{"id":13,"date":"2019-09-27T22:36:05","date_gmt":"2019-09-27T22:36:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thechordsmen.net\/?page_id=13"},"modified":"2022-07-29T19:36:34","modified_gmt":"2022-07-29T19:36:34","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/thechordsmen.net\/index.php\/about-us\/","title":{"rendered":"About Us"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Over the last 25 years, the Chordsmen have been producing one of Fresno&#8217;s most exciting and entertaining musical events, showcasing the finest sacred and semi-sacred songs from a broad cross-section of musical styles, including southern gospel, country, and showtunes and standards, with highly-engaging video features and a strong dose of nostalgia for all-American ideals. It&#8217;s more than just Gospel&#8211;we call it <em>Classic Americana!<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"our-founder-wilbur-daniels-went-home-to-be-with-the-lord-on-november-4-2021\">Our founder, Wilbur Daniels, went home to be with the Lord on November 4, 2021. <\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"we-loved-him-dearly-and-we-miss-him-greatly\">We loved him dearly, and we miss him greatly.<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"559\" src=\"http:\/\/thechordsmen.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Wordpress-Page-About-Us-Wilbur-1024x559.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-615\" srcset=\"http:\/\/thechordsmen.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Wordpress-Page-About-Us-Wilbur-1024x559.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/thechordsmen.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Wordpress-Page-About-Us-Wilbur-300x164.jpg 300w, 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