By Cameron Frank – Collegiate Staff
When a GRCC student received a call from “Bobby Jones Gospel,” there was no way she could refuse.
“I played a gig with a guy named John Player in Kalamazoo and he ended up receiving a call from the BET network,” said Avalon Cutts-Jones, 30. The network contacted Cutts-Jones to appear on the “Bobby Jones Gospel” to perform as a backup singer on an upcoming episode in November.
The “Bobby Jones Gospel” is a wellknown show on BET that airs every Sunday morning and features a wide range of guest singers. Since beginning in 1980, it has become widely known. The show is set to end this year after 35 seasons.
Although this is big news, she isn’t new to singing with gospel stars. Cutts-Jones was chosen out of 400 people to be a backup singer for Marvin Sapp in 2012 and got to travel and sing gospel music alongside him. She also leads two choirs at Macedonia Missionary Baptist church.
Cutts-Jones is currently attending GRCC studying vocal performance and says she would love to continue doing music for as long as she can.
“I just want to do music,” Cutts-Jones said. “I just want to sing. Whether it’s behind someone, whether it’s in the studio, whether it’s in front of the mic. I just want to sing.”
The episode that Cutts-Jones will appear on is set to air in mid-November on BET.
