About Us

Two people, one team--that's the way it has been for many miles. Janice and Jerrel Brashear have criss-crossed the United States for the past twenty-six years.

The Brashears started singing gospel music with their family of three children. When the two daughters and son grew up, married, and moved away with families of their own, it was up to Janice and Jerrel to find a way to go on.

After hiring other people outside the family, it just wasn't the same. Jerrel is quick to add, however, "We have had some of the most talented people in the world to travel, sing and play different instruments." They decided that since all three children couldn't be on the road with them, they would try something very different. They do all of their recording with their son and daughters. The recording engineer makes sure that they still have the full group sound, instead of a soloist with background vocals. So when you attend a gospel music concert by the Brashears, you will be hearing a full band and full group sound even though there will be only two people before you.

The Brashears do their best to make their concerts as entertaining as possible, but they want people to understand that a gospel concert can and should be a spiritual renewal for the whole family. They carry with them quality sound equipment to get the message over. They want you to hear the words of their songs and not just the music. The Brashears say, "We need to remember what the purpose of the concert is. Our goal is to help people that may be hurting and show them Jesus through gospel music.

This couple presents about 250 concerts a year. Janice writes many of the songs they sing and Jerrel writes for a nationally distributed magazine, U.S. Gospel News.

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Our History in Images

Lisa, Michael, Janice, Jerrel: The year it all started.	Little sister Angela joins the group.
Big brother Michael gets married and his wife Cathy joins the family.	The Brashears are named Arkansas' Ambassadors of Good Will.
Michael and Cathy decide to stay home and start a family. Lisa gets married to Singing Americans' pianist, Martin Gureasko.	Martin and Lisa move to Pennsylvania and enter full-time church work. They are replaced by singer/songwriter Gary O'neal and drummer Jimmy Halcomb.
Change seems to be the order of the day. Chris Wood and Steve Erwin make great additions.	Michael rejoins the group.
Donnie Meadows, a.k.a. "Skeeter" decides to hop on the bus.	The Brashears welcome Jeremy Ballinger.
And then there were two.