Bluegrass Now

"ALL4HYM IS SIX TALENTED CHRISTIAN FOLKS who love the Lord Jesus Christ and good Gospel music, in that order. Dan Murphy, bass and harmony vocals, notes in the liner comments: "The success of this ministry is not measured by the number of CDs or tapes that are sold, but by how many hearts are touched and the seeds of salvation sown." Amen to that.

Along with Dan, Chester, Cory and Terri Kreitzer perform on Rhythm guitar, mandolin, and lead and harmony vocals; Aaron Murphy, lead guitar and Dobro, and Buddy Dunlap, banjo, fiddle and lead guitars on a fine variety of traditional Gospel selections like the opener "Take Your Shoes Off Moses." The band does an outstanding job on Ron Block's "Shield of Faith," Buddy a fine attack on banjo, likewise, Aaron on lead guitar and Cory on mandolin. Their vocal harmonies blend well Terri's lovely country soprano an especially nice addition among the men.  Country Gentlemen Bill Yates sits in on bass vocal on "No Doubt Salvation."

From there, Terri returns on vocal this time, with Chester on harmony, on a very nice arrangement of "The Land of Beulah," and on the beautifully understated "I've Come To Take You Home."  Chester provides a solid lead baritone with Buddy a fine job on fiddler this time on Hank Williams' timeless "House Of Gold." "The Lucky One (The Son Of God)" is a stunning praise song, again featuring Terri on lead vocals amid stirring lead and backup work on mandolin, Dobro and lead guitar, with Cory's solid mandolin chunks providing a solid rhythm.

Altogether a very good collection of bluegrass praise and worship music, very lovingly put together from selection to final product by a group of musicians who obviously love what they do, and especially why they do it." JF