2/1/2024 0 Comments Shirley caesar i remember mamaI would fly in and get in my car at the airport and drive straight to college, go straight to school. I would travel and sing and I would fly in on Monday. When the Lord blessed me to go back to college, I traveled and sang. I find myself giving everything that I do, my whole heart and my whole soul. I think it’s that drive, that love for the Lord. I come from a singing background, a preaching and missionary background and because I am totally committed to what I am doing, it comes from the soul, from the inside. While the other kids were (there), I was at church. I didn’t even go to my junior/senior prom. I have been singing since eight years old. Where does that come from? Where do you find the energy to do all of this? Our Time Press: You arouse so much emotion. Here are highlights of the Our Time Press 1997 inspirational interview with Rev. Caesar has tapped into a new generation by going viral with the U Name It challenge of her song lyrics ‘beans, greens, potatoes, tomatoes ’ the sale of her home with a Star Wars screening room and this past February’s NPR Tiny Desk Concert. Today at age 83, she remains Senior Pastor of the Mount Calvary Word of Faith Church in Raleigh, North Carolina, and continues to tour. Caesar has picked up 12 Grammy Awards, 18 Dove Awards, 14 Stellar Awards, a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, and honors including a NEA folklore grant. In the OTP interview, she recalled her dynamic mother, her “greatest inspiration,” revealed where her drive comes from and shared a message about peace with Our Time Press readers.ĭuring her stellar career, Rev. Caesar co-starred with CeCe Winans as Doris and she was Mama.Ĭaesar’s performance was praised as “an earthy old-time gospel delivery” by The New York Times. In “Mama 3,” performed at the Paramount Theater at Madison Square Garden, Rev. Caesar was in New York performing in Vy Higginsen’s “Born to Sing! Mama 3,” part of the “Mama, I Want to Sing” gospel theatre series. Known as the “First Lady of Gospel Music” and “The Queen of Gospel Music,” Rev. Shirley Caesar for the Our Time Press special Women’s History Month issue. In 1997, We had the honor of interviewing gospel legend Rev.
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