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Rev C. E. Hodges' album God He Is Able has been accepted for play on Pandora Internet Radio. Pandora has over 80,000,000 subscribers and features over 80,000 artists. Rev Hodges is honored to be in such an esteemed company.

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Legendary, award-winning organist Rev. C.E. Hodges will debut his sophomore CD, God He's Able, in his hometown of Germantown, TN. Hodges, a member of the late Willie Mitchell's Hi Rhythm Section band, has performed and/or written songs for a plethora of artists that include Al Green, Syl Johnson, O.V. Wright, Tom Jones, Bonnie Raitt, and Toni Braxton. He has returned to the studio to produce his latest CD, which has been described as a traditional Gospel CD with a new school twist.

He's the organ player, the one producer Willie Mitchell called "Do Funny"—as in, when listening to a take before what would become the final one, Mitchell would say to Hodges, "Go in there and do something funny." Hodges plays the memorable organ stabs that punctuate "Take Me to the River" and the sweeping swells that bring together "Love and Happiness."

"The teacher asked me if I would play 'What I'd Say' by Ray Charles. I did, and I got such huge cheers and a standing ovation. All I could see were the stage lights, but I could hear the applause and the whistles," says Hodges. "Right then, I said, 'This is what I want to do. I want to be a musician.'’