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Special Guest Interview – Chuck Girard – <\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n

Link Fixed<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n

Nathan interviews Christian Artist Chuck Girard as they talk about:<\/h4>\n

Chuck is the writer of the beautiful worship song – Sometimes Allelujah<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Some of the History of Contemporary Christian Music
\nChuck talks about some of his popular songs.
\nSeeker sensitive churches….what happened to the worship?
\nThe missing anointing in today’s church…why?<\/p>\n

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Chuck Girard’s Bio:<\/span><\/strong><\/em>\u00a0Singer, Songwriter, Recording Artist, and<\/em> Worship Leader.\u00a0A<\/em> Pioneer\u00a0of<\/em> Contemporary Christian Music, Member and<\/em> Co-Founder of the<\/em>\u00a0CCM group<\/em> ‘LOVE SONG.’<\/p>\n

Chuck Girard, singer, songwriter, recording artist, and worship leader<\/strong>, is one of the pioneers of Contemporary Christian Music. He was co-founder and lead singer of the group LOVE SONG<\/strong> from it\u2019s beginning to the present. Born in Los Angeles,<\/strong> and raised in both Southern and Northern California, Chuck began playing music at an early age. In his teens, he formed a group called THE CASTELLS<\/strong>, which had two national top 20 hits, \u201cSacred..\u201d<\/strong> and \u201cSo This Is Love\u201d<\/strong>. They also released the song \u201cI Do\u201d,<\/strong> which was produced by Brian Wilson of the Beach Boys. It was during this time as a teenager that Chuck shared the stage with stars such as Roy Orbison, Jan and Dean, Jerry Lee Lewis, Bobby Vee, Jackie Wilson, Brenda Lee<\/strong> and others. This led to a successful career as a studio singer and musician which included singing the lead vocals on THE HONDELLS<\/strong> first two albums and their biggest hit,\u00a0\u201cLittle Honda\u201d.
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\nIn his early twenties Chuck<\/strong> became disillusioned with life, and like so many of his generation began experimenting with drugs. This led to a five-year search for God through LSD, eastern religion, and a committed \u201chippie\u201d lifestyle.<\/div>\n
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His search ended in 1970 at Calvary Chapel of Costa Mesa<\/strong> when he found true spiritual reality through accepting Jesus Christ as his Savior. Girard was already in a group call LOVE SONG<\/strong>, and along with the conversions of the band members came the radical change in their message. Previously playing clubs, preaching \u201cpeace and love\u201d, and LSD as the way to find God, they now had a new message, and with this change helped blaze the path for the beginnings of what would become known as \u201cThe Jesus Movement\u201d and Contemporary Christian Music. Chuck played with LOVE SONG for the next three years before launching solo with his first self-titled album CHUCK GIRARD that produced his most renowned song \u201cSometimes Alleluia\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

ROLLING STONE MAGAZINE Excerpt from an article by Patrick Corman, June 1971
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\n\u2026a few professional musicians are playing Jesus music too. Chuck Girard\u2019s group, Love Song, is now an acoustical \u201ccontemporary gospel\u201d band. A few years ago it played the acid rock nightclub circuit. Its members, at one time or another went through Eastern philosophies, vegetarianism, religious cults, and drugs\u2013all, they say, in a quest for \u201ctruth and spiritual fulfillment.\u201d Girard started singing in high school, free-lanced as a studio background singer, and became involved with one hit, The Hondell\u2019s \u201cLittle Honda.\u201d
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\n\u201cThe Jesus rock scene is pretty limited right now,\u201d<\/strong> Girard said, \u201cbecause there isn\u2019t a lot of musicians and music, and most of the kids who play don\u2019t come from a professional background\u00a0\u201cWhen you ask somebody what our songs are about there\u2019s no ambiguity. It\u2019s right up there in plain language with no deep intellectual vibes. What we\u2019re saying is Jesus, one way. If you want the answer follow it.\u201d<\/p>\n

A musician also feels different playing Jesus music, Girard said. \u201cThere\u2019s a completely different purpose to it.<\/strong> It\u2019s not glorifying yourself or feeding your ego so people will say what a great musician you are. It\u2019s glorifying the Lord through the music. When you\u2019re really singing you can feel the Lord working, feel Him working through you, so that you\u2019re reaching the kids. I\u2019ve seen kids come up to the altar and give their hearts to the Lord because the music affects them.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s not us, it\u2019s the Spirit that comes through to them and speaks to their hearts.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Chuck has released many albums, toured the US, Europe, and Australia several times both solo and with the CHUCK GIRARD BAND<\/strong>. He has toured in Indonesia, Africa, Mexico, Canada, and most recently, the Middle East. In 1981 at the peak of his solo career, Chuck left the spotlight of the concert scene and focused his attention on the new direction that God had birthed\u2026a return to the simplicity of worship and the church. In this capacity, Chuck to this day ministers through music, worship, and teaching in the United States and around the world. Chuck has appeared with Billy Graham<\/strong>, and on \u201c700 Club\u201d, \u201c100 Huntley Street\u201d, \u201cTrinity Broadcasting Network\u201d,<\/strong> and various television shows throughout the world. John 9:25 \u201c\u2026I was blind but now I see\u201d.<\/p>\n

This is where it all started for Chuck.\u00a0Chuck and his wife Karen have four daughters, three granddaughters, and two grandsons.<\/p>\n

Chuck’s Website:\u00a0Chuck Girard’s Website<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/h4>\n<\/div>\n
(To listen to the sermon, click on the\u00a0<\/em>provided link below. To Save audios to your computer, “right click” \u00a0the “listen” link and click “save target as” or “save link as.” File will then save to your computer. Enjoy.)<\/em><\/h6>\n

\u00a0Listen to Interview\u00a0– Listen<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n

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