THE GOSPEL EAGLES

The Gospel Eagles were a quartet based out of White Plains, NY. They formed in the later 1970s and continued at least in some form until the mid-1990s. The lineup was composed of:
Harvey (Ray) Farmer: Manager, Lead & Tenor
Ellazor (Al) Campbell: Asst. Manager, 2nd Tenor (Campbell also played lead guitar for the group)
James (Jimmy) Postell - Lead & 1st Tenor
Frank Taylor - Lead & Baritone
Willie J. Buckner - 2nd Tenor
Charles W. Mayhem - Lead & 5th Tenor

In total there were four different vocalists sharing lead duties. The group was based out of the Cavalry Baptist Church on Orawaupum Street in White Plains, NY. The Gospel Eagles only recorded one album in 1978 that the group paid for and released themselves. The album was cut at Liberia Recording & Cable (LRC) TV Studio and was released by the band on LRC label. It's called "Yes, Jesus Loves Me". The band produced 500 copies of the album to sell at performances.
According to Ray Farmer, the LRC studio was located in the basement of recording engineer, William L. Gaillard's house on N. Kensico Avenue.

Gaillard also organized the group's only road revue where they traveled throughout the south to shows in Macon, GA, Gastonia, NC, Amelia,VA and many other places. The Gospel Eagles played, as the poster on the left proves, many opening slots in White Plains, Washington Temple in Brooklyn and New Jersey for some of the big quartets of the era like Slim & The Supreme Angels, The Violinaires and The Mighty Clouds of Joy.

(Written by Warren Hill december 2008)

Read how Warren got in touch with Ray Farmer of the Gospel Eagles here.

Discography:

 

	Yes Jesus Loves Me	LRC (private release)	Yes, Jesus Loves Me	1978
			Since I've Been Changed
			O Lord Have Mercy
			I'm On the Right Road
			I've Got a Feeling
			God Has Smiled On Me
			Something On My Mind
			You've Got To Move
			I've Got Jesus

Contributor:

- Warren Hill