The group known as The Gospel Girls began ten years ago when Morticia DeVille transformed herself into the first drag queen to sing gospel music in Atlanta, maybe even the first in the world to ever do it. They are not worshipping God in church, they are praising God in a gay bar. Many sit instead on bar stools, smoking a cigarette and cradling a beer as they applaud.
The music builds and the announcement is made, “Please welcome, Morticia DeVille and The Gospel Echoes!” The crowd applauds as the trio moves to center stage, and breaks into song, singing “Let’s Have A Revival.”īut the crowd is not dressed in their Sunday best, they are not sitting in church pews. The organ music begins as the people chat with each other and make themselves comfortable.
Hundreds of people pack a popular place to hear some good gospel music.
