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Dyen interviews gospel singers Reverend Brown, Reverend Fountain, Major, and Crews at the Triumphant Gospel Singers Association Quartet Reunion. Brown describes singing with the Dixie Jubilee Singers, a group from Jacksonville, in the 1940s. He was co-founder of the Triumphant Gospel Singers Association in Jacksonville. Fountain, who also helped found the Association, talks about the founding of the group and discusses the types of songs they played in the early days of the group. Major, another member of the gospel association, describes performing with several Jacksonville quartets and singing by ear and sing without musical accompaniment. Crews explains how he started performing with the group in the late 1940s and performing songs solo.