"Standing in the shade doesn't help when it gets hot in Mississippi. As the temperature climbs through the nineties, the air grows heavy and the summer heat attacks from all sides, radiating from every surface and exerting a physical pressure that slows movement, thought and speech." ~Alan Young It's an opening paragraph like that that will whet your appetite. Not for Mississippi summers, believe me, but for a vibrant, one-of-a-kind perspective about one of the most popular and hard-working gospel quartets in the United States. The Pilgrim Jubilees.
Published by Jackson's own University Press of Mississippi, it is a book you will want to add to your collection and it is hard to put down. Young's writing is dynamic with interesting historical detail. He is true to their story, complete with extensive interviews and conversations. Young travelled through Mississippi with the Jubes which helps convey his genuine account of the American South and black Gospel audiences.
The Jubes' story is compelling and real; and, true to their vision and God's call, they are still travelling the "gospel highway."
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