Tuesday's Musical Notes - "Daddy Sang Bass" (Johnny Cash)

Hello this Tuesday!!!  I hope today finds you still basking in the warmth of the weekend or if it isn't warm where you are, basking in the delight of someone's company!  Welcome to Tuesday and the first October 2016 edition of Tuesday's Musical Notes.  We drive into the email archive this week with a past Tuesday's Musical Note email. Today's Notes go way back into Country/Gospel annals of musical history.  Featuring the music legend Johnny Cash, here is Tuesday's Musical Notes - "Daddy Sang Bass".  Enjoy!!!

"There's a bright golden haze on the meadow.....

there's a bright golden haze on the meadow....

the corn is high as an elephant's eye
and it looks like it's climbin' clear up to the sky.....
Oh, what a beautiful mornin', Oh what a beautiful day.  

I got a beautiful feelin' everythin's going my way."

"Oh What A Beautiful Mornin'" from the 1943 Broadway Musical 

Oklahoma    

You might be surprised at who is singing this one.......


Welcome to this beautiful day!!! Welcome to Tuesday!!!!

What groups or organizations do you take pride in being a member?  

Perhaps you are involved in a Civic organization like Rotary.  Maybe you 

are a Christian business man looking to put your influence and your beliefs 

to work by being a Gideon.  Hopefully, you have recently been encouraged 

to consistently attend a local evangelical church and you have seen your 

life change as you have invested in others through that body of believers. 

 You might even be lucky enough to sing in a group...'cause you know 

singin' seems to help a troubled soul...

"Daddy Sang Bass" - from the 1968 album The Holy Land by 

Johnny Cash    

Who is that singing back up?

Thanks to 2005's "I Walk The Line" a new generation of music fans were 

exposed to the songwriting and singing skills of Johnny Cash.  Reese 

Witherspoon won the Best Actress Oscar that year for her portrayal of 

June Carter Cash.    One of my earliest memories of this great musician 

is his song "Daddy Sang Bass" from the album entitled "The Holy Land".  

It resonated with me as my dad sang bass in our church and with our 

family.  We lived the song as mom sang the lead in our little family 

quartet and Wade and I just joined right in there.  The song went to #1 

on the Country charts in 1968 and stayed there for 6 weeks.  It was 

written by "Blue Suede Shoes" singer/songwriter Carl Perkins and was 

written as a celebration of Perkins finding release from his alcoholism 

through a relationship with Christ.  Johnny Cash was the part of the body

that introduced Carl Perkins to Jesus.  

1 Corinthians 12:12

¹² Just as a body, though one, has many parts, but all its many parts 

form one body, so it is with Christ. 

Please take a minute, find your favorite translation of the Bible and read 

the entire chapter of 1 Corinthians 12.  No really.....read it.......  If a 

Bible isn't handy, the Notes makes it easy...Open up a new tab and go to 

1 Corinthians 12 - New King James Version of the Bible/The Message 

Paraphrase of the Bible parallel please don't read any further until you 

have......  

As you look closely at 1 Corinthians 12, you quickly realize that we are 

getting an anatomy lesson on the body of Christ.  Not His physical body, 

but the Spiritual body that we as believers are a part of.  In Christ, 

acting as part of one body, we work in tandem for the sole purpose of 

spreading the news that "God is in our land".   The Gospel of Christ is 

the most important message we can be telling for many reasons.  It is 

salvation to the lost and security to the saved.  It is the Good News 

that transforms us into the likeness of One who was perfect.  It enables 

us to be a healthy body part for service to the kingdom of heaven.  

It empowers us to do the good works that God intends for us to do.  

You may be asking yourself......what part am I supposed to be?  The 

answer is, a part that is alive and healthy.   We are to be a part of 

the body that realizes specifically what function we are to play in service 

to the whole body and then actualizes everything we are to make sure 

that service is completed.  We all have a part!! Your part may even be 

to "join right in there" while "Daddy Sang Bass".....

Have you figured out what part you are to play in the body of Christ?  

There are several tools that you can use to determine where your 

giftedness may be.  One of the best is:  Lifeway's Spiritual Gifts Survey

Here you can determine where your strengths can best be used for the 

body of Christ to function at its peak.  After this get with it!  Use your 

giftedness to see folks all around you come to a saving knowledge of 

Jesus. There are many opportunities of service at your local 

Christian/evangelical church and new ministry areas continue to arise.  

Our goal is to serve others in a manner that would be a blessing to them 

and be pleasing to God. Who knows, you may be at the church you attend 

to start a new ministry work in an area to which God has equipped you.  

Our world has changed significantly since 1968, but we still need people 

to sing "bass", others to sing "tenor" and even others to "join right in 

there".  With all the parts covered, the Gospel of Jesus will be told in a 

harmony that will change the world.  What part will you sing?.........

Did you ever figure out who was singing backup for Johnny Cash in our 

video of the day?

Classic Country music fans were sure to recognize the very young Statler 

Brothers and June Carter. 

  

And just in case you couldn't quite put your finger on who was playing 

"Curly" from Oklahoma, it was actor Hugh Jackman (X-Men, Wolverine, 

Australia, etc) who has spent many years on Broadway, mostly in musicals.

Playing the part he is supposed to play as a part of the whole body of 

actors/actresses who make up the shows.

'Til Tuesday,

Serving HIM by serving you,
Randy