Dottie Rambo
| Dottie Rambo | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Joyce Reba Luttrell |
| Born |
March 2, 1934 Madisonville, Kentucky, U.S. |
| Origin | Indianapolis, Indiana |
| Died | May 11, 2008 (aged 74) Mount Vernon, Missouri |
| Genres | Christian, southern gospel |
| Occupation(s) | Singer-songwriter |
| Instruments | Guitar, voice |
| Years active | 1950–2008 |
| Labels | Warner Bros., Heart Warming |
| Associated acts | The Gospel Echoes/The Rambos, Reba Rambo McGuire |
| Website | dottierambo |
Dottie Rambo (March 2, 1934 – May 11, 2008) was an American gospel singer and songwriter. She was a Grammy and multiple Dove Award-winning artist. Rambo, along with husband Buck and daughter Reba, formed the award-winning southern Gospel group, The Rambos. She penned more than twenty-five hundred songs, including her most notable "He Looked Beyond My Fault and Saw My Need", "We Shall Behold Him", and "I Go To the Rock".
In 2000, Rambo was awarded the ASCAP Lifetime Achievement Award. Her music is known for its poetic lyrics and cross genre reaching melodies often dealing with themes such as heaven, Christian sacrifice, hurts, and the born-again Christian experience.
She was born Joyce Reba Luttrell in Madisonville, Kentucky in 1934 to Jerald Vernon "Chick" and Elizabeth Luttrell. According to personal accounts, she grew up in poverty and developed an early affinity for country music. She learned to play guitar while listening at night to the Grand Ole Opry on WSM radio in Nashville. At eight years of age, she started writing songs while sitting on a creek bank near her Morganfield, Kentucky home. She had the support of her mother and father, and by age ten she was singing and playing country music cover tunes on a local radio program.
At twelve years old, she became a born-again Christian and made a commitment to write and sing Christian music. The decision turned out to be pivotal in more than one way; it did not sit well with her father who gave her an ultimatum – give up Christian music or leave. She left home and went on the road, with her first engagement being at a church in Indianapolis, Indiana. She formed a trio called "The Gospel Echoes" and traveled throughout the midwestern and southern United States. "The Gospel Echoes" would consist of several members over the years including Pat Green and Little Joe Hatfield.
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