music stars of
today can’t do this as well as Howard Junior does it. It’s all a
heart-filled and heart-produced CD. Probably not one that will get a
lot of air play, but certainly one that will get a lot of record player
play, simply because it is a very nice tribute to the music Howard
Junior loves, and a very nice tribute to his Savior, Jesus Christ.
Howard plays the rhythm guitar and bass, and also does all the vocals.
Skeets Martin is on lead guitar (very nicely done), and Chet Houge is on
the Dobro (also very nicely done). I would suspect that ‘dad’ Howard
Vokes Sr., is lurking in the studio keeping the session going on it’s
obvious course of producing some really good old-timey gospel music.
The entire project is very heart warming, not pushed, not hurried, not
aspriring for perfection, and to me that is absolutely what original
traditional and classic country music was all about. Nice job, well
done, Howard Junior. Tell your dad you did good. Howard Junior
dedicated this very nice effort to his mother.
RECORD REVIEW BY BOB EVERHART www.ntcma.net
for Country Music News International Magazine