Joe Ligon Hangs Out At RoyGray.com

Popular weekend radio personality Roy Gray, who will launch a new live Jazz show in September on a station "in your neck," hit the airwaves with Joe Ligon of "The Mighty Clouds of Joy" recently on "Roy's Koncert Konnection" on great radio stations like WSEL 96.7 FM in Tupelo, MS, the on-air home of American broadcasting legend Ollie Collins Jr.

Tupelo, MS (PRWEB) April 14, 2008 -- The singing group has hummed at The White House more than Monica Lewinski. Still packing concert venues around the world, "The Mighty Clouds of Joy" introduced a new sound to Gospel music when lead singer Joe Ligon, who was pressed by Peacock Records to make the song "Steal Away To Jesus" a little longer, adopted the preaching style of Aretha Franklin's dad (Reverend C.L. Franklin) and created a Clouds brand that the proverbial huddled masses have enjoyed for nearly five decades.

Popular weekend radio personality Roy Gray, who says he may buy a used van or car and let Charities use it during the week, "Konnected" with Ligon, whose singing voice is described by Gray as, "a voice almost as beautiful as my wife Brenda's speaking voice," at the Clouds' 47th anniversary concert in Los Angeles.

"It's good to see you and it's good to be here," Ligon told Gray, adding, "This is home for the Clouds."

Gray, whose claim to fame is choosing dynamic roads less travelled, like his controversial decision to broadcast Konnection from a bar this summer (Saturday August 30) and have a glass of champagne in celebration of his ongoing full-time pursuit of corporate (marketing) success, reminded Ligon that one of the great things about the fame of The Mighty Clouds of Joy is the strong support from other famous disc jockeys around the world, like Ollie Collins Jr.

"I would like to say hello to Ollie, who has been a friend of the Clouds for many, many years. We've worked with him and hope that God will continue to bless and keep him...And we know and believe that He will."

Gray, who loves making listeners smile with free stuff, is giving away 97 inspirational music Cd's to the first 97 WSEL "Inspiration 97" FM listeners in Tupelo, Mississippi who correctly name the first 97 words said during any recent Koncert Konnection report by calling Konnection at area code 949-677-8599.

One great Clouds story that made headlines when the innovative quartet burst on the scene decades ago involves music critics in the United States, who said the group's crowd-drawing lead singer, Ligon, would not last very long in the recording business.

"That's right," said Ligon, his eyes lighting up, acknowledging that Gray's reputation for doing thorough pre-interview news gathering was in full effect. "When we started, they looked at me as a singer who sang too hard...And they said, well, (Ligon) won't last long.

"But I'm still here!" continued Ligon, "It's 47 years later and God is still blessing me! (God) has allowed me to keep the same voice that I had when I started, and I give Him all the praises and glory for that!"

Ligon recalled the glory-to-God life of the late Jewel Rowe, of "Jewel With Love" and Barry Manilow fame. "We do miss Jewel. Jewel was a wonderful person, and everybody loved her. I met her years ago in Phoenix, Arizona; and everybody I know--I've never heard anybody say anything bad about her. She will be missed."

Gray also had a recent conversation with singer Karen Marie, who revealed how husband Ronald Clark, bassist for the Clouds, found a unique way to get to know the pretty singer.

"It was a great meeting," said Marie. "My dad, my brother and I sang together as a family group; and my husband, his dad and three brothers sang as a family group as well. And we all happened to be on the same concert one night. It's a really funny story. I was having problems with my keyboard and my husband, who was really just being flirtatious with me at the time, asked if I needed help, but, in a way he was really asking if I needed his phone number!"

Konnection will soon debut a bound-to-be-a-hit Mothers' Day tune from Endurance entitled, "Thank You, Lord, For My Mother," thanks to Maryland's Gail Timmons.

The group's gifted spokesperson Claude Cummings told Gray, "When we were recording this song, one of two young interns assisting the engineer, who himself had trouble fighting back the (mother-memory) sobs, shouted, with tears in his eyes, 'I'm going to go call my mother right now!'"

Gray is so pleased with the exciting enhancements computer guru/writer Joe Poniatowski continues to make on www.RoyGray.com, that Gray is considering the development of a radio report that focuses on Poniatowski's expertise.

"I told Joe over the phone recently that I think there might be tons of listeners out there who are as dumb as me about computers!" said Gray, who will decide whether or not to pursue the computer report based on the number of program directors that show interest and the amount of people that call in their computer questions at 949.677.8599.

The report is tentatively entitled "Yo, Ask Joe."

Gray is also making plans to roll out Spanish, Country, Jazz, Pop, R&B, and Soft Rock versions of Roy's Koncert Konnection.

"Program Directors should check their voice mails this summer," says Gray, "Because they will be getting a call from my irrepressible talent representative Kathy Hanson!"

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