The Gospel Music Industry lost another legend recently with the passing in late December of Hovie Lister. I had known Lister for several years. When I sang with "Charity," we were the opening group in ...

I'm not a historian, but enjoy the history of our area from the last 100 years or so. I'm also a big Southern Gospel music fan, and one of my favorites has been Hovie Lister and the Statesmen Quartet.

A southern gospel music pioneer who paved the way for contemporary Christian music, Hovie Lister lived much of his life in or near Atlanta. The founder of the renowned Statesmen Quartet in 1948, he ...