No band is more recognizable to country music lovers than
the Oak Ridge Boys. They began performing more than 60 years ago. Joe Bonsall
has been with the group since 1973.
JOE BONSALL: "Yes, the Oak Ridge
Boys are still here, we're still having fun, we're still making new music. Great
things are going on."
Recently, the four-member group released their
31st album, called "It's Only Natural." William Lee Golden is a member of the
group.
WILLIAM LEE GOLDEN: "Well it has, like, six songs that are songs
we've had before that have been hits with the Oak Ridge Boys and then it has
five brand new songs on this particular project. And we also re-recorded
'Elvira.'"
The Oak Ridge Boys are celebrating the 30th anniversary of
"Elvira" - one of their most-popular songs.
WILLIAM LEE
GOLDEN: "It went to the top of the country charts - spilled over into pop and
rock and roll - went to the top of those. Everybody in America was singing
'Oom-Papa-Oom-Mow-Mow' with uh, and 'Elvira' with Joe and the Oak Ridge Boys in
1981."
The next year, the recording industry recognized the
Oak Ridge Boys for the Best Country Performance by a
Group.
JOE BONSALL: "I have to say being inducted into the
Grand Ole Opry recently certainly ranks up there among the highest of all of the
wonderful things that we've had the opportunity to experience in our career."
How does a band stay together for so long?
WILLIAM
LEE GOLDEN: "I think music has a healing power, actually. And I think that when
we are able to sing and work as much as we do and travel as much as we do and
sing the songs that we do, that's the highlight of the day, when we get to go on
stage and sing together, and, uh, you know, music having that healing power, and
also has a rejuvenating power, too."
The Oak Ridge Boys have no plans to
slow down. I'm Jim Tedder.
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