Oak Ridge Boys page 1

 Oak Ridge Boys page 1 by ric gustafson

It was mid October 1973. Landing in Cincinnati at 10 in the morning was Joseph S Bonsall. Waiting to pick him up was a brown Silver Eagle bus. The bus was called ' Chocolate'. Bonsall had been singing in Buffalo New York for seven years with a group called ' The Keystones'. 

One reason he was there was because he needed the money. His wife Barbara was pregnant and he had bills to pay. But Bonsall kept singing and paying his bills. He was 25 and had a strong faith in God. He believed in the saving power and grace of Jesus. He knew that Jesus was guiding his life. 

Bonsall was a Philadelphia kid who had dreamed of singing in a harmony group.

He was excited to get on that bus. At 25, he was joining a great gospel group. It was a group he knew about before he joined the group. The group was called the ' Oak Ridge Boys'.

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Peace and God's blessings. Love Ric