Worship with a twang

Saturday, January 10, 2004

FRUITLAND -- Inside the Fruitland livestock auction barn Thursday night, the usual sounds of cattle lowing and horses neighing were replaced by a band playing music you'd expect to hear in a honky-tonk -- steel guitars and a Western twang. But the songs weren't about rodeos or getting your heart broken. They were Sunday morning songs like "Amazing Grace" and "Power in the Blood."

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