A few years ago he and Joyce led a reunion of the Crayton Singers, their teenage gospel group, which recorded two singles for Skippy White’s Silver Cross label in the mid-1960s. Reverend Crayton’s wife, son, and daughter took part.
“The kids are really great musicians,” he says. “Better than we were.”
The reunion was joyful, but Crayton never expected to see a day when someone would reissue the Crayton Singers’ obscure 1966 single “Master on High.” It’s part of a 15-track compilation, out Friday, called “The Skippy White Story: Boston Soul 1961-1967” (Yep Roc Records), curated by Eli “Paperboy” Reed, with liner notes from Peter Wolf and music historian Peter Guralnick. Reed hosts a record-release party at the Sinclair on Saturday.
