Kip Moore Damn Love (CD)

Joiner's Five Trumpets were found-ed in the early 1940s in Gary, Indiana by the legendary Roscoe Robinson. Roscoe sang in the group during the War years and left to join the Royal Quartet of Chicago in 1945. Lee Sims. James Cochrane. George Dow ell, Walter Ford and Larry Bride were mainstays of Joiner's Five Trumpets during the 1950s. The quartet's first ses-sion was cut for Joe Brown's J.O.B. label on South Ellis Avenue. Joe. who had business ties with a handful of small Chi-City indies. cut four songs on the group.1.0.B. 121 was issued in July 1952. Disappointed by poor sales results. Brown steered clear of gospel for five years. Joiner's Five Trumpets were a magnifi-cent, sweet-singing soul-gospel outfit in the style of the famous Soul Stirrers. In 1953 the group recorded for Hi-Hat Records in Gary, Indiana. A scattering of releases appeared on various indies thereafter.