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RAMBO McGUIRE : Rambo Classics. (Stow Town Records : STR3170)

Rambo McGuire is an acclaimed family group that has a long legacy of singing Christian music. The group began over 30 years ago as a husband and wife duo with GRAMMY and Dove Award-winning artists and songwriters Dony McGuire and Reba Rambo-McGuire. The duo dynamic continues today, but mostly they perform as a trio with their daughter Destiny Rambo McGuire joining them on vocals. Dony and Reba’s son Israel Anthem McGuire adds to the family mix by playing percussion. This release features 14 new recordings of favourite Rambo McGuire songs, and is an ideal place to start for new listeners of this group. Primarily a southern gospel outfit, the members of the group also tackle soulful numbers, such as “Precious Jesus”, and big production songs like “For What Earthly Reason” and “He Looked Beyond My Fault.” Vocally, they can’t be faulted. Both lead vocals and harmonies are superb. “Sheltered in the

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REBA RAMBO BIOGRAPHY

Reba Rambo is a GRAMMY and Dove Award-winning singer, songwriter, author, minister and teacher. She’s the walking definition of a pioneering woman.

At the age of 13, Reba began traveling with her parents, Buck and Dottie Rambo, in the legendary southern Gospel group, The Rambos. Known for their innovative style of inverted, three-part harmony, The Rambos were one of the most successful Gospel trios of the 20th century.

As a teenager, Reba began a successful solo career in contemporary Christian music, garnering Dove Awards and GRAMMY nominations in a trailblazing genre that merged Christian lyrics with modern styles of music. She won her first Dove Award for Pop/Contemporary Album Of The Year with her project Lady.

One of the major highlights of her career came when Reba and Dony McGuire joined forces as Rambo McGuire and collaborated in writing a concept album, The Lord’s Prayer. The album won them a GRAMMY Award for Best Contemporary Gospel A

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RAMBO MCGUIRE BIOGRAPHY

Both Donyand Reba come from a rik musical family heritage. At the age of 13, Reba Rambo began traveling with her parents, Buck and Dottie Rambo, in the legendary southern Gospel music group, The Rambos. As a young boy, Dony McGuire toured with his fyra brothers and many popular Gospel singing groups before joining The Downings. They both launched solo careers in the late ‘70s becoming trendsetters in contemporary Christian music before joining forces as Rambo McGuire.

Dony and Reba have composed and written hundreds of songs including several new collaborations with Bill and Gloria Gaither as well as other well known writers across all genres of music. They are not only acclaimed songwriters but have written articles for Gaither’s Homecoming Magazine and Reba was featured in her own column “There Has To Be A Song.” In addition, she fryst vatten in the process of completing her second book, a collection of stories behind the songs of Dottie Rambo.