- [Voiceover] 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".

(gospel music) ♪ You've been good to me ♪ You've been good to me ♪ You've been good to me ♪ You've been good to me (singer humming) (instruments playing) ♪ Oh (audience shouting) ♪ Oh Lord ♪ You have been mighty good to me ♪ ♪ I was just standing here thinking about it ♪ (audience shouting) ♪ Looking back over my life ♪ And Lord, you really, really, really, ♪ ♪ Really been good to me ♪ Listen ♪ When I was down and out ♪ And I didn't have a doubt ♪ You made a way for me ♪ So many times ♪ And you brought me, you brought me ♪ ♪ From a mighty, mighty, mighty, mighty, ♪ ♪ Mighty, mighty long way ♪ Oh yeah ♪ Hey ♪ You been good to me - Can I get some witnesses out there?

♪ You been good to me - Has the Lord been good to you?

♪ You been good to me - Has He been good to you?

♪ You been good to me - Don't move.

♪ Master ♪ You are the Master ♪ You been a (indistinct) ♪ Mm ♪ You didn't leave me ♪ You stand right there by my side ♪ ♪ And when my trouble come, Lord ♪ ♪ You wipe the tears from my eyes ♪ ♪ Listen ♪ Ah ♪ Could have been dead ♪ Creepin' in my grave ♪ Oh but you made my, my, my inner peace behave ♪ ♪ And you brought me [Choir] ♪ You brought me ♪ From a mighty [Choir] ♪ From a mighty ♪ Long way [Choir] ♪ Brought me from a mighty long way ♪ Yeah ♪ Yes [Choir] ♪ Yeah ♪ I know you brought me, Lord [Choir] ♪ You brought me ♪ From a mighty long way - [Choir] ♪ From a mighty long way ♪ - ♪ You brought me - [Choir] ♪ You brought me - ♪ From a mighty long way - [Choir] ♪ From a mighty long way ♪ - ♪ When I couldn't see my way - [Choir] ♪ You brought me - ♪ You brought me - [Choir] ♪ from a mighty long way ♪ - ♪ And when nobody but the Lord ♪ - [Choir] ♪ You brought me from a mighty long way ♪ - ♪ That brought me ♪ From a mighty, a mighty ♪ yes ♪ I wanna thank you ♪ For your blessing - [Choir] Thank you - ♪ I wanna thank you - [Choir] ♪ Thank you - ♪ For your mercy ♪ Because you brought me from a mighty - [Choir] ♪ From a mighty ♪ Long way - [Choir] ♪ You brought me from a mighty long way ♪ - ♪ Yes, yes, yes ♪ I know you brought me ♪ From a mighty long way - [Choir] ♪ From a mighty long way ♪ - ♪ When I couldn't see my way ♪ you brought me ♪ Brought me ♪ from a mighty long way ♪ Through trial, tribulation, up, down, ♪ ♪ You brought me ♪ You brought me ♪ From a mighty ♪ From a mighty long way ♪ Yeah ♪ Thank You ♪ I want to thank You ♪ Thank You ♪ I got reason to thank You ♪ I got the right to thank You ♪ Oh ♪ Thank You ♪ Thank You ♪ For being a doctor ♪ Thank you ♪ I want to thank You ♪ Thank You ♪ For being my best friend ♪ Thank You ♪ Oh ♪ Oh ♪ Thank You ♪ Thank You ♪ Thank You ♪ Thank You ♪ Through better ways ♪ Thank You ♪ Thank You ♪ Out of no way ♪ Thank You ♪ Thank You ♪ Thank You ♪ Thank You ♪ You saved me, You raised me ♪ You kept me through the storm ♪ ♪ And I thank You ♪ You're good, You're kind ♪ Thank You ♪ Thank You (gospel music) ♪ You brought me ♪ There was no doubt it was the Lord ♪ ♪ Brought me from my body on ♪ Right ♪ You brought me ♪ You brought me ♪ When I couldn't see my way ♪ You (indistinct) ♪ Through trial, tribulation ♪ You brought me ♪ You brought me from my body, from my body ♪ ♪ Yes ♪ I got to thank You ♪ Thank You ♪ I got reason to thank You ♪ Thank You ♪ Thank You ♪ I got a right to thank You (piano playing) ♪ I got to say thank You ♪ Oh ♪ Thank You ♪ Thank You ♪ You been there ♪ Thank You ♪ You been a counselor ♪ Thank You ♪ You been a lawyer ♪ Thank You ♪ Thank You ♪ You fed me ♪ Thank You ♪ You put clothes on my back ♪ You put shoes on my feet ♪ I got a right to thank You ♪ You're good ♪ You brought me ♪ When I couldn't see my way ♪ You brought me ♪ You brought me from my body a long way ♪ (lively instrumental music) (audience applauds) ♪ Yes, Lord (piano plays) ♪ Mmm ♪ The blood that Jesus shed for me ♪ (piano plays) ♪ Oh, way back, way back, way back ♪ ♪ Calvary ♪ Oh ♪ Thank God the blood ♪ That gives us strength ♪ From day to day ♪ Oh ♪ Will never lose ♪ Yeah ♪ Its power ♪ One more day ♪ Listen ♪ He soothes my doubts and calm my fear ♪ ♪ Oh yes ♪ And dries all my tears ♪ Thank you, Jesus, oh Lord, mmm mm mm ♪ ♪ The blood that give me strength ♪ ♪ From day to day ♪ Thank God ♪ It'll never, never, never lose its power ♪ ♪ This is what I like about it ♪ I know it reaches to the highest mountain ♪ ♪ Thank God ♪ Whoa, I know it flows to the lowest valley ♪ ♪ Oh, yes ♪ Thank God the blood that gives me strength ♪ ♪ From day, day to day ♪ I know it'll never, never, never, never lose its power ♪ ♪ Oh, I know it reaches ♪ To the highest mountain ♪ Praise God ♪ And it flows to the lowest valley ♪ ♪ Oh yes ♪ I know the blood that gives me strength ♪ ♪ From day, day to day ♪ Thank God ♪ It'll never, never, never, never lose its power ♪ ♪ Oh praise God (piano playing finishes) - [Pastor] My goodness.

My goodness.

- Praise God.

Reverend Dr. Lawrence David Thomason.

- Yes.

Yes, yes.

- Man, I tell you what, anytime I can hook up and get with you, it's a great time.

(Reverend laughs) - We thank God.

- I tell you.

- We thank God.

- We go back.

- Way, way, way, way, way, way back.

- Way.

(laughs) Oh my goodness.

It is so good having you over.

- Forty years or 2000, wasn't it?

- Yeah.

Listen, it looked like took 30, 40- I'm tellin' my age, what about you, you- (laughs) - Yeah, that right, I don't know what that older.

(both laughing) - It is great.

All the way from Nashville, Tennessee, right?

- Nashville, Tennessee.

We thank God.

- And your background includes singing with the Bobby Jones Singers.

- Yes, sir.

- Travel around the world with him.

- Yes, yes, yes.

- And I heard, now.

- Yes.

- That you've been in a very successful play.

- Yes, Sir.

- What's the name of the play?

- The name of the play is called "Child Support".

- Uh oh.

- That ring the bell right there.

- What role you play?

- I played myself.

He let me play a preacher.

- Oh, you're a preacher.

- And I'm the best friend to the barber who cut my hair and he let me play myself as Lawrence and I clowned and I- - You clowned a little bit.

(laughs) - Yeah.

Yes.

Just have fun.

- I got you.

Now can I talk about the other news?

It hadn't broken yet.

You know, what you- - The what?

No, not yet.

But you can talk about it.

You can talk about it.

- I can say it?

I can mention?

- You can mention.

- A movie?

- Yeah.

A movie.

- Oh.

- Yeah.

The play was so good that they asking him to make a movie out of it.

And we're going on Tubi.

That's the station.

Can I say?

- Yeah.

Yeah.

I guess that you have to say.

You know, I'm a little bit tech savvy.

All right.

(Reverend laughs) - So, and we got 10 cities we're traveling to, talking about child support.

And we talk about the problem in child support.

We talk about- - Yeah.

It's a lot of problems.

- And we talk about the child support itself, what you have to pay and what you shouldn't pay.

And so, all that.

- So he's teaching a lesson, too.

- He's teaching a lesson, yeah.

- That's what I like about plays.

- He's teaching a lesson.

- Use it to teach a lesson.

- He's using it to teach- - Now you got any of the cities right quick y'all gonna be traveling to?

- Right now, we're gonna be in Atlanta doing the filming.

- Got to go in Atlanta for the filming.

- And then I think we're going to Chicago, Detroit, Memphis.

He mentioned those, too.

- But listen out, okay?

- Yeah, listen out.

Listen out.

- And it's called what about?

- You will enjoy.

- Okay, called what now?

- "Child Support".

- Everybody.

Some folk out there, they don't start screaming and running.

(Reverend laughs) And please come to my city.

(both laughing) - Please come back here.

Thank God.

- All right, well listen, what church will finally, what church You remember there in Nashville?

- I'm a member of the Temple Church, where the pastor is Darrell Drumwright.

- All right.

- Yeah.

And we have service every Sunday morning.

We praise God, we throw tambourines, we dance, we shout, we give God the glory, honor, that's due to Him.

- If you'd hadn't, I know all that's happening.

(Reverent laughs) Okay.

You got 30 minutes.

So I'm gonna get on outta the way.

- Okay.

- And I want everybody to call a neighbor, call a friend, let 'em know that "Alabama Gospel Roots" is back again.

- Amen.

Amen.

- All right.

Ain't no doubt about it, Reverend Lawrence David Thomason all the way from Nashville, Tennessee.

You heard him before, you're going to hear him again.

And I know that you're going to be excited about it.

So dial those numbers right now.

Okay.

Some more from Reverend Lawrence David Thomason on "Alabama Gospel Roots".

(piano plays) - ♪ Please be patient with me ♪ God is not through with me yet ♪ ♪ Please be patient with me ♪ God is not through with me yet ♪ ♪ When God get through with me ♪ When God get through with me ♪ I shall come forth, I shall come forth ♪ ♪ I shall come forth as pure gold ♪ ♪ Oh, oh, oh ♪ Please be patient with me ♪ God is not through with me yet ♪ ♪ Please be patient with me ♪ God is not through with me yet ♪ ♪ When God get through with me ♪ When God get through with me ♪ I shall come forth ♪ I shall come forth ♪ I shall come forth as pure gold ♪ ♪ So listen ♪ You see me walking ♪ And I'm not walking right ♪ You, you hear me talking ♪ And I'm not talking right ♪ Please, please, please be patient with me ♪ (piano playing) ♪ 'Cause God's not through with me yet ♪ ♪ But listen ♪ But when He get through with me ♪ ♪ I'll be where He wants me to be ♪ ♪ Hallelujah ♪ Please be patient with me ♪ God is not through with me yet ♪ ♪ Please be patient with me ♪ God is not through with me yet ♪ ♪ When God get through with me ♪ When God get through with me ♪ I shall come forth, I shall come forth ♪ ♪ I shall come forth as pure gold ♪ ♪ Listen ♪ You should see me walking ♪ And I'm not walking right ♪ If you should hear me talking ♪ ♪ And I'm not talking right ♪ Please, please, please remember ♪ ♪ That God is not through with me ♪ ♪ But when He get through with me ♪ ♪ I'll be what He wants me to be, yeah ♪ ♪ Please be patient with me ♪ God is not through with me yet ♪ ♪ Please be patient with me ♪ God is not through with me yet ♪ ♪ But when God get through with me ♪ ♪ When God get through with me ♪ I shall come forth ♪ I shall come forth ♪ I shall come forth ♪ I'll walk like You want me to walk ♪ ♪ I'll talk like You want me to talk ♪ ♪ I'll be what He want me to be ♪ ♪ And I shall come forth ♪ I shall come forth ♪ I'll be a new creature ♪ I'll step out of the hole ♪ And come in to the new ♪ I'll be a new person ♪ I shall come forth ♪ I shall come forth ♪ Please be patient with me ♪ He still working on me ♪ I shall come forth ♪ I shall come forth ♪ I shall come forth ♪ I shall come forth as pure gold ♪ (piano plays) (piano plays) ♪ Mm ♪ I know the Lord ♪ Will make a way ♪ Yes, He will ♪ Oh, yes He will ♪ I know the Lord ♪ Will make a way ♪ Yes, He will ♪ Oh, yes, He will ♪ He'll make a way for me and for you ♪ ♪ He will see you ♪ Safe and through ♪ I know the Lord ♪ Will make a way ♪ Yes, He will ♪ He will love me (piano playing) ♪ I have a Savior ♪ Who I can tell all my trouble to ♪ ♪ Yes, yes ♪ And when I'm burdened ♪ And I don't know just what to do ♪ ♪ Oh, yes ♪ I go to God in secret prayer ♪ And I can leave all of my, all of my, ♪ ♪ all of my burden right there ♪ Yes ♪ I know the Lord ♪ Will make a way ♪ Yes, He will ♪ Oh yes, oh yes, He will ♪ Oh, yes, He will ♪ yes, He will ♪ I know that He will ♪ Yes, He will ♪ I got Your witness here ♪ Oh, yes, He will ♪ Yes, He will ♪ I know that He will ♪ Yes, He will ♪ Listen ♪ I know the Lord will make a way ♪ ♪ Yes, He will ♪ Yes, He will ♪ Yes, He will ♪ Oh, sometimes I'm up ♪ Sometimes, I'm down ♪ I'm almost never turned around ♪ ♪ Yes ♪ But I know the Lord, the Lord, the Lord, the Lord ♪ ♪ He'll make a way ♪ Yes, He will ♪ Can I say that again?

♪ Yes, He will ♪ Oh, yes, He will ♪ Mm mm, I know that He will ♪ I tried Him for myself ♪ Yeah.

Yes, He will (piano continues playing) ♪ There's no doubt about it ♪ Yes, He will ♪ Yes, He will ♪ Yes, He will, yes, He will ♪ I know He will ♪ Listen, church ♪ I know the Lord ♪ Will make a way ♪ Yes, He will ♪ Yes, yes, yes ♪ Sometimes I'm up ♪ Sometimes I'm down ♪ I'm never down to the ground ♪ But I know the Lord ♪ He'll make a way ♪ Yes, He will ♪ Yes, He will (piano playing ends) - Oh yes.

It's that time.

It is that time.

What time?

Time to shout out to some great cities and nursing homes and rehab centers and to culminate it with our "Golden Vessel" salute.

So here we go.

Here we go.

Here we go.

At Moore, Alabama.

Yes.

I want to say hello to my friend, Mr. James Bullard, a renowned person in the gospel music world.

Hello to all the people in Asheville.

Yes, indeed.

And DeLucia, we love you.

Yes, we do.

Alexandria, we love you too.

And Abby Veel, of course, we are thinking about you.

I love it when I can just hear people in my head saying, "He called our town."

Now to the nursing homes and the rehab centers.

Laverne Health and Rehab Center.

In Laverne, Laverne.

Okay.

Cogburn Health and Rehab Center.

That's down in Mobile.

Mobile.

We're looking forward to coming down there to do some taping.

And we're looking at going right over there at the University of South Alabama if we can.

And we're working on it.

So we want all the people from there to be there.

Okay?

South Haven Health and Rehab Center in Montgomery in Capital City.

Hello to you.

Piedmont Healthcare Center.

Piedmont.

Yes, yes, yes.

I heard you screaming.

And Salem nursing home in Tuskegee.

Yes, indeed.

Yes, indeed.

So, as I always say to you in the nursing homes, you are not forgotten.

Don't you dare think that.

Maybe you don't get all the visits that you want and you should, but Brother George wants you to know you're not forgotten.

And I want you to act right down.

And that something, y'all, I've been getting reports, you haven't been eating like you should and you haven't been doing no exercise.

You want to stay in the bed all day long.

That's not going to happen.

Okay?

All right.

Now, let's go to the "Golden Vessels".

Here we go.

Our "Golden Vessel" for tonight is Miss Vanessa McKinney of Clanton, Alabama.

She served as Director of the Senior Connection in the city of Clanton.

Over 600 people, she was responsible for overseeing.

And I tell you, they told me before she retired that she did an excellent job overseeing.

And she's so wonderfully, wonderfully thought of and missed.

She was inducted into the Senior Citizens Hall of Fame in 2023.

Miss Vanessa McKinney, we want you to know, you're loved by "Alabama Gospel Roots".

Guess what we're gonna do?

We're going to invite you to join in every Saturday night.

But on tonight, it's your night.

And the whole show is dedicated to you.

(piano plays gospel music) ♪ Yes, Lord ♪ Yes, Lord ♪ From the bottom of my heart ♪ To the depths of my soul ♪ Is yes, Lord ♪ Completely yes ♪ My soul says yes ♪ Yes, Lord - Can you give Him a yes?

♪ Yes, Lord ♪ From the bottom of my heart ♪ to the depths of my soul ♪ Is "Yes, Lord" ♪ Completely yes ♪ My soul says yes - Say it again.

Come on.

♪ Yes, Lord ♪ Yes, Lord ♪ From the bottom of my heart ♪ To the depths of my soul ♪ Is yes, Lord ♪ Completely yes ♪ My soul says yes ♪ My soul says ♪ Yes ♪ Yes ♪ Yes ♪ Yes ♪ Yes ♪ Yes ♪ Oh, yes - Come on!

♪ Yes ♪ Yes ♪ Yes ♪ Oh ♪ Yes ♪ Yes ♪ Yes ♪ Say yes, yes, yes - One more time!

My soul says!

♪ Yes - My heart says!

♪ Yes (indistinct) ♪ Yes ♪ Oh, yes, yes, yes ♪ Hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah, ♪ ♪ praise Your name, praise Your name, praise Your name ♪ ♪ Amen ♪ Yes ♪ Yes to Your ears - Amen.

- [Brother George] On "Alabama Gospel Roots", Lawrence David Thomason.

- Yes sir.

Yes sir.

- And we got someone else here that we brought.

- Yeah.

- From Nashville.

- Nashville.

You brought some heavyweights.

Yeah, we brought heavyweight.

- All right.

Pastor Derrick Moore.

How are you?

- I'm doing well.

Doing well.

Doing well.

- It's good to have you on "Alabama Gospel Roots", Pastor.

- Good to be here.

- What's the name of your church there?

- Hopewell Missionary Baptist Church in Nashville, Tennessee.

- Gotcha.

How long you been there?

Look out there.

Let 'em see your face.

- Been been there 25 years.

- What, 'cause you worked on that beard.

We got to see all of it, man.

25 years.

(performers laugh) - 25 years.

- Congratulations, man.

- Thank you.

Thank so much.

- Well listen, both of you from Nashville.

- Yes.

- We had a gentleman that the world knows and that was Brother Dewitt.

- Yes, sir.

- Johnson.

What's the last name?

- Yes.

- Dewitt Johnson.

- Johnson.

That's right.

And great writer, choir director.

- Yes.

- And what was the name of his choir?

You were in one of them.

- I was in one called the "Johnson Ensemble".

- Johnson Ensemble.

- Johnson Ensemble.

- And he had a TV show there in Nashville.

- Yes, that's right.

- That's right.

- But just a great guy.

- Yes, yes.

- Wrote some great songs.

- Mm hmm.

- And I felt it only fitting, since he was here on our show.

Matter of fact, we were in Huntsville.

- That's right.

- When he came down to be with us.

- That's right.

- And it wouldn't be right if we didn't just do a little tribute to him.

- Yes.

- Yeah.

- And so you got a song all picked out you going to do?

- Oh, we going sing, "Glad to be in His service" one more time.

- All right.

I know we can't do much of it, but we gonna do some of it.

- But just a little bit, we touch it, yes.

- I hadn't heard him sing, now.

But I've heard you.

- Well, he can sing.

- All right.

I know you brought him with you.

You say you were bringing a heavy hitter.

- Yeah, I'm bringing a heavy hitter.

You see how heavy he is.

(laughs) (all laugh) - I don't know if he hidden, but he heavy.

(all three laughing) All right, well, we'll get outta- - He gonna get me when- - I sure am.

- Ain't no doubt it, right?

- Ain't no doubt.

- All right, then.

Well, pastor Derrick Moore and Reverend Dr. Lawrence David Thomason and our special tribute to the one and only, the late, great Dewitt Johnson.

Okay.

Have a great time with us.

(piano intro plays) ♪ Mm ♪ Glad to be in His service ♪ Glad to be in His service ♪ Glad to be in His service ♪ One more time ♪ Glad ♪ Oh ♪ He didn't have to let me live ♪ ♪ He didn't have to let me live ♪ ♪ Oh, live to be in His service one more time ♪ ♪ Say it again ♪ I'm glad to be in His service ♪ ♪ Glad to be in God's service ♪ Yes, I'm glad to be in God's service one more time ♪ ♪ Oh, you see ♪ He didn't have to let me live ♪ ♪ He didn't have to let me live ♪ ♪ Oh ♪ Live to be in His service one more time ♪ (piano ends) (gentle music plays) - ♪ He measured the sea ♪ In the span of His Hand ♪ The mountains were placed ♪ At His command ♪ At the sound of His voice ♪ The sun came through ♪ And there's nothing, no, nothing my God can't do ♪ ♪ There's nothing, no, nothing ♪ There's nothing my God can't do ♪ ♪ Miracles and wonders ♪ There's nothing, no, nothing my God can't do ♪ (gentle instrumental music continues) ♪ And He named every star ♪ And then He hung them on high ♪ ♪ Then the moon spread its light ♪ ♪ All across God's big sky ♪ And that same mighty Hand ♪ can take a heart of stone, ♪ wash it and cleanse it ♪ and make it His own ♪ There's nothing, no, nothing ♪ There's nothing my God can't do ♪ ♪ Miracles and wonders ♪ There's nothing, no, nothing my God can't do ♪ ♪ Miracles and wonders ♪ There's nothing, no, nothing ♪ There's nothing, no, nothing ♪ There's nothing, no, nothing my God can't do ♪ ♪ My God can't do (gentle music) A song written by my dear friend, Mr. Joel Hemphill, who is critically ill right now.

We all need to pray for him.

♪ The Bible says my spirit came from God at my birth ♪ ♪ And I am on a temporary journey on this earth ♪ ♪ I'll have a grave hereafter ♪ When my work is done ♪ And I'm just going back where I came from ♪ ♪ And I'm just going back where I came from ♪ ♪ I'll be with Jesus for ages to come ♪ ♪ You don't need to weep ♪ I'll be at perfect peace ♪ Oh, I'm just going back where I came from ♪ (gentle music continues) ♪ I felt no pain ♪ At my arrival back when I was born ♪ ♪ And there will be no pain in leaving ♪ ♪ On some happy morn' ♪ If I go to sleep in Jesus ♪ Or with the saints, I'm changed ♪ ♪ And I'm just going home from where I came ♪ ♪ And I'm just going back where I came from ♪ ♪ And I'll be with Jesus for ages to come ♪ ♪ You don't need to weep ♪ I'll be at perfect peace ♪ Oh, I'm just going back where I came from ♪ ♪ Though I don't remember it ♪ My spirit was with God ♪ To Him, I'll be returning ♪ when I leave this earthly sod ♪ ♪ You don't need to weep ♪ I'll be at perfect peace ♪ Oh, I'm just going back where I came from ♪ ♪ Oh, I'm just going back where I came from ♪ (gentle music) What a promise.

- All right.

It's "Alabama Gospel Roots" and my friend, Rick Alan King.

How are you?

- I'm fine.

How are you, sir?

- Great, man.

I love that top.

You've been shopping, I see.

- Yeah.

- You're looking good.

That beautiful wife of yours, she know how to make you look good, too.

- Uh huh.

She's right back there.

- I know, I know.

So tell me what's been going on with you.

- Well, there's been quite a bit going on.

I'm just working.

- Okay.

- And I'm thankful that the dates are coming in.

- Awesome.

- That I'm able to share and do what I do to sing about who I believe in with all of my heart.

- Great.

Well, you know, I'm so glad to have you.

This is your second time.

- Mm hmm.

- And I've watched you many times on Facebook and I was always impressed with your sincerity.

- Thank you.

- And we kind of communicated a couple times.

- Oh yeah.

- I really thought you were too big to come on "Alabama Gospel Roots".

- I am.

- I love it.

But you did anyway.

- Yeah.

- But size doesn't matter.

- Ah?

- Size doesn't matter.

- Oh, let me pull it in, then.

Size does matter.

(Brother John laughing) - Let me say this to you.

- Yeah.

Now you have been recording for quite some time.

About how long?

- 50 years.

- 50 years?

- Yeah.

I started when I was one.

- Okay.

Okay.

All right.

Well, you know we in this pulpit now.

- Oh that's right.

- Let me move a little further from you.

- Yeah.

Yeah.

50 years, I've traveled full time in Christian music.

- Right.

So have you ever been in a group?

- Oh yeah.

I've filled in with different groups over the years, hitting that tenor part in there and different trios, but mainly, I sang with my family act for many years till my father took ill, up in northern Indiana.

And so I moved down to Nashville quite a few years ago.

- Right.

- Met my wife, who is now my sound technician on the road, and I'm a solo act.

- Okay.

- And loving it.

- I got you.

Well now, we want to say that they can reach you by way of your Facebook page or whatever when people need to contact you, right?

- Uh huh.

- Great.

- RickAlanKing.com.

- Gotcha.

- That's all you gotta do.

- Well, you got some more singing to do.

I hope you got the breath for it, 'cause you're going to have to sing.

- Okay.

(breathing heavily) - You got to earn your keep.

So you're going to have to sing.

- All right, I'll do it.

- Gotcha.

All right.

Right here on "Alabama Gospel Roots", our friend, Rick Alan King.

(upbeat instrumental music) - ♪ As I journey through the land, singing as I go ♪ ♪ Pointing soul to calvary through the crimson glow ♪ ♪ And many arrows pierce my soul from without within ♪ ♪ But my Lord leads me on ♪ Through Him, I must win ♪ And oh, I want to see Him, look upon His face ♪ ♪ There to sing forever of His saving grace ♪ ♪ And on the streets of glory ♪ Let me lift my voice ♪ Care is all past, home at last ♪ ♪ Ever to rejoice ♪ When before me billows right from the mighty deep ♪ ♪ Then my Lord directs my boat ♪ And He does safely keep ♪ In hand, He leads me gently on through the world below ♪ ♪ And He's a real friend to me ♪ Oh, I love Him so ♪ Oh, I want to see Him, look upon His face ♪ ♪ There to sing forever of His saving grace ♪ ♪ On the streets of glory, let me lift my voice ♪ ♪ Care is all past, home at last ♪ ♪ Ever to rejoice ♪ Oh I want to see Him, look upon His face ♪ ♪ There to sing forever of His saving grace ♪ ♪ On the streets of glory, let me lift my voice ♪ ♪ Care is all past, home at last ♪ ♪ Ever to rejoice ♪ Care is all past, home at last ♪ ♪ Ever to rejoice (music fades) (upbeat music) You know, it's a shame no one gets along anymore, isn't it?

It's just a shame.

♪ Is it me?

Is it you?

♪ Or a combination of us two?

♪ I see you ♪ You see me ♪ We see things differently ♪ Words should not be measured by spoonfuls ♪ ♪ of who is right and who's wrong ♪ ♪ It's a shame ♪ Shame, shame, it's a shame ♪ We don't get along ♪ Shame, shame, it's a shame ♪ We are one under God ♪ On that fact, we both nod ♪ But we can't live in peace ♪ And our wars, they never cease ♪ ♪ Free should not mean having to worry ♪ ♪ If our unity is strong ♪ It's a shame ♪ Shame, shame, it's a shame ♪ We don't get along ♪ Shame, shame, it's a shame Isn't that the truth?

♪ It's a shame ♪ Shame, shame, it's a shame ♪ We don't get along ♪ Shame, shame, it's a shame ♪ I say white, you say black ♪ Then we start to attack ♪ I may have meant green ♪ You may have meant red ♪ but neither heard what was said ♪ ♪ Words can come in so many colors ♪ ♪ Misunderstood or heard wrong ♪ It's a shame ♪ Shame, shame, it's a shame ♪ We don't get along ♪ Shame, shame, it's a shame ♪ It's a shame ♪ Shame, shame, it's a shame ♪ We don't get along ♪ Shame, shame, it's a shame ♪ It's a shame - [Brother George] As always, time flies when you're having fun and we've had a great hour, right here on "Alabama Gospel Roots".

And thank you for calling the neighbors and calling the friends.

Now, some of you're gonna have to get some more friends.

Okay?

'Cause you've been calling one or two people and you've lived long enough.

You should at least have five friends.

Okay?

Work on it before next Saturday, because I know you can do it.

All right?

Rick Alan King, listen, you've done wonderful.

You had a very featured spot here.

Now, that's a cherished place.

You've done about 30 minutes and I thank you.

- I'm, honored to have done it.

- Yeah, well you have really done it and we appreciate it.

- God bless you.

- 'Cause people come.

And others, you know, you come and we know that you want a little more time 'cause you're getting warmed up.

And then when you hit that stretch, like you did, and that last song you did, and then this one you're going to do.

I'm glad you're taking us out on it.

- Thank you.

- Okay.

- Thank you.

- All right.

We wish you well.

- Thank you.

I wish you well, too.

- Thank you.

- God bless you for what all you do.

Well, thank you so much.

I appreciate that.

- You're more than welcome.

- If you keep talking, you see this pool back here?

There's warm water in there and I'll just take, I'll just run like a football player, take you, and both of us will go over in there.

- I was baptized in an old muddy creek, though, many years ago.

(laughs) - Well, I'm gonna wash you off in this creek right here.

- Okay.

All right.

Well, we like to close like this.

If you would join me, say this with me.

We're all sisters and brothers.

You didn't say nothing.

You're supposed to say that with me.

- Oh.

Yes, we are.

- We're all sisters and brothers.

(both laughing) - We're all, come on Rick.

We're all sisters and brothers.

- Yes, we are.

That's it.

- You're supposed to say that with me.

- Oh.

We're all sisters and brothers.

- There's only one color.

- There we go.

(both laughing) - All right, well, I'm back, okay?

- Well, good.

- Here's how this going to go.

Pay attention.

- Yes sir.

- I'm going say something and I want you to repeat exactly what I say.

- Okay.

- Okay?

- Okay.

- All right.

- All right.

- Look ahead.

We are all sisters and brothers.

- We're all sisters and brothers.

- Whew.

There's only one color.

- There's only one color.

- And that's the color.

- And that's the color.

- Of.

- Of.

- Love.

- Love.

- Anybody got a plan out there with hooked on phonics, please- (laughs) - Help this poor guy.

(laughing) - All right, listen everybody, I hope you've had a great time.

We've had a great time being with you tonight.

Be nice this week.

Start right now.

Just smiling and encouraging others to have a great day.

And once you smile at them, they'll smile back.

Be well.

Rick Alan King.

Do whatever it is you can do.

Whatever it is, we'll be just thankful to have it.

Okay?

All right.

- Okay.

All right.

(triumphant music) (gentle music) ♪ Oh Lord, my God ♪ When I in awesome wonder ♪ consider all the worlds Thy Hands have made ♪ ♪ I see the stars ♪ And I hear rolling thunder ♪ Thy power throughout the universe displayed \ ♪ ♪ Then sings my soul, my Savior, God, to Thee ♪ ♪ How great Thou art ♪ How great Thou art ♪ How great Thou art ♪ How great Thou art ♪ Then sings my soul, my Savior, God, to Thee ♪ ♪ How great Thou art ♪ How great Thou art ♪ How great Thou art ♪ When Christ shall come with shout of acclamation ♪ ♪ And take me home ♪ When joy will fill my heart ♪ Then I shall bow ♪ In humble adoration ♪ And there proclaim, "My God, how great Thou art!"

♪ ♪ Then sings my soul, my Savior, God, to Thee ♪ ♪ How great Thou art ♪ How great Thou art ♪ How great Thou art ♪ How great Thou art ♪ Then sings my soul, my Savior, God, to Thee ♪ ♪ How great Thou art ♪ How great Thou art ♪ How great Thou art ♪ How great Thou art ♪ How great Thou art ♪ How great Thou art (gentle music) One of the greatest hymns ever written, "The Old Rugged Cross".

That's the only reason any of us are here today.

♪ On a hill, far away, stood an old rugged cross ♪ ♪ The emblem of suffering and shame ♪ ♪ And I love that old cross ♪ Where the dearest and best ♪ For a world of lost sinners was slain ♪ ♪ So I'll cherish the old rugged cross ♪ ♪ 'Till my trophies, at last, I lay down ♪ ♪ I will cling to the old rugged cross ♪ ♪ And exchange it someday for a crown ♪ ♪ To the old rugged cross ♪ I will ever be true ♪ It's shame and reproach I'll gladly bear ♪ ♪ And then He's gonna call me someday ♪ ♪ To that home far away ♪ Where His glory forever I'll share ♪ ♪ So I'll cherish the old rugged cross ♪ ♪ 'Till my trophies, at last, I'll lay down ♪ ♪ I will cling to the old rugged cross ♪ ♪ And exchange it someday for a crown ♪ ♪ I will cling to the old rugged cross ♪ ♪ And exchange it someday ♪ You'll exchange it someday ♪ We'll exchange it someday ♪ For a crown ♪ And I'll exchange it someday for a crown ♪ (electricity buzzes)