Music Mondays: Jeff Ellis
It’s where I go home and I always will. – Jeff Ellis ‘West Virginia Hills’
West Virginians are highly spiritual people. Jeff Ellis (originally from Huntington, WV) captures who we are pretty well. Check out this video on YouTube for ‘West Virginia Hills’:
It’s also worth your time to visit Jeff on MySpace, where you can hear more of his music, including the emotionally charged The Men of Sago Mine. In the song, he speaks candidly of praying for the men and families who were victims of the January 2006 disaster.
By the way, I’ve launched a new music blog called ‘Spinbeat’. I’ve done this for a couple of reasons – mainly it’s to let the folks know who have been coming here looking for music a place to go where music is the focus. This blog will continue to focus on the story of our Annual Conference. Certainly, music is a part of that, but it’s just that: a part of our story as United Methodists in WV.
April 7, 2009 at 9:28 pm
Real nice! It makes me proud and humbled as a West Virginian! Mountains, valleys, people, strong and spiritual! Ring out across the hills – the Lord lives! Nothing separates us from God!