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Almost two decades later, Williams is excited about revamping Church Door Records. Its not about the money in this, he says. One of the guys over my media ministry said. ` Pastor you have a beautiful voice for singing. Why dont you sing again before you get too old to do that, and Landmark was born. I thought it would give me an opportunity to introduce my son, Joseph L. Williams (who duets with his dad and solos), to the world. God has blessed me with a name in the ministry. If theres anything I wanted its to let him spring from my shoulder. He had a lot of enthusiasm about doing this with his dad and that pumped me to want to do this.
The 13-song Landmark CD is a celebration of Williams musical heritage. I grew up listening to James Cleveland, the Southern Wonders of Memphis. E.L. McKinney was my best friend and sang in that group. They were in competition with The Spirit of Memphis Quartet but I heard that kind of music as a young man. He takes the style of the past and matches it with todays crisp, production quality. Amid gospel standards such as Born Again, and Calvary, and other classics arranged by Salems Minister of Music/Producer Kelvin A. Manson, are new songs with an old school feel by Dorinda Clark Coles tunesmith Derrick Starks, Bishop Means, Malcolm Williams, Morris Mingo, and Oscar Williams.
The second Sunday in August, Williams will celebrate sixty years of preaching and in November he will look back on 47 years as Salems pastor. In spite of his hectic ministry and community work schedule, he makes time to relax. He plays racquetball three times a week and plays chess with his buddies almost daily and only accepts outside preaching engagements, when its something I really want to do. Right now, he just wants the world to hear Landmark. If I leave this world now, he says. I feel that God has given me a fullness of life for which Im proud and pleased and this would be a great exit for this album to hit and make it.
Hometown
Atlanta, GA
Country
United States