'Fields of the Harvest' Gospel Recording -Feb 2008
 

If the pre-release is any indication, the new recording will be a big hit. The title cut debuted at #1 in November's RadioActive Airplay's Top 100 Southern Gospel Reporting Chart...remaining  there the entire month. The Herd is currently listed at #1 in the top ten Most Popular Artist category.
 

So far, four of The Herd's singles, 'Fields of the Harvest', 'Heartbeat', 'Feed My Sheep' and 'Driving Nails' have all topped at #1 on RadioActive Southern Gospel music chart. Bill Castle's 'Walkin' on Holy Ground' is currently starting it's upward climb. In less than 1-1/2 months, The Rarely Herd has been honored in RadioActive's Top Ten Artist category, based on airplay popularity.

This long anticipated 16 song Gospel CD will soon be in hand. The collection features fresh new recordings of tunes like 'Come and Dine', 'Heartbeat', 'Driving Nails', 'Feed My Sheep'...plus several songs 'never recorded by TRH' including 'He is I Am', 'Safety Zone', 'Fields of the Harvest', 'Look Down That Road'. Send us your email address (above), we'll send a note out as soon as it's in hand.

Jordin Sparks is one of American Idol's final three contestants and hails from Glendale, Arizona. An AI film crew followed Sparks, gathering footage of her hometown hangouts, to be aired on Tuesday's show for more than 30 million viewers.

American Idol contacts The Herd  May 2007
 

Back in May, The Rarely Herd was been contacted by the producers of Fox TV's wildly popular American Idol program and their song "Arizona" was slated to be featured on the show sometime before the finale.

"Arizona", a song written by The Rarely Herd's Jeff Weaver on the group's "Midnight Loneliness" album, is in the running to be heard during Tuesday's "Homecoming" segment on contestant Jordin Sparks.

"The producers of American Idol were looking for a song about the home state of finalist Jordin Sparks, who hails from Glendale, AZ." Weaver said.

”AI’s producer/music director called me Friday evening with an urgent request to get the rights to use the song Arizona. They were on the hunt for songs about Jordin’s home state, and ours came up…they liked it because it was uptempo and lively. At that time, the producer also stated that (so far) it was the only song that they had complete clearance to use, but did intended to use more than one (as background) during her feature.“

”The lyrics had no particular or personal meaning. I just pointed a finger at a map, and wrote a song about it. In many of my songs, I just let the story evolve while writing. Another song titled Arizona John (on our Return Journey CD) was written the same way. It would be nice to hear Bluegrass on such a popular show."

Dan Brooks Retires... June 2007
 

Howdy Folks,

Wanted to let you all know what's going on with me. I officially retired from The Herd back in June 2007. There were several reasons for this, the primary ones being health concerns and also the surprising growth of my resophonic guitar building business. My years in the band were some of the most rewarding I've ever had, or ever will have. Taken altogether, it was a pure pleasure. I have all you fans to thank for that...so THANKS!!!

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