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The grapevine states that Monument may be leaving the road. If true, this could be an interesting lesson in "crossover appeal." Monument is one of the few groups that made a conscious effort to broaden their audience by singing "clean country" songs, ala the Statlers or the Oaks. They even stated that they were trying to fill the void left by the Statlers by playing the state fair circuit and naming their tour "Faith and Family."
The problem with such a move is that by the time the Statler Brothers settled into the state fair, Americana genre, they already had years of success behind them, much of which was due to the assistance of Johnny Cash.
To their credit, Monument took a BIG gamble, and it seemed to be working at a glance, but if the end is really here for the group, it apparently was a gamble that didn't pay off....
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That is a shame. Their current bass singer (former OTGH Quartet member Jerry Pilgrim) is a very underrated bass whom I hope finds a spot with a good group should this thing about Monument disbanding be true.
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