Dottie Rambo Remembered With A Star On Music City’s Walk OF Fame
Dottie Rambo shined brilliantly with pen in hand, so it was a perfectly fitting tribute that she should receive a star on Music City’s Walk Of Fame on November 6, 2011, in a ceremony honoring seven worthy recipients.
Daughter, Reba Rambo-McGuire, received the star, on her mother’s behalf. It was presented to her by world renowned producer, Tony Brown, whose musical roots began in the Christian music arena. McGuire’s poignant words were nearly as beautifully stated as the lyrics of her mother’s songs. She expressed that her mother found a song in everything and, in everything, a song. McGuire shared, “My mom would hear that hammer we’re all hearing now in the distance, and she’d say, someone pass me a pen and paper. That sound is part of the orchestra for the song God is about to have me write.” She continued, “My sweet mom even made my school assignment to memorize the Gettysburg Address into a melody and guess what? I did it!” She told how Rambo viewed the world, her lyrics, and everything that God created as a musical score that God Himself intended for our enjoyment and His glory.
We certainly felt that joy with songs such as “I Will Glory In The Cross,” “He Looked Beyond My Fault,” “I Go To The Rock,” and many others. Rambo’s Grammy award-winning songwriting was second to none. It was truly a wonderful moment for Music City, and the world, when her gifts and her legacy were celebrated among family, friends, and fans in the greatest city for music celebration on earth... Nashville, Tennessee.
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DOTTIE RAMBO, GOSPEL LEGEND, DIES IN BUS CRASH IN MISSOURI
Gospel great Dottie Rambo, 74, died in a bus crash near Springfield, Mo., early Sunday morning, according to a Missouri State Highway Patrol report.
The bus driver, Ronnie Meadows, is in serious condition and Ms. Rambo's manager, Larry Ferguson, and his wife and his two children, are also hospitalized in Springfield, Mo., the report says.
Chris Barnes, 22, Ms. Rambo's Web master and Mr. Ferguson's assistant, was in serious condition.
Few details were available, but there were reports that overnight storms and high winds caused the 1997 Prevost bus to crash into a guard rail and an embankment around 2:20 a.m. on I-44, two miles east of Mt. Vernon, Mo.
Ms. Rambo was reportedly traveling from Springfield, Mo., to Texas when the crash occured.
Ms. Rambo was a prolific writer and singer whose hits include We Shall Behold Him, Holy Spirit Thou Art Welcome (In This Place), I Go To The Rock, and Sheltered In The Arms Of God.
Elvis Presley, Barbara Mandrell, Carol Channing, Whitney Houston and Dolly Parton are among those who have recorded Ms. Rambo's songs.
As a young girl, Ms. Rambo fell in love with country music while listening to the Grand Ole Opry in her Morganfield, Ky., home. She started writing songs at ate 8, and by age 10, Ms. Rambo was singing covers of country songs on a local radio station.
By age 12, she became a born-again Christian, a decision her dad abhorred. He ended up kicking her out of the house, and Ms. Rambo started her Christian career.
Ms. Rambo met Buck Rambo at age 16 and they married soon after, forming a gospel trio that would launch a 50+ years career in Christian music.
Barbara Mandrell inducted Ms. Rambo into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame late last year, only the 10th woman to enter the hall.
Ms. Rambo was slated to release a new album, Sheltered, in the summer. The album was to include a duet with the late Porter Wagoner, Sheltered in the Arms of God, and Dottie was set to dedicate her album to Mr. Wagoner.
Courtesy Brad Schmitt, News Channel 2
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