Bates Family

Filed in News on April 16, 2012



The Bates family was in Atlanta over the weekend for the premiere of The Solomon Bunch and I managed to coax Erin Bates (recording artist) over to our house for some interview material.  She brought a few sisters (Tori and Alyssa) with her who did not get on camera but did find ways to keep us laughing the entire time.

I talked with Erin about her musical background, her family, her recordings and their upcoming show on TLC.  I will be posting a series of 4 or 5 segments on YouTube over the next few weeks.

For those who were watching the live stream, I am sorry about the late start and some other problems we had.  The setup took longer than expected and we had some internet problems at the house.  I live in the country and our internet connection is not really consistent.

I know that many people have fallen in love with the Bates just because of their exposure on "19 Kids and Counting" and they will get much more popular now that they are starting their own show.  But I can assure you that they are even more charming in person.  They all like to talk (some more than others and yes I am talking about you Tori:)) and they are hilarious. 

Here are some pictures.


Alyssa with Kelsey and one of her friends. Alyssa made Kelsey's day by doing a fancy braid in her hair.




Erin and I...


Showing Erin how to play a little pentatonic blues.


After we finished, I played some of the stuff I am working on for my new project and got some brutally honest feedback from the sisters.  Don't be fooled by the smiles; they were hard on me. But they did promise they are coming to my live taping concert in August.



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Alyssa Bates
4/16/2012 7:59:16 PM

Goodness! We had a great time with youall! =) We feel so blessed to have had the opportunity to get to know each of you! We hope to see you again...very soon! ;)
May you and your family be richly blessed!
Blessings, Alyssa Bates

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Pam Lampe
4/16/2012 10:26:32 PM

That last picture is adorable Greg. Note how your daughter and her friends are looking at the Bates girls and then how the Bates girls are looking at you. It is a great illustration of how we always have people watching and looking up to us. You have been blessed with the talent and voice to influence the next generation and they will in turn impact the generation under them. What an awesome responsibility!

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Eric Nafziger
4/20/2012 6:13:03 PM

Hey!!! How exciting...thanks for keeping us up to date. I can't wait for the youtube videos to be uploaded!

Any chance that Andy Leftwich is going to be part of your live taping in August?

God Bless, Eric

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Greg
4/20/2012 9:54:59 PM

Eric, I should be able to announce the musicians soon :)

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