Kirk Talley
Kirk Talley
Kirk Lewis Talley, is an American Southern Gospel performer/songwriter. Talley is best known for his time as a tenor singer with the legendary Gospel Quartet The Cathedrals, The Talley's, and also the family group The Hoppers, along with a very successful solo career as a singer and songwriter...
ProfessionGospel Singer
Date of Birth9 June 1958
embarrass
The one thing we don't want to do is embarrass anybody.
call higher power
We have a higher power that we call upon.
against bad hold names others praying understand
Some said they were praying for me, others called me bad names and were praying bad things on me. I understand all that. I don't hold anything against them.
album basically best bit cd dvd entire entirely night recorded songs
I think it's the best thing I ever recorded. It's on no label, so it's an entirely independent project. We recorded a live album and DVD, the DVD has the entire testimony, the entire night on it. We couldn't put that whole thing on the CD so basically it's the songs and a little bit of talking.
assumed carry chance complaint dealing exchange justify lawyer listed money needed paper realized restaurant
He thought because he didn't carry the money out of the restaurant that he could get out of the charges. He didn't know extortion is the threat, not the exchange of money. When his lawyer realized he was going away, that he wouldn't have a chance of any kind of dealing with the Feds, he assumed he needed to do something, I guess, to justify him getting his fee. So, he called the Knoxville paper and told them who I was. On the complaint I was just listed as 'victim.
calling involved knew money paid private quickly rest saw scheme
In 2003 the blackmail started. He started calling me and first said he was a private investigator. I quickly saw that he wasn't, that it was just a scheme to get money out of me. So, I went to the authorities and got them involved because I knew if I paid him, he'd be back in a month. I knew I wasn't going to do that the rest of my life.
again obvious
It was obvious again that I shouldn't tell anyone.
bring emotional god needed people worked
I must say, God worked through those people to be what I needed to bring me back to some place of emotional calm.