Our Nashville experience was a wonderful time. We were the only 'English (primary language)' group there. We opened for Rene Rodriguez, a wonderful Christian singer from Puerto Rico!

Since we've been back, we had 144 appearances in 2014 and it seems we're headed to breaking that number this year! 

Come see us and sing with us sometime soon!

Come See Us In Nashville!!!

We're looking forward to playing and singing in Nashville Tennessee, September 20, 2014! We will share the stage with one other group as we share our Bluegrass Gospel sponsored by Nashville Police. The Headliner for the event is none other than 10 time Grammy winner Ce Ce Winans! 

Needless to say, we're excited. We'll be playing at 3:20 - 3:40 PM in the Coleman Community Park, 384 Thompson Lane. Festival hours are 10:00 AM to 7:00 PM. 

Come see us. We'd love to see some familiar faces in the crowd as we share God's praise with the good people of Nashville Tennessee! 

(Since this was posted, Ce Ce Winans has had to cancel. The headliner will be Rene Rodriguez.) 

Nashville Bound!!!

HomeBound has been invited to be a part of an all day outdoor Festival in Nashville Tennessee, September 20, 2014! We will share the stage with one other group as we share our Bluegrass Gospel sponsored by Nashville Police. The Headliner for the event is none other than 10 time Grammy winner Ce Ce Winans! Needless to say, we're excited. 

Please pray with us for this wonderful opportunity to share God's love in music and that we will continue to be humble. We don't claim to be more than singers for His glory and we know full well any talent or gift we may have comes from and is magnified by Him for His glory. He is glorified in our weakness! 

If you are so inclined, in the area or able to come, please join us in praising Him! 

Who We Are:

HomeBound is a Bluegrass Gospel group, with a little bit of a Country/Southern Gospel and a little Blues thrown in. But most of all, we're in this only to honor and worship the Father, Son and Holy Spirit!

We've added guitarist/singer Orville Lyons and Roger Wells singing, playing bass (guitar, mandolin and other instruments). HomeBound keeps improving and growing. In fact, now all members of HomeBound are singing lead on some songs and harmony in the others!

We've lost Eldon Roaden to Alzheimers, but he lives on in our hearts and memories. His smooth Kentucky voice can be heard singing "Consider the Lilies" (also the title of our first recording effort) and singing harmony in many more of our recordings.

HomeBound continues to enjoy God's blessings, our relationship with Him and each other. We'd like to be blessed by your presence as we sing and worship God, who inspires us. You'll be encouraged to sing along with us!

HomeBound now has a facebook page. Please look for us and 'like' us.
Look for HomeBound!

Plugged Into Jesus

Our newest CD "Plugged Into Jesus" is complete! We've recorded 18 of your favorites. We'll have them wherever we appear and we have no set price for them. We have been blessed to have a producer who records, engineers, masters and produces Christian music at no cost. So, we are happy to make these available for a donation (if you have one to offer). The offerings from our first CD and appearances have enabled us to help outfit our friend at Sounds Of Joy Recording Studio with newer and faster equipment. God is good.

Introducing Walt

Walt Brown has been the husband of Susan for the past forty years, father of two sons, Jason (Penny) and Chad (Clara) and grandfather to four, Alex, Levi, Noah and Celena. Walt retired as an Elementary School Principal, and is now a fast talking Auctioneer employed by Wilson Harvey Auction Group.

Walt and Sue have lived in the Springfield, Ohio area for the past seventeen and one half years, attending the same church all that time. I met Walt, after beginning to attend the same church and he brought me into the group. Walt plays Mandolin and sings bass, harmony and lead for HomeBound. He's been involved in some type of music since he was eight years old, taking up the Mandolin at age fifty-five. He's living proof; you 'can' teach an old dog some new tricks.

Walt was raised in Gallia County, near the village of Vinton, Ohio. He attended Rio Grande College (University now) and Ohio State University. He worked in the field of education for thirty years and has the scars to prove it. He counts it a privilege to be a part of HomeBound and hopes he can use the talent God has given to him, to serve God through Bluegrass Gospel music.

Walt has also written a couple of the songs we sing and we're proud to sing and play with him.

Meet Eldon

Born February 28, 1924 in Corbin Kentucky, Eldon Roaden at 84 is the oldest member of HomeBound. Eldon worked as an over the road Truck Driver, and retired after fifty years of ‘hangin’ onto that steerin’ wheel’. Now living in South Charleston, Ohio with his "Lady of Ladies" Delores. Married forty-seven years and devoted to each other, they have four children, eleven grand children and three great grand children. Eldon is also a Navy Veteran of World War II.

In 1981 Eldon made a life changing decision, making the Lord Jesus the center of his life. He tells us it felt as if a fire came down atop his head and burnt all the way down to his toes. In the church he still attends today, Eldon turned to his good friend Glen Cole and asked him to go to the altar with him. Glen had been witnessing to Eldon for years. Glen began praising the Lord as they walked to the altar where Eldon was saved that morning. Always ready to share his testimony and love for Jesus, Eldon has been serving the Lord since. Eldon has played guitar for 64 years and now plays and sings for His Lord and Savior.

Eldon’s interests are attending and serving his church, often caring for the lawn, helping with any project, ministering in nursing homes and doing anything that uplifts the name of the Lord. He enjoys being with his family and friends, playing music and giving God glory and praise.

Eldon is a valued friend to all of us in HomeBound, his church and especially his family and friends. I’m happy to introduce you to Eldon Roaden.

Meet Jim

After Walt Brown invited me to come to a practice, the second person I met was Jim Mayhugh. Jim has been a resident of this city for thirty-one years, after growing up in southern Ohio. His family played country and gospel music, with his grandmother (who played the accordion) at the center of their family band. His father, mother, several of his siblings and friends played and sang in the band. At times there were as many as thirteen. Jim was about ten years old when he began playing guitar and singing with them. He grew up believing every family met at grandma's house on Sundays after church to have lunch, and play music. Jim sings and plays guitar for HomeBound, but also plays mandolin and bass. He also writes some of the songs we play.

Raised in a Christian family, Jim has known Christ all his life. Baptized at thirteen, he feels he really came to know Jesus as his 'personal' Lord and Savior during an Emmaus walk in 1992. (Nearly all members of HomeBound have participated in an Emmaus Walk). Jim and all his family, Lisa, his wife of thirty-one years, their children; Whitney, Tyler and Baylee, are actively involved in both their church and the Emmaus community.

Jim is a recent retiree, now working to teach CPR and first aid and with another part time job. He is happy to have time to be an even bigger part of his children's lives. Daughter Whitney is a Registered Nurse, Son Tyler is in college, studying to be a teacher, while daughter Baylee is in Fifth grade and also wants to be a teacher.

Jim loves to play music and entertain folks. Involved in two projects for the Emmaus community... he and another fellow portray Laurel and Hardy in comedy skits and, with the aid of his 'bodyguards', he does a pretty convincing Elvis impersonation (in a comedic fashion). Jim enjoys working with wood in his work shop, fishing and hunting (especially enjoys deer hunting). Among Jim's goals are; to minister to others in music and to promote and help others to get involved in music, so they can experience the enjoyment and fulfillment he has for more than forty years... and in doing so, be a blessing to someone along the way.

I'm proud to introduce you to Jim Mayhugh.

On Our Way!

We're on our way to completing our CD! Incredibly, we've had little trouble so far and with some tweaking, editing and overdubbing the final mix, I think we'll be happy with what we've 'laid down'. We've recorded eighteen songs and with God's help, we'll soon have our new project finished. We may have it ready by early to mid-summer. Keep prayin' for us, and for our efforts to bring glory to God... not to us. Remember, we don't have a price, but will accept your donation for our CDs.

We Did It!

We did it! We've had our first recording session for our newest CD project. Incredibly, we recorded nine songs the first day! We're well on our way to producing our next CD. We hope to have them available in just a few months. We're not quite as 'microphone shy' as we were last time, so I've no doubt our friendship, love of God and humor will be evident in our efforts. Please keep HomeBound in your prayers for this project.

HomeBound is in the Studio again!

We're preparing to record again! We'll begin recording for our next CD next week (we hope). We've already scheduled the first session three times and due to weather or not being able to have enough of us free at the same time, had to cancel. We've decided on enough songs to possibly make two CDs, not just one. Once again, we've decided to only ask for donations. In this way, we can record many of the songs we 'cover' from other artists. In this way, we can keep the cost of creating our CDs low. Our goal is to put the music celebrating Jesus and pointing the way to salvation through Him in as many hands as have a desire to hear us sing about Him. You'll hear the songs we sing during our appearances and worship services in local churches and, some of them have been written by our own members. We play all the music as well as sing every note. Our good friend Richard of the 'SOUNDS OF JOY' studio is our recording engineer.

Meet Glen

Glen 'Buddy' Cole plays banjo, guitar and mandolin for HomeBound and sings both lead and harmony. Glen is also the leader of the family band "The Cole Family" singing bluegrass and old time Gospel music. HomeBound is fortunate to have 'Buddy' among us, with his genuine love for people and deep love for Jesus. Glen has been married to Paulette for 45 years and they have 4 children, two sons and two daughters. Glen drove a 'big rig' for many years, entertaining other drivers and law enforcement with tunes on the harmonica over the CB radio. Now retired, his hobbies include singing, wood working, tinkering with all things mechanical (especially a 40's model Ford truck), fishing and his grandchildren. Of course his grandchildren are much more than a hobby to Glen and Paulette.

Buddy was born in Ohio, then raised in West Virginia, which is his 'down home'. He's played guitar for at least 53 years and can coax a tune out of most anything with strings as well as other instruments. I've seen him tickle the ivories. Buddy's faith and joyous spirit are freely shared at all times. He has a joy for living for Jesus that shows in his smile, the twinkle in his eyes and can be heard in his voice as he witnesses in sharing or singing.

Buddy and Wayne Smith (plays mandolin, guitar and sings with HomeBound and the Cole Family) began the nursing home ministry HomeBound now is a part of, at least 11 years ago. He's been a Christian for at least 35 years and a strong ally for Christ. Buddy is one of those men who lives the words of Saint Francis who said: "Preach the Gospel at all times. If necessary, use words."

I'm proud to introduce you to Glen 'Buddy' Cole!

Meet HomeBound

As a way of trying to introduce HomeBound to y'all, I'm planning to post 'bios' of our members. We are blessed to have several musicians and singers, so at times their could be as few as 4 and as many as 10 at an appearance. Some of us are fortunate enough to have retired from full time employment while others are still gainfully employed.

Since I'm the one who writes this blog and haven't had the opportunity to 'interview' anyone else, I'll begin with my 'autobio'.

My name is Steve Green. I was born in Springfield, Ohio but my roots must have grown further south. My love for music comes from my mother, who expertly played accordion. Playing 'rock and roll' in the sixties, gave me a good start and put me on stage at an early age. Today, I play (bass) in the contemporary worship band for our church. My musical heart is attuned to most any music, but especially to bluegrass, country, blues and jazz. For HomeBound, I play dobro and harmonica. At times, I may be seen playing the upright bass, guitar, mandolin or banjo. I can make a tune on the fiddle, but at this time I'm the only one who would know what tune it is. I was raised in the church but in my teens, fell away. I returned to my senses and God a little over 30 years ago. Since, I've been actively involved in one form of ministry or another. Since 1999, I've been writing daily devotions (Monday through Friday) for the internet and email (Pappaw's Thoughts). Married to Carol for 37 years, I'm blessed to have one son and six grandchildren. My hobbies include cooking, motorcycling, writing, fishing and gardening.

Ministry To Local Care Facilities

Our Nursing Home ministry is important to us. We've begun holding our Monday evening practices (6:00-7:30 PM) at various local Nursing Homes and Extended Care facilities.

Second Sunday each month, as many as can, gather for a worship service at Forest Glen (Health Campus) 2:30 - 3:30 PM 4100 Middle Urbana Rd, Springfield, OH 45503 MapQuest Map

Fourth Sunday each month, as many as can, gather for a worship service at Heartland (Health Care Facility), 2:00 - 3:00 PM 2615 Derr Road, Springfield, Ohio MapQuest Map

First Monday each month, as many as can, gather for a worship service at: Grand Court Retirement / Assisted Living Center 2:00 - 3:00 PM 2981 Vester Ave, Springfield, Ohio MapQuest Map