Fronted by Stanley Roy Ladson Jr., better known as Lil’ Roy or the “Prince of Quartet,” Roy & Revelation was organized in 1996 in Hopkins, South Carolina, by James Adams Jr. When Adams retired, Ladson, his brother Stephen Raynard Ladson and Jason Eric Smith kept the group traveling, performing and steadily building its fan base. Roy & Revelation’s debut album, Keeping the Kuntry Alive, was released independently in 2001.

In 2011, Ray Braswell Jr. recorded the group live at Bibleway Church of Atlas Road in Columbia, South Carolina. The title track of the 11-song CD and companion DVD, Thank You, evokes the danceable 1960s R&B and soul hits of the Isley Brothers and the Contours. The album also includes other fan favorites, such as I Got the Love of Jesus, One More Time, He’s My Everything and Doctor Jesus. The quartet signed with Malaco in 2012, and Thank You was released on the 4 Winds imprint. One media outlet commented: “[Roy & Revelation] will make you think you just popped a quarter in a late 1950s jukebox.”