Mark Trammell Quartet

Lifetime
Daywind Records 

I spoke to Mark Trammell just prior to the taping of a tribute to  “master producer” Lari Goss. At the time Goss also was working with the Mark Trammell Quartet as producer of a new CD. With the combination of one of the best quartets and the potentate of producers, I could not wait to hear the result, “Lifetime.”

Trammell takes the lead on the first radio single, “Way Past Ready.” The song from the pen of Rodney Griffin tells us that the outlook of believers should be an upward look toward the rapture of the Church. After all, there is a crown for those who “love His appearing” (2 Tim. 4:8).

One of my favorite bass singers, Pat Barker, proves he has graduated from “Southern Gospel Quartet University” on the classic Lee Roy Abernathy song “Wonderful Time Up There.” 

Barker’s quartet classmate at the time of the recording, tenor Eric Phillips, takes the lead on the tag on a snippet of the celebration song “Shoutin’ on the Hills of Glory.” This is tight quartet singing at its finest.

Barker takes an unexpected turn on a re-arrangement of “Touring That City,” which proves great songs retain their greatness no matter the style. 

Phillips comes powering back on “I’ll Meet You in the Morning.” The only way to make sure to attend that meeting is to have your name written in the Lamb’s Book of Life. The Mark Trammell Quartet and yours truly want to meet you there.