The incredible journey of "Precious Lord"

The Official Adventures in Odyssey Podcast

Focus on the Family

Kids & Family

4.5 • 2.3K Ratings

🗓️ 23 August 2023

⏱️ 22 minutes

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Summary

God took the real Thomas Dorsey on quite the journey to the composition of “Precious Lord, Take My Hand.” For sound designer Nathan Jones and singer Jamal Sarikoki, the production of the audio dramas felt almost as epic.

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0:00.0	Hi Odyssey fans, I'm Bob, producer of the Adventures in Odyssey Club.
0:13.6	And I'm Jesse, editor of Focus on the Family Clubhouse magazine.
0:17.0	Welcome to the official Adventures in Odyssey podcast.
0:19.9	A few podcasts ago we heard from Lelani Barrett,
0:22.8	voice of Thomas Dorsey in Precious Lord.
0:25.2	He recorded that whole episode
0:27.1	during a long day back in July of last year.
0:29.5	On today's podcast, we're talking
0:31.5	about everything that happened in the year after that recording, the
0:35.0	crowds, the singing, the sound effects, the music, and the production that came together to create
0:40.1	this episode.
0:41.1	God took the real Thomas Dorsey on quite the journey and the production of these episodes felt
0:45.8	almost as epic.
0:46.8	Let's hear from longtime sound designer Nathan Jones as well as Jamal Seri
0:52.1	the voice of Pastor Nix.
0:54.0	Nate and Jamell, it's great to have you guys in the studio today.
1:04.0	Oh, it's great for having us.
1:06.0	You know, Nate, let's start with you because I know an average episode takes about four to six weeks to complete, but yet this one took longer. Why is that?
1:17.0	Well, it's math.
1:20.0	Because this one's a two-parter. So it's going to take twice as long to do but this one has a unique
1:27.7	sort of time in history attached to it where there's a flip here that happens at this particular time period.
1:35.0	Things like the car was invented when Thomas Dorsey was a little boy.
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