Buddy Green, Harmonica Maestro, playing his "Classical Medley" at Carnegie Hall...

Buddy Greene, a regular performer on Bill Gaither's immensely popular "Homecoming Tours," performed "Classical Medley" on Gaither's 2002 "God Bless America Live from Carnegie Hall." His website is here.

I'd venture that you have NEVER heard these classical pieces played on a harmonica, so here is the clip of Buddy playing "Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring," by Johann Sebastian Bach, "Piano Sonata in C" by Mozart, and "The William Tell Overture" by Rossini (known to most as the theme from "The Lone Ranger.")



Buddy also sings, is a master on the guitar, and he writes music, most notably for Mark Lowry's lyrics on "Mary Did You Know." Here are Mark and Buddy singing this poignant and popular Christmas song they co-wrote...


If you've never read Mark's lyrics to the song, here they are:

Mary, did you know
That your baby boy will one day walk on water?
Did you know
That your baby boy will save our sons and daughters?
Did you know
That your baby boy has come to make you new?
This child that you've delivered
Will soon deliver you

Mary, did you know
That your baby boy will give sight to a blind man?
Did you know
That your baby boy will calm a storm with his hand?
Did you know
That your baby boy has walked where angels trod?
And when you kiss your little boy
You've kissed the face of god

Mary, did you know?
The blind will see
The deaf will hear
And the dead will live again
The lame will leap
The dumb will speak
The praises of the lamb

Mary, did you know
That your baby boy is lord of all creation?
Did you know
That your baby boy will one day rules the nations?
Did you know
That your baby boy is heavens perfect lamb?
This sleeping child you're holding
Is the great I am

Mark Lowry is a long-time member of Bill Gaither's "Gaither Vocal Band" and supplies uproarious (and clean) comedy for the group, as well as touring both as a solo act and with Sandi Patty. We were pleased when we discovered Mark was again part of the cast at Gaither's Orlando "Lovin' Life Homecoming" we attended last month as I reported here.