Song:Flesh Of My Flesh
Album:The Definitive Collection
Leon Patillo started out in the late 60s as a funk musician. He was a member of Santana in the 70s. In the 80s he was a popular CCM artist. Flesh Of My Flesh is a popular wedding song. He was born Jan. 1, 1947 in San Francisco. In the late 60s he formed the group Leon's Creation which became Creation. They were similar to Sly and the Family Stone. Patillo was lead singer and he wrote most of the songs. After an unsuccessful 1974 album on Atco, Creation split up. After appearing on albums by Martha Reeves and Funkadelic, he joined Santana for the 1974 album Borboletta. Patillo sang, played piano and wrote songs. At the time, Carlos Santana was attempting to transition to jazz fusion. Patillo wrote some gospel style songs for the 1976 album Festival. He decided to leave Santana and sign with Word's Myrrh label. And in the 80s he became a very successful CCM artist. He even had his own show on TBN called Leon and Friends. Flesh Of My Flesh is from Patillo's 1981 album Don't Give In. Apparently it's a very popular wedding song. The producer was Frank "Skip" Konte. He was a member of the 60s group Blues Image. He got into producing CCM in the late 70s. Patillo remained with Myrrh through the 80s. This comp is a good intro to his music. Patillo is black but Word marketed him to CCM as opposed to gospel. Myrrh was Word's CCM label. There were black and white artists on that label. So I think their thinking was selling to young people who go to Christian book stores and watch The 700 Club. Patillo's music straddled the line between gospel and CCM. After leaving Myrrh, Patillo started his own label and he pastored his own church in Long Beach, CA. He retired in 2009 but he still tours and leads services on his website. He last released new music in 2005. Here's the video for Flesh Of My Flesh by Leon Patillo.
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