I reposnded in the other thread I would be in on this...but I just wanted to share Marvin McQuitty's impact on me.
I used to hate Gospel music. To me it was just boom bap boom bap if you follow me. When I met my wife, she told me it was not just that any more. She let me hear not Guilty with Calvin Rodgers at the time. It was ok, but I stood firm...I don't like it. I was just being difficult really. She really loved Fred hammond, and Purpose for Design just came out. I saw Fred was playing at Wild Adventures in Valdosta GA, and we went. I satthere trying to act like I wasn't feeling it, but the drummer was just everything I tthought a drummer should be, and not like a lot of other "gospel" drummers. I left that concert having a deeper appreciation for gospel music and gospel drummers in general. I wore out the purpose for design album enjoying the live stuff like, "When you Praise" more than the studio stuff, cuz the drummer made me feel it. I would probably never have tried to play Gospel had it not been for the sound I heard from Marvin. He meshed what I like in drumming, and the sound I strive for, and put it with the Gospel. He was the first Gospel drummer I followed.
Praying hard for you bro.
