Post by Kenny G on Oct 14, 2001 17:59:51 GMT -5
Ok Ok Ok is it just me or are ya'll excited about the Commissioned Reunion as I am? Man did this group come out bangin' back in the day? I mean from "King of Glory" to "Victory" the guys had skillz ya'll. Man I remember where I was when I first heard Commissioned. I was in Memphis, Tennessee at a COGIC convention and this group of six guys came onto the stage. I didn't know who they were but all the COGIC women did! They started screaming and hollerin' I thought I was at a rap concert or somethin'. Then the lead singer (Fred Hammond who was a nobody at the time) came to the mike and started counting 1, 2, 1, 2 , 3, 4, and that's all she wrote! They started singing "I Am Going On" and the women went crazy. Now peep this...this was back in 1985 when the Clark Sisters, The Winans, John P. Kee, Richard Smallwood and others were in the spotlight in gospel music and here is a group that everyone in the COGIC world (Church of God In Christ) knew about intimately but they weren't well recognized yet! Now I thought I was a gospel music enthusiast but that group opened my mind to a whole other world of gospel music. This was the birth of Urban Gospel and Praise & Worship. Let me break it down this way, Commissioned was Take 6 with a band! Take 6 wasn't even out yet. They didn't come out till 1988 although they had been singing together for many years prior to that. Ya'll got to feel me on this...are you feelin' me?
Anyway I'm through ratin' and ravin' so here are the details in case you're interested aight!
The COMMISSIONED Reunion live recording concert will take place at the Straight Gate Church, pastored by Bishop Andrew and Viveca Merritt at 10100 Grand River Avenue in Detroit, MI 48204. The Live Recording concert will start promptly at 8:00 p.m. This event is sponsored by God's World Record Store and tickets can be purchased at God's World located at 13533 West 7 Mile, Detroit, MI 48035 or by calling Tanya Reed at (313) 862.8220.
Anyway I'm through ratin' and ravin' so here are the details in case you're interested aight!
The COMMISSIONED Reunion live recording concert will take place at the Straight Gate Church, pastored by Bishop Andrew and Viveca Merritt at 10100 Grand River Avenue in Detroit, MI 48204. The Live Recording concert will start promptly at 8:00 p.m. This event is sponsored by God's World Record Store and tickets can be purchased at God's World located at 13533 West 7 Mile, Detroit, MI 48035 or by calling Tanya Reed at (313) 862.8220.
