Guardian Angel
Show Me The Way To Calvary
Full Album
Featuring "Help Me To Not Complain"
Rite Record Studio - Cincinnati, Ohio
Rite Record Productions, Inc. - Cincinnati, Ohio
Sides # 39479 & 39480
For those of you that follow my blog you know that I find a lot of locally produced vintage music. The majority of my finds are southern gospel. One of those finds was a great record by The Singing Siler Family (also from Williamsburg). The Bryants must have known The Silers as they covered three of Sam Siler's tunes on this album, including Guardian Angel. The Lawson Family also covered Guardian Angel.
Of course, it makes sense that all of these folks who worked in the 60s and 70s would have crossed paths and possibly working together from time-to-time. Or at the very least, they may have had access to each other's records.
Comment: Thats my family. Sam Siler is my Grandma's brother. her name is Clara, shes the woman in the picture on that record. that little boy singing that song is my daddy. i sang that song when i was a little girl. singing gets in the blood. they still sing, my mamaw, my daddy, and both my uncles (which are featured on that picture you have there) bet you didnt figure the reason they knew the song is cause they were related.. lol.
For those of you that follow my blog you know that I find a lot of locally produced vintage music. The majority of my finds are southern gospel. One of those finds was a great record by The Singing Siler Family (also from Williamsburg). The Bryants must have known The Silers as they covered three of Sam Siler's tunes on this album, including Guardian Angel. The Lawson Family also covered Guardian Angel.
Of course, it makes sense that all of these folks who worked in the 60s and 70s would have crossed paths and possibly working together from time-to-time. Or at the very least, they may have had access to each other's records.
Comment: Thats my family. Sam Siler is my Grandma's brother. her name is Clara, shes the woman in the picture on that record. that little boy singing that song is my daddy. i sang that song when i was a little girl. singing gets in the blood. they still sing, my mamaw, my daddy, and both my uncles (which are featured on that picture you have there) bet you didnt figure the reason they knew the song is cause they were related.. lol.
Garden Of My Heart
Help Me To Not Complain
Guardian Angel
Old Country Baptizing
Everything Is Accounted For
Without The Lord
I Believe In America
Ten Thousand Years
Show Me The Way To Calvary
No Locks On My Mansion Door
I am Clara Bryant Vanover, The Mother and co-founder of THE SINGING BRYANT'S,From Williamsburg Ky. We do still have this album available on C.D as we do many we have recorded over the years. we are also still singing for the LORD,and hope to do so for many years, we do concerts in your area, if you would like to attend one please let us know, we will provide you with the address. we do have a web site ;THE SINGING BRYANT'S/myspace; The album, The Siler Family, is my brother. Thanks for the kind words.
ReplyDeleteMy name is Vickie Ray was my brother I love to sing my favorite song is still Vision of Heaven which Clara taught me when I was just a little girl. God Blessed us all with singing voices
DeleteI remember The Singing Bryants. Miss Clara and family visited our church in Lily Ky back some 30 years ago when we were a poor young family. Great album. Great people. Great memories.
ReplyDeleteThe Bryant's greatest achievement was employing a convicted child molester named David Walter Hager.
ReplyDeleteMy aunt, Debbie Saunders used to play steel guitar with The Bryants. If anyone remembers her let me know!
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