Since
we are continually meeting new friends through this publication, I decided
over the next couple of months to introduce you to our group and tell you
a little something about the individuals within Legacy.
This month I will focus on Legacy’s band.
Leading
our band is Durwood Hargis from Clayton, NC.
He writes many of the songs Legacy sings and has a wonderful
testimony to share.
His love for the Lord is evident in all of the songs he writes,
with a foundation for many of the songs being God’s amazing grace, love
and forgiveness.
On a personal note, Durwood has been playing and singing gospel
music for 25 years and has graced the stage with several groups, including
“Damascus Way”, “Heartsong” and “Southern Cross”.
Durwood’s favorite Bible verses are John 3:16 and Romans 8:1.
Durwood states his favorite singers are Kenny Hinson and Rusty
Goodman.
Favorite songs of Durwood are a couple of powerful songs that he
wrote, “He Carries Me” and “The Ocean Refuses No River”
Keeping
all of Legacy at the right tempo is our drummer, Brad Lee from Zebulon,
NC. A
“complimentary” drummer is hard to find, and Brad helps to keep
everyone sounding their best.
Brad also has the unique privilege of saying that he “stole”
Durwood’s daughter.
Yes, Brad is Durwood’s son-in-law.
Brad has been in gospel music for 3 ½ years, and prior to joining
Legacy, played with a group called “Riders of the Carolina Sage”.
Brad’s favorite singer is Mac Powell of “Third Day” and his
favorite Bible verses are John 3:16 and John 15:5.
Brad chooses as his favorite song, “Forgiven”, written by
Durwood.
Finally,
we have our very own “mouth of the south”, Andy Mitchell from
Pikeville, NC as our bass guitar player.
Andy has been singing and playing gospel music for 20 years, and
has formally sung with “Canaanland”.
Andy’s favorite bible verse is John 3:16 and his favorite song is
“What A Day”.
We joke about Andy’s love of people and of talking, but
seriously, Andy has a tremendous amount to talk about.
In 2000, Andy was diagnosed with a particularly aggressive form of
cancer, which the best doctors at both Pitt Memorial and John’s Hopkins
Hospital in Maryland all said was no hope for a cure.
At the lowest point, Andy was basically sent home to die with only
6 mos. to a year to live.
Literally thousands of people in dozens of churches lifted Andy up
in prayer for healing during this trial.
It was a few months after Andy’s diagnosis that Andy made a
return trip to John’s Hopkins for several tests to be run over a period
of several days.
At the end of these tests, the doctor’s came into Andy’s
hospital room and told Andy that they didn’t know what happened, but
they couldn’t find any cancer…anywhere.
Andy told the doctors to have a seat on the edge of his bed and he
would tell them exactly what had happened.
GOD is what happened and God worked an absolute miracle in Andy’s
life. Andy
is still completely free of cancer today and God has used that trial to
open several doors for Andy to be a witness of God’s amazing grace,
mercy and Love.
Well,
that’s our band and we hope you can come out to meet us next time we are
in your area.
Next month I’ll tell you a little about the three “heroes of
the faith”, our vocalists, which I am privileged to sing with each
weekend.
In
Christian Love,
Tim Perry for Legacy