Concert Review: Primitive Quartet (11/8/12)
This past Thursday, I once again had the blessing of seeing the Primitive Quartet in concert. I hadn’t seen them in over a year so I was thrilled to have the opportunity to see them once again.
They opened with the title track from their latest CD entitled, “He Included Me.” Then they went into “Fallen Leaves,” which brings tears to my eyes whenever I hear them sing it. Wouldn’t it be wonderful to have more friends around than leaves upon the ground? Proverbs 18:24 says, “A man that has friends must show himself friendly; and there is a friend that sticks closer than a brother.” I pray that will be known of me when I die.
After that, Jeff Tolbert sang, “He Didn’t Stay Dead,” followed by Reagan Riddle singing their acapella song, “The Same God.”
Next, they sang a couple more new songs, one of which featured Mike titled, “Thank You For Saving Me.” I don’t hear Mike sing a lot so I was glad he sang several songs on the program.
Jeff sang “No Longer an Orphan” and Reagan sang “Look How He Found Me.”
Randy Fox is one of my favorite people to watch sing. I’m sure I’ve said it before but, when he takes the lead on a song, the Spirit resonates from him. He sang “I Wonder What They’re Doing in Heaven” and then they went into an instrumental number.
Reagan sang “The Greatest Nation” after they acknowledged the veterans who were attending and then Randy sang “Walking in the Highway.” From my viewpoint, a Primitive Quartet concert is not complete without that song and I’ve never attended a concert where they’ve not sung it.
After intermission, they sang “Jesus Came Searching,” “That Soldier Was Me,” “I Don’t Have to See the Tomb” (another song Mike sings), “I’ll Be Waiting at the River,” “There’s a Record Book” (one of my personal favorites), and “If I Could Give You Anything for Christmas.” Then they played two instrumental numbers back to back: “When They Ring Those Golden Bells” and “Holy Manna.”
They ended with “Didn’t He Shine” and came back out for an encore with “Gloryland.” “If you have friends in Gloryland who’ve left because of pain, there’ll be no pain in Gloryland. They’ll suffer not again.” Amen!
Glad you got to see the Prims ,i know they’re one of your favs!!!
At first glance i thought one of the songs you listed was”Holy Mama”,i need to get to that eye doctor appointment.Have a great Thanksgiving,Sony!!!
Hey Lee, I definitely recommend the eye appointment. 😉 Have a great Thanksgiving yourself. It’s great to hear from you!