I remember seeing Say Amen Somebody when it first hit the movie theaters in 1982, i was 17 yrs old, and hearing the Barrett Sisters sing for the first time had everything in me wanting to shout, i sat and watched the documentary 3 times because it was so mesmerizing, uplifting and educational. I loved learning about Thomas A Dorsey, Mother Willie Mae Ford Smith, and Sallie Martin . This movie introduced me to The FABULOUS Barrett Sisters, and I have been a fan ever since. ❤❤❤❤❤❤
Before any of the other groups there were The Barrett Sisters. Let it be known that these women had a sound that was resounding! The fact that pretty all three of them were sopranos made their sound that much more bigger and round. There will NEVER be another group to do it better!
and meek. cuz it's clear to me that she could lay him low with only a few sentences. 😂 but she chose to leave him with some dignity and the way she explained it to him later...it was touching
SAY AMEN SOMEBODY is the best documentary I have ever seen! I had the pleasure of seeing the Barrett Sisters in Cambridge, MA some years ago. It was sad to see Delois in a wheelchair but it didn't take away from the concert - they were fabulous!!!! I am so glad I got to see them perform "live". It meant everything!
How I miss Aunt Delois! Now she can sing again with Aunt Billie! Both of you have made your rest! God gave both of you your wings, wings of faith to fly away to be at rest! Missing you both! Pray for the family and keep Rodessa lifted!
They are lovely ladies, especially Delores she is gorgeous. I will use "you want eggs, with your sausage?" for the rest of my LIFE to my husband! Oh and "...am I getting this over to you?" classic
Such a beautiful tribute to the legendary Barrett Sisters. One of my personal favorite singing groups of all time. I miss Mrs. Delois and it hurt so badly when I found out she had gone to glory. I hope one day to meet Rhodessa and Billie before they join their sweet sister in that heavenly choir.
You are right. Once I start listening to them sing I stay at it for hours. But the anointing is still strong and actually changes the atmosphere of my home. I long for that type of music in the church again.
Your so correct ....i started listening and 3hours later Pacific California time still listening. I need go to go to bed but I just want toi hear one more. Then another and another and just one more 3hours ago.
Am I getting this over to you... You want eggs with you're sausage? Interpretation ... You tried me in this filming but I said what I said... you know my desire and I'm going to live my purpose driven life. Cameras rolling or not... when she tossed that spoon in sink I was like- she was pissed but she handled that.... lol oh yes she did.
Wow I can't believe how Beautiful this documentary is. It brings back so many memories of growing up with my Late Grandmother and Late Mother that this makes me cry just watching it. I'm sorry Im still a church kid at heart,Grown Men cry too!😂 I Love This❤❤
I love, love , LOVE the Barrett Sisters. They have blessed the world with their anointed music (accompanied with Godly living).. We need this kind of music RIGHT NOW!
These ladies!!!! Talent, beauty, intelligence, realness...! What is it like to KNOW you've done something important for God in the world? It should have been against the law for any performance not to have been recorded. RIP Ms. DeLois. A job well down. And to Ms. Billie and Ms. Rodessa, thank you. Any more we can get from you is just delicious icing on an already extraordinarily good cake.
@@keepingitrealandtruthful.5081 he could really play a piano, is there any footage of him at his church? I know that at that time there wasn't any cell phones.
YESSSSSS!!!! When I first watched this movie yearrrs ago, I didn't even catch the clatter of the spoon til just now, but I caught right on to that look..even had to rewind it SEVERAL times before she even smiled ever so sweetly & said "do you want eggs to go with your sausage?" After that, I was beyond done!! Must get this movie in my collection (already have the soundtrack, but having seen the interviews just makes me want it more!)
This was a staple at our family gatherings. We wore the VHS tape so badly that I eventually had to purchase the DVD. That scene along with Sister Martin and Sister Willie Mae quipping over where the convention first started was too enjoyable.
They helped SO MANY couples in the ministry because its a very real thing. It showed just how authentic and real they were about their ministries a d their lives with the Lord. We look at these Gospel giants and forget they were real people. Not superhumans. This makes meove them more than I did before. And thats a whole lot!
I had never heard of the Barrett Sister until I seen this documentary of HBO or PBS. Mrs Delois was so true because I became a lifelong fan of their gospel performance. All the way to the end with Mrs. Delois homegoing funeral service. They were a joy and delight whenever I could see and hear them perform.
Wow that had to be hard for her as a wife to tell her husband a Pastor in the Lords church tht I want do my own ministry the Lord has given when the Words says wives submit urselves to husbands but I’m glad her husband was understanding to release her n let her n her sisters the the gospel they have blessed thousands of people n their ministry ..God bless the Barrett sisters RIH two of them one is still living 🙏🏽
I disagree. “Taking it to Jesus” is a cop-out used to cover a lot of dysfunctional behavior. This sister did the right thing and communicated what she meant with her husband. He was being selfish and she basically told him that in a loving way. He got the message.
For salvation, we just need to follow the way they did it in Acts? They were baptized in water for the removal of sins and filled with the Holy Ghost. Acts 2:38! Here's why! The gospel is the death, burial, and resurrection of Jesus Christ. 1 Corinthians 15:1-4. If we are to follow him, we must do the same thing. Death= repentance, Burial = baptism, and resurrection = being filled and rising again from the dead and walking in the newness of life. That's what Acts 2:38 is. We must obey the gospel, 2 Thessalonians 1:8-9, in flaming fire taking vengeance on them that know not God, and that OBEY NOT THE GOSPEL of our Lord Jesus Christ... Matthew 7:21-23, Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that DOETH THE WILL OF MY FATHER which is in Heaven. St John 3:3-5, EXCEPT a man, be born of WATER AND OF THE SPIRIT, he cannot enter into the kingdom of GOD. We can't come up with our own gospel. Galatians 1:8-9, But though we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel unto you than that which we have preached unto you, let him be accursed. Don't be cursed. One way for all people. Jews, Gentiles, and Samaritans. Our salvation has to match up with the scriptures and no scriptures on the subject can be taken away. Eternity is TOOO long to be WRONG! st, John 5:39, Search the scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of me. The gospels show what Christ has done on the cross for us. The book of Acts shows us the beginning of Christ's Church and how to enter the Church, obeying Acts 2:38. The letters were written to the Church to show us how to behave now that we are born again into the Church. It's better to walk alone than to walk with a crowd going in the wrong direction. Are we supposed to follow the teachings of the apostles? Acts 2:42, And they continued steadfastly in the apostle's doctrines. Ephesians 2:20, We are built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief cornerstone. Don't get Titus 3:5 mixed up with James 2:14-26, about WORKS. One is a WORK of your OWN RIGHTEOUSNESS OR GOOD DEEDS and the other is a WORK OF FAITH. Titus 1:16, They profess that they know God; but in WORKS they deny him, being abominable, and disobedient, and unto every good work reprobate. God bless you
y'all can't even catch what the pale man is trying to do as they always do,starting up mess and trying to catch her in a emotional angry state to prove she ain't all of that,and she held it down,it wasn't her husband,this man Coached him into saying that, because she was traveling and aiming at I'm lonely,,and wanja know how he's holding it down his wife be singing all over,she showed him, watch these pale trying to catch us unaware!!! wake up, it's not about them, it's this pale trying to sabotage them and the church
STFU💩🤨. Blaming the 'pale' man for videoing a documentary that was sought and requested by Delois herself because she wanted the world to know their historical beginning. He didn't break into their house, tie them up and start filming. They negotiated that contract through their attorney.
