Feb
24
2008
This is a tribute to someone you may not have ever heard of but he had a much greater influence on music then you may know.
Back in the 60’s and 70’s there was a revolution in music that many people may have seen but they may not have understood it. Religion found its way into modern music and the Christian rock genre was born.
If you recall the 70’s group People, and their top 20 hit “I love you”, you knew this man.
If you have heard Amy Grant, Collective Soul or Jars of Clay, or the more recent offerings by Flyleaf and Fireflight you have heard music born of that era.
And the person who is generally considered the father of that era was Larry Norman.
Larry took the raw energy of Rock and Roll and fused it with the power of the Christian Gospel, and thus was a new kind of music born.
His work was not born quietly, he faced opposition in the Church by people who saw his music as ungodly and sinful. His strongest critics often enough were the people in his camp as it were.
Larry died early this morning of heart failure, a condition he had struggled with for years.
Christian music was a central part of my life for many years, and I can still remember that one of his songs was the very first I had heard in the genre.
He will be missed by friends, family and fans alike.
Oct
16
2007
Not feeling too hot tonight, so here is a video clip of special significance to me.
This is from the US Festival May 29, 1983 in Southern California.
The clip is the band Triumph playing their encore of Fight the Good Fight.
This is special to me not just because they are one of my favorite groups of the era.
It is also special because I was there this day. It’s a 24 year flashback.
Enjoy.
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Sep
27
2007
A break in the routine. One of Clapton’s finest.
How ironic is it the best music sometimes comes from tragedy.
Sep
06
2007
Heaven’s angel’s choir has just acquired a tenor.
Luciano Pavarotti, whose vibrant high C’s and ebullient showmanship made him one of the world’s most beloved tenors, has died, his manager told The Associated Press. He was 71.
His manager, Terri Robson, told the AP in an e-mail statement that Pavarotti died at his home in Modena, Italy, at 5 a.m. local time. Pavarotti had been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer last year and underwent further treatment in August.
“The Maestro fought a long, tough battle against the pancreatic cancer which eventually took his life. In fitting with the approach that characterised his life and work, he remained positive until finally succumbing to the last stages of his illness,” the statement said.
Sigh. I never have been a big fan of opera. I love classical music, but somehow I never “got” opera. Maybe I just never saw the right opera…rather, maybe I never experienced the right opera, for they say opera must be felt, not heard.
But I don’t have to love the musical medium to appreciate a God gifted talent.
In all of opera, there was only one Pavarotti. He was not just a singer. He was music.
RIP Maestro.
Enjoy this clip of him singing Ave Maria or go below to hear him sing with Queen in 2003.
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