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Gospel
great to
appear
at Hot
Sam's
Menswear
in
Detroit's
Campus
Martius
area
today!
Discount,
Concert
Ticket
Giveaways
Part Of
Wednesday
Event
DETROIT,
MI -
Gospel
Great J.
Moss is
building
momentum
this
week for
his
musical
salute
to
fathers
by
paying a
visit to
Hot
Sam’s.
This
Wednesday,
June 11,
2012
from 1-3
p.m., J.
Moss
will
join
other
male
leadership
organizations
at the
store,
127
Monroe,
to
salute
fathers,
offer
ticket
giveaways
and
discount
packages
to the
Fathers
Freedom
& Praise
show
taking
place
June 17,
2012 at
7 p.m.
at the
Detroit
Opera
House.
“We all
say we
want to
help the
young
men.
This is
the
time,”
said
Tony
Stovall,
the
owner of
Hot
Sam’s.
“We want
to
celebrate
fathers
that may
come in
different
forms—a
stepfather,
a
grandfather,
a
spiritual
father.”
Light
refreshments
will be
served,
and
discounts
on
clothing
will
also be
available.
Moss is
headlining
“Fathers,
Freedom
&
Praise”
which
promises
a
stellar
lineup
of local
gospel
greats,
including
headliner
J Moss,
Kiki and
Karen
Clark
Sheard,
and
Michon
Young.
Selected
of God,
the
Detroit
gospel
group
featured
in the
award-winning
Chrysler
television
commercial
is also
scheduled
to
appear.
Several
local
pastors
--
Bishop
Charles
Ellis
III,
Pastor
Marvin
Winans,
Bishop
Edgar
Vann
III,
Bishop
J. Drew
Sheard
and
Pastor
Tolan
Morgan
-- will
also be
honored
that
night.
A Cass
Tech
graduate,
Moss has
deep-running
musical
roots.
He is
the son
of Bill
Moss
Sr.,
founder
of the
‘70s
gospel
act Bill
Moss &
the
Celestials,
nephew
to
legendary
gospel
singer
Dr.
Mattie
Moss
Clark,
and and
cousin
to her
daughters,
the
Clark
Sisters.
Tickets
are on
sale at
Ticketmaster.
For more
information,
contact
the
Detroit
Opera
House at
313.237.7464.
“I’m
very
humbled
by this
recognition,
but also
extremely
excited
that it
comes on
a day to
honor
fathers,”
said
Bishop
Ellis.
“When it
comes to
those
who
influence,
impact,
and
shape
our
lives,
at the
top of
the list
are
fathers.”
The
concert
is
taking
place as
Moss,
who has
been
touring
the
country
opening
for
Yolanda
Adams
and CeCe
Winans,
is set
to
release
his
fourth
album.
Due out
in July,
it
features
Pastor
Hezekiah
Walker,
James
Fortune,
Karen
Clark
Sheard,
and many
others.
A native
Detroiter
and Cass
Tech
graduate,
Moss has
deep-running
musical
roots.
He is
the son
of Bill
Moss
Sr.,
founder
of the
‘70s
gospel
act Bill
Moss &
the
Celestials,
nephew
to
legendary
gospel
singer
Dr.
Mattie
Moss
Clark,
and and
cousin
to her
daughters,
the
Clark
Sisters.
“I am
very
excited
about
the
opportunity
to be at
home on
stage
with my
cousins
Karen
and Kiki
as well
as
Michon,”
Moss
said. “I
believe
that
this is
going to
be one
of the
most
powerful
concerts
this
year in
Detroit.
People
are
going to
be
blessed
in a
very
special
way
through
the
praise
and
energy
that we
are
going to
bring.”
Moss
also
said he
will
showcase
songs
from his
new
album.
“It’s a
great
gift for
all
fathers
on this
special
day,” he
said.
ABOUT
THE
ARTISTS
Karen
Clark
Sheard,
who
toured
the
world as
part of
the
Clark
Sisters,
is a
four-time
Grammy-award-winning
songwriter
and
singer.
The CEO
of KaRew
Records,
a label
she
formed
with her
husband,
J. Drew
Sheard,
she has
released
five
albums.
Kierra
(Kiki)
Sheard,
a Grammy
nominee
and
Stellar
& Dove
award-winning
artist,
has also
released
her
fifth
CD. She
began
her
singing
career
at age 9
by
warbling
on her
mother’s
1997
solo
release,
“Finally
Karen.”
A Wayne
State
University
graduate,
she also
writes
and
produces
and
aspires
to be an
actress.
Michon
C. Young
released
her
first
single,
“No
Ordinary
Love,”
in 2010,
after
performing
in her
first
solo
concert
at the
Virgil
H. Carr
Cultural
Arts
Center
in
Detroit’s
Harmonie
Park. A
gifted
psalmist
and
songwriter,
the
Gary,
Indiana,
native
has been
writing
and
arranging
songs
since
she was
12.
NU
DNA
unites
three
talented
vocal
artists,
Marc,
Larry,
and
Kelvin.
The trio
has
produced
three
projects,
“What
if,”
“Cover
Story,”
and
“Help
Someone.”
Tickets
are on
sale at
Ticketmaster.
For more
information,
contact
the
Detroit
Opera
House at
313.237.7464.
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