Artist:The Jim Brady Trio
Song:Lost
Album:Hope Keeps Writing the Song
So if you enjoy Southern Gospel music in what I will call the Bill Gaither style, you should enjoy the music of Jim Brady and his wife Melissa. Like many Southern Gospel artists, the Bradys began singing in their respective family gospel groups when they were kids. Brady was writing songs at age 16. Then he met and married Melissa and they toured with her family gospel group The Shulers for ten years. Then Brady got the opportunity to join the up and coming Southern Gospel act The Booth Brothers in 2002. He stayed with them for twelve years. While Brady was touring with The Booth Brothers, Melissa appeared with different groups. But by 2014, Brady decided to leave The Booth Brothers and form a new group with Melissa. They added a third member and called themselves The Jim Brady Trio. That third member was former Legacy Five pianist Tim Parton. They signed with Daywind Records and released the 2016 album Hope Keeps Writing the Song. But by the time the album was released, Parton left The Jim Brady Trio. They tried to find a replacement. The third singer in the video and on the album cover is not Tim Parton. When they were unable to find a third singer, they became Jim & Melissa Brady and the album was relreleased in 2019. There was no Parton on the cover or any mention of him. What happened with Parton? One industry journalist writing about Parton joining the group suggested that he doesn't stay in one place for very long. There are musicians who bounce around. Parton may be like that. Maybe Brady should have known about that. The album was produced by Daywind house producer Gordon Mote. After releasing a Christmas album, Jim & Melissa Brady rejoined The Booth Brothers last year. They have been on tour but no new album as yet. The Booth Brothers are on Gaither Music Group so they appear on Bill Gaither shows. Here's The Jim Brady Trio performing Lost at the Daywind studio in Nashville.
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