Doug Oldham has passed away

Doug Oldham has passed away#312555

By 4everfsu - July 21st, 2010, 10:22 am

- July 21st, 2010, 10:22 am #312555

this morning is has been reported. Doug was the featured singer on the Old Time Gospel Hour when I was at LBC.

http://www.christianexaminer.com/Articl ... 10_01.html

“If you're not a liberal at twenty you have no heart,
if you're not a conservative at forty you have no brain.”
Sir Winston Churchill

Speak little, do much!
Ben Franklin

Lynchburg Baptist College class of 1975

Re: Doug Oldham has passed away#312558

By LUconn - July 21st, 2010, 11:42 am

- July 21st, 2010, 11:42 am #312558

Wasn't he the ring leader in The Over the Hill Gang?

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Re: Doug Oldham has passed away#312559

By Rooster Cogburn - July 21st, 2010, 12:47 pm

- July 21st, 2010, 12:47 pm #312559

Sure Was, and I actually worked on that show.

Re: Doug Oldham has passed away#312681

By olldflame - July 22nd, 2010, 3:32 pm

- July 22nd, 2010, 3:32 pm #312681

Hearing Doug Oldham in concert played a part in my coming to LU back in the 70s when he was in his heyday. There have been and are better voices out there, but I'm not sure there has ever been a better communicator. I can't think of anyone quite like him (although I think I do a pretty spot-on impression of his rendition of "We've Come this Far by Faith". My favorite was his testimony song "Thanks to Calvery I don't Live There Anymore." Did he manipulate peoples emotions? You bet he did; but it broke down barriers of resistance, and opened a lot of peoples hearts to the gospel.

Re: Doug Oldham has passed away#312682

By Sly Fox - July 22nd, 2010, 3:39 pm

- July 22nd, 2010, 3:39 pm #312682

Best comparison I can think of would be Robert Goulet.

And for our younger set, Doug is the primary one being parodied on dcTalk & TobyMac with the "Is there anyone here from Shelbyville?" guy.

Re: Doug Oldham has passed away#312688

By LUconn - July 22nd, 2010, 7:22 pm

- July 22nd, 2010, 7:22 pm #312688

Sly Fox wrote:Best comparison I can think of would be Robert Goulet.

And for our younger set, Doug is the primary one being parodied on dcTalk & TobyMac with the "Is there anyone here from Shelbyville?" guy.

I don't think that DC Talk is applicable to the "younger set" anymore. I hope you feel adequately old now.

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Re: Doug Oldham has passed away#312692

By Sly Fox - July 22nd, 2010, 7:58 pm

- July 22nd, 2010, 7:58 pm #312692

Oh, after spending the day pruning trees my back reminds me of how old I really am.