GORDON & KIMBERLY MOTE SHARE THEIR LIFE STORIES ON TBN’S HUCKABEE
NASHVILLE, TN—New Haven Records artist Gordon Mote and his wife, Kimberly, recently appeared on Huckabee to share their inspiring testimonies of how the Lord has blessed them through the years. The popular show, hosted by former Arkansas Governor and political pundit Mike Huckabee, airs weekly on TBN.
Mote, a three-time Academy of Country Music award-winner for piano/keyboard player of the year, recounted how it all began, “The only way you can explain it is that it’s a miracle from God. One Thanksgiving Day at my family’s house, everyone was cooking, playing, watching football, all the stuff that families do. They heard my grandmother’s old upright piano and wondered who was playing. When they came in, they couldn’t believe it when they saw me, this little bitty guy, three years old, playing ‘Jesus Loves Me’ with both hands.”
If that wasn’t amazing enough, Gordon has been blind from birth.
“Although I had hoped to do something in music,” Mote continued, “I never dreamed I would be able to do what God has allowed me to do.” After graduating from Nashville’s Belmont University with honors, Mote was asked to join Lee Greenwood’s band. Since then, Mote has become an in-demand concert and studio musician playing, touring and recording with some of Country and Gospel music’s biggest artists, including Porter Wagoner, the Gaither Vocal Band, Brad Paisley, Carrie Underwood, Rascal Flatts, Darius Rucker, Blake Shelton, Trisha Yearwood, and Alan Jackson, among others.
Host Mike Huckabee asked Gordon’s wife Kimberly about how their relationship began. She recalled, “One of the things that amazed me is that you forget he was blind; he was just so easy to be around…. He had every quality I that I ever wanted in a guy; the only drawback was that he couldn’t drive, and I decided that just didn’t matter!” Their marriage has flourished over the years. In a special online “After the Show” segment, Gordon performed “If They Could See You Through My Eyes,” a love song to Kimberly. To introduce the piece, Gordon said, “I wanted the world to know I see a lot more than you think!”
When asked about his most memorable recording session, Gordon replied, “I think the giddiest I ever got was when I was called to play for Lionel Richie. You grow up playing all those Commodore songs. We were both from Alabama. That said, I’ve gotten to play with some of the greatest entertainers—both in secular music and Christian music. I traveled for a long time with the legendary Bill Gaither. I went from knowing him a little bit to producing the Gaither Vocal Band. This is the fourth album I’m working on for them.”
To close the show, Mote performed a rollicking track from his Grammy-nominated album, Love Love Love, entitled (“If You’ve Got Time to Worry, Then You’ve Got) Time to Pray” with the Music City Connection house band featuring Governor Huckabee sitting in on bass.
About Gordon Mote:
Blind since birth, Gordon Mote began playing piano at the age of three. Ever since, he’s been using his God-given musical talents to write and record songs that reflect his faith. After graduating from Nashville’s Belmont University with honors, Mote was asked to join Lee Greenwood’s band. Since then, Mote has become an in-demand concert and studio musician playing, touring and recording with some of Country and Gospel music’s biggest artists, including Porter Wagoner, the Gaither Vocal Band, Brad Paisley, Carrie Underwood, Rascal Flatts, Blake Shelton, Trisha Yearwood and Alan Jackson, among others. Moreover, Mote has also been a long-running guest on numerous Gaither Homecoming tours. Throughout his career, Mote has garnered three Academy of Country Music Awards, multiple Music Row Magazine Instrumentalist of the Year Awards, numerous Dove Award nominations, and two GRAMMY® nominations. For more information, go to www.gordonmote.com.
About New Haven Records:
New Haven Records is a Nashville-based music corporation that includes label, publishing, and film companies. For almost three decades, they have focused on the uniquely American genres of Black Gospel, Southern Gospel, and Country & Bluegrass Gospel. New Haven’s product is distributed to the mainstream through SONY Distribution and to the Christian marketplace through Provident Entertainment. For additional information, go to www.newhavenrecords.com.