Artist:Love Song
Song:Little Country Church
Album:Love Song
When I wrote about Chuck Girard last year, I mentioned that he was in the very first Christian rock band. That band was Love Song. Little Country Church was their best known song. Before Girard formed Love Song in 1970, he was in the surf music scene. He was a member of The Hondells. Girard was already a Christian and a member of Calvary Chapel in Costa Mesa, CA. Girard was the lead singer and played keyboards in Love Song. Other members were Tommy Coomes and Fred Field on guitar, Jay Truax on bass and John Mehler on drums. Truax was a one time member of The Surfaris. Wall, Field and Mehler left and then returned. The 1971 album Love Song features Little Country Church. Girard remastered the album and released it on CD in 2011. Love Song recorded two albums followed by a live album. They split up in 1976. Of course Girard was very successful recording solo. He was a big part in developing CCM. Coomes joined The Maranatha Singers as a producer and songwriter. He recorded a solo album in 1981 and later led The Tommy Coomes Band. Field and Truax formed Fred Field and Friends. They recorded a 1976 album. Truax went on to The Richie Furay Band. Love Song reunited in 1994 and released a live album. There is currently a Love Song documentary in production scheduled for release vert soon. Here's Chuck Girard performing Little Country Church at Calvary Chapel in Costa Mesa, CA 1979.
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