Jump For Joy
Get to know your favorite artists! Learn what inspires and encourages them in their journey. Let’s explore and celebrate these wonderful artists and share fun facts! Get Ready, Get Set, Let’s go behind the scenes! This month our featured ARTISTS are: Rodney Griffin of Greater Vision Amber Eppinette Saunders of 11th Hour Tim & Missy Kinchen of Chronicle, Jeff & Susan Whisnant of The Whisnants Sarah Davison of HighRoad, Richard Hyssong of The Hyssongs Joy: Before March 2020, most artists were busy touring the country; so previously how did you deal with homesickness or being away from home? In 2021, since everyone has sheltered at home, will touring feel the opposite now or just different? Have you found ways to connect with your fans due to the pandemic?
By Joy Holden
Rodney Griffin (Greater Vision): We are extremely blessed to have supportive families back home. We couldn’t maintain the schedule we have for 30 years if we didn’t. We all look forward to getting back on the bus…and then we look forward to coming home to be with our families. When Covid began to affect our schedule, we each found things to do at home. Gerald kept very busy trying to keep everything afloat in the office…creating online product specials and the like, Chris wrote some songs and began construction on a home studio, Jon enjoyed walking the beautiful trails of East Tennessee with his wife and Goldendoodle and kept up the inventory in the GV product world. I wrote some songs and stayed busy on the farm. We were very grateful to get to do some singing during 2020 after March. The dates were certainly diminished, but when we sang, whether outside or socially distanced in a big room, the people were so very appreciative and responded wonderfully. We have tried to stay connected with everyone via social media and Greater Vision’s email blasts. Missy & Tim Kinchen (Chronicle): We always love what we do but have been kind of homesick before on the longer trips. But we go get our grandson Kolsen when we are home in between trips and that
