George Beverly Shea Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ===Musical background=== Shea was taught to play the violin by his father, and the piano and [[organ (music)|organ]] by his mother.<ref name="thecanadianencyclopedia.ca">{{cite encyclopedia|url=https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/george-beverly-shea-emc|title=George Beverly Shea|encyclopedia=[[Encyclopedia of Music in Canada]]|access-date=August 22, 2019}}</ref> Shea's [[bass-baritone]] voice brought early recognition and provided many opportunities for him to sing in his father's church.<ref name="villagebiblechurchhsv.org">[http://www.villagebiblechurchhsv.org/July%2008.html] {{dead link|date=November 2017|bot=InternetArchiveBot|fix-attempted=yes}}</ref> He began singing at religious meetings in the Ottawa Valley.<ref name="thecanadianencyclopedia.ca"/> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page