The Story

It’s about 850 miles from Nashville to the small rice farming town in Texas where the sister duo of Madalyn & Lindsey (Virginia Lou) grew up. The sounds of George Jones, Alison Krauss, Casting Crowns, Third Day (and the list goes on and on) became the soundtrack to their lives at a very young age.

Their mawmaw, Virginia Lou, had an ear for great music and an unforgettable voice. To say her love for Jesus and music impacted their lives would be an understatement. After all, there would be no Virginia Lou without…Virginia Lou.

To honor their mawmaw, Virginia Lou, they began recording an album of her favorite hymns with some original music in the fall of 2023. That debut album, ‘Little Sparrow’, embodies all the sounds that remind them of her: Blue Grass, Gospel, and Traditional Country music. ‘Little Sparrow’ produced by Dove award-winning and Grammy-nominated producer Tommy Collier, released its first single in September 2024. “Precious Memories” was on the Avid label, owned by Dove-nominated music publisher and songwriter, John Mathis Jr.

Virginia Lou is now based in Nashville, TN, and continues to tour the country, including recently appearing at The Ark Encounter, one of the largest Christian attractions in the United States.

“Precious Memories”
by Virginia Lou

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Behind the intro of “Precious Memories”:

The intro to our rendition of J. B. F. Wright’s 1925 hit “Precious Memories” is a recording from the 1950s of our mawmaw, Virginia Lou, singing “Precious Memories” to an old organ with her mom and siblings in Kirbyville, TX. When we decided to record an album of her favorite hymns, we knew “Precious Memories” had to be a part of it because of her love for the song and the special way we knew we could include her in the album. The 100th anniversary of “Precious Memories” is next year. Between our personal history with the song and the anniversary of it, we knew our debut single off the album “Little Sparrow” had to be “Precious Memories”.