MUSIC GROUPS

"SLEYTOWN"  The above 5 piece acoustic Music Group is from a small community outside of Barnwell, SC, called "Sleytown".  They perform with old time instruments, note the "picking stick" Mr. Gardner has in his hand, while his wife Evelyn, plays the mountain dulcimer.  They are available for performances at your church or social event. You will love their renditions of the old hymns of the church.  This is "sittin" on your fornt porch old time music, and an educational event as well!    For more info on the Gardner's please write to them at L. A. & Evelyn Gardner P.O. Box 27 Hilda, SC  29813  or call them at 803-259-2874 or to have your Christian music group listed with us,  please write or send your info or publicity kit to us :  In Faith Publications P.O. Box 1044 Bamberg, SC 29003

In Memory of Kenneth Gohagan

Kenny Gohagan was an undiscovered country boy, who played with different bands around the Allendale, SC area. He was a lead guitar player, but played bass in bands as well. Kenny died in a car accident when he was in his 40's and has been gone for quite some time.  However, this same legacy of the music still lives on in the blood of many local and national undiscovered musicians and singers and songwriters.  The music just seems to stay in their blood.  That is because the Lord gave them that talent, and  one day he will call them back home to either play for HIM or to play in the Devil's band. There are many more undiscovered country boys, just like Kenneth, who never get that lucky break and make it in the world's music scene.  We, however, dedicate this page to all those unsung and unnoticed musicians, singers and sonwriters who still keep on playing and singing  just for the love of of the music. In the end, when all is said and done, it will not matter what we did in the eyes of this old world, and we can't take any of the fortune or fame with us, so all that matters is that you do your best with the talents and gifts that God gave you, and use it to BLESS people! Play and sing for whoever will listen!  Go out into the hedges and the byways, the nursing homes, the orphanages, and play for any folks who will listen. You will find, in the end, that it is NOT about being KNOWN and fame and fortune, but it is simply about THE MUSIC!  The music is given to us by God to lift our hearts on the wings of an eagle, it is given to us to help us to cry for that lost loved one, so that we might be healed from within, on the wings of a dove! Mmusic can speak,  without words, what we many times just cannot express, because we hide our feelings and won't say the things that really matter, out of fear.  But MUSIC speaks what the HEART cannot speak...music soars deep down into our very souls, and lodges in our hearts, and brings about beauty from ashes,  that is what music does! Music HEALS our hearts, or it can help to tear it apart.  Music links us  to some inner primeval part of ourselves that we have been given, to commune with our maker. That is why MUSIC should come from the HEART, for only to the HEART does music speak. Never let the music in you die! Never let any outside forces cause you to stop believing in the music God gave to you.  Music unites brothers and sisters together in bonds of friendship, those who play the music in groups, and sometimes it is for that purpose alone, to bond us in love as brothers and sisters, all born of the same Father, God, our creator, our maker, and Jesus Christ His Holy & Precious Son. Kenny's music did not die, only Kenny's body, but his music still lives on IN OUR HEARTS. written by Marty Clayton Banfield

Local Artists

 MUSIC PAGE

To hear some of the original music of
WHITE STONE, 

Click on the link above. However, you will then be rerouted to  another website, that of In Faith Studios 
so please bookmark this webpage  before you leave fsinceit will be offsite, and you will need to reload to get back to this page. 



Be sure to also visit their myspace
Artist/Band Website at
http://www.myspace.com/whitestone11

You can download some of White Stone's songs for free, on the In Faith Studios website, as well as over at their "myspace."
On the In Faith Studios website, wait for each page to load however, it might take about 5  minutes.   There you can read about how each song was written, and the  lyrics.

Don't forget to come back to the Light Of The Lowcountry Website! 



Marty Clayton (Banfield) sings with
WHITE STONE, the Christian Band.
 Marty & White Stone
performed recently at the
Bamberg Treasurefest,
Saturday, November 8th.





 
David Cooler (between James & Marty Banfield) came out to hear White Stone~the Band sing at the Bamberg Treasurefest.  White Stone members (l to r) Don Yoakum (lead guitar) , BJ Marchand (bass) James Banfield (rhythm guitar) David Cooler, & Marty Clayton Banfield (keyboards)


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Matthew 5:16: "In the same way, let your light shine before men, that they may see your good deeds and praise your Father in heaven."

We will be supporting music and the arts,  with many local artists, musicians, writers, photographers, etc. in our magazine, so please send your stories, photos, insights, etc. to us at :

In Faith Publications
P. O. Box 1044
Bamberg, SC 29003



Please browse throuogh our listing of Solo Artists and Music Groups, if you need a band for a church event or function.  We intend for this page to be a clearing house for local as well as National Christian Music Groups. 



INDEX OF MUSIC GROUPS


If you have any questions, don't hestitate to email us at:

marty@thelightofthelowcountry.com
or
james@thelightofthelowcountry.com

Or to send regular mail to:

In Faith Publications
P.O. Box 1044
Bamberg, SC 29003




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Solo Vocalists

If you are a solo vocalist and would like to be added here, please send us your info. Jennifer Dyches, above, wrote most of the music score for the movie "Firetrail" which was filmed in many different parts of SC.  COLUMBIA-AREA BLUEGRASS BAND PROVIDES SONGS FOR CIVIL WAR EPIC "FIRETRAIL" "Beaver Creek", a bluegrass band based in the Sandy Run area, contributed several original songs to the soundtrack of the Civil War epic "Firetrail". The songs were recorded by the band in the Columbia area, and are part of a soundtrack CD featuring virtually all of the music from the film. Jennifer Dyches is the creative force behind most of the songs used in "Firetrail". Ms. Dyches met the director of "Firetrail" at a reenactment in December 2005 and told him that she had come up with original songs for the movie. At that point the film was in the very early stages of pre-production and hadn’t yet been cast. There was no recording of the songs at that time, so Ms. Dyches and bandmate Mary Wilson played two of the songs live for Mr. Forbes, who was very impressed by what he heard. "I had no idea what to expect," Mr. Forbes recalls. What I didn’t expect was a song of such astonishing beauty. Ms. Dyches is a talented songwriter and I’m very happy she decided to introduce me to her music."Jennifer Dyches wrote five of the six songs used in "Firetrail". The sixth track was an instrumental, "Pickle", written by bandmate Tom Coolidge. It is a rousing combination of banjos and guitars. Ms. Dyches was also cast in a substantial supporting role in the film, the role of Sally DuBose’s mother. Tom Coolidge was also a featured extra in a bridge battle scene that takes place early in the film.

Spotlight On Christian Music

Our spotlight is on a  local Christian Group, THE JESUS CREW  of Bamberg, SC. THE JESUS CREW (click on the link above)

In Faith Studios

BJ Marchand & James Banfield Bamberg South Carolina's new Gospel/Christian Recording Studio.  Check us out at the following link.  Our's is a Kingdom Business, working for the King! Call us at 803-824-9217 for a studio CD package quote.  We do demo recordings, as well as record full CD Packages.   We have competitve rates. IN FAITH STUDIOS

White Stone

Our Name is taken from Revelation 2:17, and we call ourselves "Overcomers", as each one of us has a testimony, and  should have been dead years ago, but by the Grace of God, we are alive and well and working and singing for the Lord Jesus Christ.  We minister in churches or revivals, and any religious events, with all three of us giving testimony, and in Praising God through  Song and by preaching the Word! Our new CD, "Banks of the Edisto " is set to be released in Jan/Feb 2009. For more info about us please go to www.infaithstudios.com or if you would like for us to minister in song and word at your church, email us at thelightmagazine@bellsouth.net Ask us about WHITE STONE.

Don Yoakum

Don Yoakum,  a local lead guitar player, is originally from Williston, SC.  He now lives in Manning, SC.  He is part of the Christian/Gospel Group White Stone, and is the studio guitar player for Bamberg's "In Faith Studios."  Don has been playing professionally since he was in high school. Don can play any type of music, ranging  from Chet Atkins (he gets out his finger picks for this) , blues (he puts  his glass slide on his finger for that) to dinner music, and he played rock n roll for a long time.  He was one of those  guitar players who put the guitar behind his back and played, and even picked the guitar with his teeth!  We have actually seen him do this, but Don is playing music for the Lord now, and to bring praise and worship to the Lord  and not himself anymore. Don is another local undiscovered "guitar great " just like Kenny Gohagan.  Don is also a guitar luthier (builds guitars) and he can customize a guitar like nobody we know!

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