Love Song and Pastor Chuck

When I was a young Christian, (I was not yet 16 years old so I had been a Christian less than a year), I stumbled across a radio station and stopped when I heard some music that I enjoyed. The next song that came on I had never heard before and could not believe my ears. It was a song about Jesus and it had a modern sound. You know: electric guitars, electric bass and drums. Even a good guitar solo. The year was 1971 and the song was "Little Country Church" by Love Song. I had never heard this type of music before but I was hooked.

Love Song's music influenced many musicians and Christians in the early 70's. The Jesus Movement was in full swing and people were coming to the Lord in droves. In the center of it all was a church in Southern California called Calvary Chapel. In fact, this is the church where the guys in Love Song were a part of. And the pastor?
The pastor was and still is Chuck Smith. He was older and had a heart to minister to all of the young people that came into his church. And these kids came in droves. Pastor Chuck did not try to be "cool" or "hip." He just taught the Bible, verse by verse, and loved on the people in his church.

I got to see Love Song a few times in concert before they disbanded and then caught their reunion tour in 1976.

This summer a box set of their music has been released. The band along with Pastor Chuck have hit the road and are playing a lot of Calvary Chapels. They spent the summer playing the west coast and are now heading into Nevada, Arizona, New Mexico and Colorado. Checking the tour dates that are posted so far I discovered they will be in Prescott AZ on September 8.

So next week we are heading down to hear Pastor Chuck and Love Song. We can hardly wait.

I will do my best to post some pictures.

The Rad Rockers Order

Everyone enjoys getting a package or an order that they are waiting on. I was waiting for a package that finally arrived. (It only took a week by Media Mail so in reality that isn't bad.)

The package came from Rad Rockers. They are a music seller online that got its start at Cornerstone Festival.
When I opened the package all I saw was. . . newspaper!
After removing the packing there was the music. 12 cds that will take up my time with listening and enjoying.
Now the hard part. Which one do you listen to first?

New Music For July

The month of July is usually a good month for me to buy music. But this month was a little slower than in the past. Only four cds found their way into my possession. But that does not mean that I did not find some good music.

Dryve - Thrifty Mr. Kickstart (SaraBellum Records, 1997). This was Dryve's 1997 release that I have had a terrible time finding a copy of. I became familiar with them from a couple of songs on some compilation cds from Five Minute Walk. But this record always eluded me. One day last month I was looking in Half.com and decided to look for this record. I found an unopen, brand new copy of it for only $.99! Yes, you read that correctly. Shipping was more expensive that the cost of the disc. I ordered it right on the spot. Good alternative record from a little 4 piece San Diego band. To bad they never did a follow up release. Good record.
The Choir - Burning Like The Midnight Sun (Galaxy 21, 2010). This is the long awaited masterpiece from The Choir. Let me tell you right now that it does not disappoint at all. There are elements of that older Choir type of sound that we have all become familiar with. Listening to it is like a postcard from a dear friend. This will be one of the top albums of the year. Get it now!
Skillet - Awake (Atlantic, 2009). Skillet is a veteran band and I must confess that this is the first cd that I have ever bought of theirs. (If I counted correctly this is their 11th release). The lead vocalists has a voice that I have to get use to. I was surprised to find them on a major label. I picked this up last week at Target in Prescott AZ. It was on sale (actually being promoted on an end cap) for $9.99. Not a bad record.
Poema - Sing It Now (Tooth & Nail, 2010). About a week ago I downloaded some free music from Tooth & Nail Records. It was 21 songs for summer that they called "Your Summer Soundtrack." The first song was by Poema entitled "2 A.M." All of us in this household loved the folky-rock sound of these two young sisters. Turns out that the cd is a 6 song EP. I thought that it would be on Tooth & Nails' sister label BEC Records. I was very wrong. I ordered this gem from Amazon.com ($4.99) and it has been played a lot. In fact my 13 year old daughter likes their sound enough that it is on her Ipod also. Now, if they can follow up with a full length album.

August is starting out with a bang already. I placed an order with Rad Rockers for 12 cds that I am sure will not disappoint. This order should arrive in about a week. When it does I will post and discuss what I got.