Andraé Crouch

And then I started analyzing music that I love, you know, and then, oh, like, how did the Beatles write the song or whatever? You know, what's interesting is that I took bass lessons and piano lessons in college.

I started learning, you know, basics of theory, but you really don't know until someone really explains it, right? So, and then you realize that this is crazy, and that everything works with everything, and how do you make a good song? But I started learning a lot from David, and he learned how to write songs from a man named Andre Crouch, who they called the godfather of modern gospel, who's like an incredible songwriter.

And so, it just kind of Having people around that you can bounce things off of and, you know, I think as artists, we tend to be guarded, you know, when we're writing, you know, from our feelings and writing songs.

And once I was able to let that down and be like, okay, what will improve this? I think my songwriting started improving and I started being able to open my...

Well, there was a preacher in, uh, Fort Worth named, uh, Samuel Crouch.

He's, uh, he's like the, uh, grandfather of Andraé Crouch from the Crouch family.

But he was a preacher in Fort Worth, and he had a radio show, and she would sing on it sometimes.

And they, uh...

I would just praise the Lord.

I was consumed with it and then I'd set that down and I'd pick my saxophone up and I'd put on some Andre Crouch on the sound system, and I'd play my saxophone.

And nobody knew me, and nobody never cared nothing about me.

But God saw me seeking Him.

God can use the problems I'm going through to teach me to trust him.

Andre Crouch, the famous Christian singer, once wrote a song and he says, if I never had a problem, I'd never know that God could solve them.

It's true.

How many times have you heard me say this? You don't know God is all you need until God is all you've got.

All they sing up there is worthy is the lamb to God be the glory.

That's Andre Crouch's best song to me.

To God be the glory, great things he has done.

With his blood, he has saved me.

And yet this, given a fresh new facelift, Ricky Skaggs bringing it about, And then we get into the modern era.

And so you had Andre Crouch as a tribute.

You had Chris Tomlin come out and do Amazing Grace with his additional chorus on the end.

My chains are gone.

well.

Bob Lapinas, who we're speaking with, Bob, let me ask you about the impact of the renewal of hymnody in light of – Last night's unique event of 250 years of American hymns.

Now, I noticed that Keith and Kristen could not resist the impulse to start in Ireland, but they did work their way all the way through Fanny Crosby, Andre Crouch.

Yeah.