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The Glorifying Vines Sisters

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The Glorifying Vines Sisters are a thriving musical institution. Based in Eastern North Carolina, they’ve been tearing up the road for decades and tearing up every church they visit. But they don’t confine themselves to churches; they’re comfortable playing secular venues, too. “If we’re going to do like Jesus did,” says singer and manager Alice Vines, “then we’re going to go wherever we’re called to go.” She adds, “And we’re going to enjoy ourselves when we get there.”

 

Four sisters—Dorothy, Alice, Mattie, and Audrey—along with Johnny Ray Daniels form the vocal core of the group. Johnny Ray also plays lead guitar. Other family members and close associates fill in on drums, bass, and keyboards. Their music is steeped in the traditions of quartet gospel—a style that came into its own in the 1930s with groups like the Soul Stirrers and the Dixie Hummingbirds. They have shared the stage with many of the biggest names in the genre, including the Mighty Clouds of Joy and the Swanee Quintet. But while the Vines Sisters can wreck the house with the best of them, they also bring a distinctive sweetness and a mellow funkiness to their music.

 

The group made their first recordings in the mid-1970s, and these 45s sound fresh even today. One of these early ....


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