GEORGE MCNERLIN- No Greater Than Thee (Zak-Tone 10979 )
Zak-Tone was a local label that which operated like a custom pressing outfit ala Century, but never really got going. I Am the Resurrection was recorded and pressed for Midland's Assembly of Christ in the late 1960s. A total of 12 selections made up of "a variety of talent and song types" with bad being a common characteristic were presented. It is mostly 60 and 70 year-olds sing gospel accompanied by the prerequisite organ and some steel guitar. The steel feels and seems odd, but not strangely so. There are a trio of tunes from the youth group in a summer camp shout along style as well which lend the album a modern, contemporary feel. But it is only on the sparse "No Greater Than Thee" (listed as "No Greater Than Tee" in the weird liners) by Glen McNerlin that the spirit really moves. Be still and listen closely... some soft, gentle sounds for sure. And a Christmas theme flows through as well...
An entire album by Glen might been purt' nice.
(Odessa, Texas... 12/20/08) 
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I was just doing a Google search on my name to see if my voice-over business was getting good exposure. I was surprised to find a link to this the Lone Star Stomp, with one of my earliest songs on it "No Greater Than Thee" Although toward the end you said it was "Glen McNerlin" which is ok, because that's my beloved late dad, who has a lot of west Texas musical history, having helped Waylon Jennings get back in the singing business after Buddy Holly died.
The album producer got excited about No Greater Than Thee (or
"tee" as the typo states:) and took the album to several local radio stations who all played it, including the top station in the area at the time, KOZA (which a few years later is where I would start my radio career).
A few years later I wrote "Long Ago and Far Away" with Waylon in mind. Although he never used it, years later a young Ken Holloway did put it on his first album and said it was his most popular song on his European tour. The next two years he was the "Christian Country singer of the year" which helped give me a little more credibility as a song writer.
By the way, I had it translated it into Spanish and sang it in several churches while on mission trips in Mexico.
Thanks so much for bringing back so many memories with my old song.
George McNerlin
www.georgemcnerlin.voice123.com
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