Alabama Gospel Roots
Alabama Gospel Roots
Season 5 Episode 1 | 6m 20sVideo has Closed Captions
Terry & Debra Luna, The Church at Bethel Praise Team, Bethel Road, DeDee Frazier
Terry & Debra Luna, The Church at Bethel Praise Team, Bethel Road, and DeDee Frazier perform from The Church at Bethel in Thorsby.
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Alabama Gospel Roots is a local public television program presented by APT
Alabama Gospel Roots
Alabama Gospel Roots
Season 5 Episode 1 | 6m 20sVideo has Closed Captions
Terry & Debra Luna, The Church at Bethel Praise Team, Bethel Road, and DeDee Frazier perform from The Church at Bethel in Thorsby.
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorship- [Announcer] The gospel music of Alabama has influenced the entire world.
And the "Alabama Gospel Roots" television show will give you a taste of this great music every week.
So call a neighbor, call a friend, and get ready to sing and dance and clap your hands.
It's time for "Alabama Gospel Roots".
(easy going country music) ♪ Well, everybody needs to hear about Jesus ♪ ♪ Everybody needs to know the story true ♪ ♪ Everybody, they need to hear about Jesus ♪ ♪ 'Cause he's the only way we'll ever make it through ♪ ♪ But how they gonna hear ♪ If nobody talks about ♪ How they gonna know if one calls his name ♪ ♪ How they gonna hear ♪ If we all sit here in silence ♪ ♪ How they gonna know if of Jesus we're ashamed ♪ ♪ Well, Satan's trying to destroy the Ten Commandments ♪ ♪ The Ten Commandments ♪ And it's a crime for our kids to pray in school ♪ ♪ Oh, his Word's been watered down and sugarcoated ♪ ♪ Why, this old world is headed for certain doom ♪ ♪ Just look out in the fields ♪ They're white for harvest ♪ And the workers, they are tired and very few ♪ ♪ Oh, look out in the hedges unattended ♪ ♪ Well, it's time we shine our lights for me and you ♪ ♪ How they gonna hear ♪ If nobody talks about it ♪ How they gonna know ♪ If no one calls his name ♪ How they gonna hear ♪ If we all sit here in silence ♪ ♪ How they gonna know if of Jesus we're ashamed ♪ ♪ How they gonna hear ♪ If we all sit here in silence ♪ ♪ How they gonna know ♪ If no one calls his name ♪ How they gonna hear ♪ If we all sit here in silence ♪ ♪ How they gonna know if of Jesus we're ashamed ♪ ♪ How they gonna hear ♪ If no one calls his name - It's Saturday night again, you know what day it is, you know what time it is, and you know what show it is.
It's "Alabama Gospel Roots".
We want you to call a neighbor and call a friend, and let 'em know that we're back again.
Terry and Debra Luna.
- Yes.
- Is that right?
- That's right, yes sir.
- And you guys are from Tennessee?
- We are.
- What part of Tennessee?
- We live in Leoma, Tennessee.
- Leoma, everybody knows about Leoma.
- We do?
- We know?
- We can barely find it when we get home each day.
But yeah, just above the Tennessee-Alabama state line.
- Okay, so we're home folks.
- We are, we shop in Alabama all the time.
We go to Florence.
- All the time, all the time.
Well, we're so glad to have you come and be with us on "Alabama Gospel Roots".
- Thank you for letting us be a part.
- So are you guys sister and brother or husband and wife?
- Husband and wife.
- This is my daughter.
- (laughing) Great.
How long you been married?
- Oh, here we go.
- Alright.
Tell me, tell me, and then I'm gonna say, tell me, okay.
How long you been married?
- I have no idea.
- No.
- 50 years this year.
- You got it!
- In June.
- Yeah.
- I passed the test, right?
- Yes you did.
Congratulations to you.
- We just celebrated our golden anniversary.
- Awesome.
Congratulations to you.
You got children?
- We do.
Three children and, oh, let's see.
- How many?
- Eight grandchildren.
- She's gonna make me do the test.
- How many grandchildren?
- Eight.
Eight grandchildren.
- It's on you.
Come on.
- We're not gonna do it.
- Come on.
- Luke, Maggie, Jackson, Ellie, Carly.
- Three more.
Help him.
- Clara, Bailey and Macy.
- Hey!
- I did it.
- There we go.
- Alright.
Alright.
Congratulations.
Well, listen, we're right here in Thorsby, Alabama.
And this is Church at Bethel with Pastor Wayne Hughes.
- Beautiful place.
- Beautiful place, beautiful people.
- Absolutely.
- Man, I'm telling you.
And we got more beautiful people added to it.
How long y'all been doing your singing together, for 50 years?
- More than 50.
- Wow.
- We met as teenagers.
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