JEFF & SHERI EASTER
Expecting and “Experiencing” Good Things
Legendary Gospel Group Lands Two GMA DOVE Nominations, Including Song of the Year, from New Release
Song Nominee More Than a Song to Group Following Health Battle
NASHVILLE, Tenn.—February 19th, 2010—Legendary Gospel music group Jeff & Sheri Easter were honored yesterday with two 2010 GMA DOVE nominations, one for Song of the Year for their hit single “Born to Climb” and one for Southern Gospel Recorded Song of the Year for the same song. The tune, written by Joel Lindsey and Wayne Haun (who brought home seven total nominations), is reminiscent of the recent journey Jeff & Sheri have traveled through Sheri’s battle with cancer.
“We wrote this song while Sheri was going through her cancer treatments,” describes Lindsey. “As any cancer survivor can tell you, the struggle is just as much spiritual and emotional as it is physical. The title for this song came from a greeting card my mother sent me when I was going through treatments myself. There was a line in the poem on the card that said something like, ‘When you're facing a mountain, remember you were born to climb.’ It wasn't that exact line, but it was close.”
“This is not a song about sorrow. It’s about triumph and hope,” adds co-writer Haun. “It is about the journeys in life. So often it seems that while we take those journeys and encounter mountains, all we can think about are the snares and jagged rocks along the way; but eventually, after we get through it, we stand at the top and see the beauty of the trip...and the breathtaking views, and we realize we made it. We were born to climb.”
“Born to Climb” is featured on the group’s new Spring Hill Music Group release Expecting Good Things, which has just hit shelves nationwide. The release, produced by Jeff & Sheri and Greg Cole, offers several songs that paint pictures of the highs and lows of the past couple of years in the group’s life.
“I understand all too clearly now the analogy of the mountain in physical and spiritual climbs,” stated Sheri. “…but one thing’s for sure--you can’t experience the view from the top if you never begin to climb.”
From foot-stompin’ Gospel tunes and heart-wrenching ballads to western swing-styled numbers and groovin’, bluesy hand-clappers, this release finds these Gospel music mainstays with a new lease on life.
Expecting Good Things, a Spring Hill Music Group release, is available now in stores and digitally. It is distributed by EMI CMG Distribution.
For further information, visit www.jeffandsherieaster.com
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