We lost one of the greats today - if not the greatest: Larry Norman, widely regarded as the founding father of Christian rock - the music, not the multi-million dollar industry in America - died yesterday at the age of 60 after a long period of declining health. His brother, Charles, updated Larry's website with the news of his death and his message just before God took him home. Larry almost singlehandedly forged the path for today's "Christian rockers"(as much as I hate that term), coming out of California's 'Jesus freak' scene and writing hugely influential tunes like 'I Wish We'd All Been Ready' that awakened an entire nation's ears to the fact that this was legitimate music. As he once said himself, many, many years ago, "Why should the devil have all the good music?"
Rest in peace.
Posted by mike at February 25, 2008 09:28 PM