About Bill Gaither & Homecoming Friends

Bill Gaither & Homecoming Friends refers to music recordings, videos and concerts of the famous artist Bill Gaither. He is a well known Christian song writer and has many gospel songs and albums to his credit. The first Gaither homecoming video was not planned. It captured an impromptu chat session of the artists after they had finished recording. The video was a major hit and Gaither than started the production of more such videos. Most of his videos have a similar setting.

There is a theater stage where the front row has some of the legendary singers of Christian music of the time. There are also up coming artists who feature in the videos. The songs are interspersed with comments by the veteran artists in Christian music. One of the dominant themes of the videos is the deaths of the artists who had made a significant contribution to music and who are no more. The Bill Gaither & Homecoming Friends videos have got great success. They have climbed the music charts and have been very well received. The concert tours followed the videos. The format in the concert was similar to that in the videos.

The concerts were held in the rounds in the stages. It was usually on Fridays and Saturdays that the concerts were held. It was conducted in different cities. The success of the video has led to the series in the television. These have been very well received as well. These shows have been telecast on channels that are inclined towards religion. The videos have been telecast in the form of an infomercial. However from 2004, the homecoming series have also been shown on a plethora of public television channels. Some of the best homecoming artists include: Terry Blackwood, Hovie Lister, Jake Hess, James Blackwood, Sandi petty, Michael English, Howard Goodman, J.D. Sumner, Jessie Dixon, mark Lowry and many more.