Artist:Mylon LeFevre
Song:Gospel Ship
Alnum:The Definitive Collection
Mylon LeFevre grew up in gospel music. In the early 70s he recorded secular music. By the 80s he became a popular CCM artist. He was born Oct. 6, 1944 in Gulfport, MS. He started out as a child performing in the family gospel group The LeFevres. They were legends of southern gospel. While in the US Army, LeFevre wrote his first song Without Him. After performing it on a gospel music convention in Memphis, Elvis Presley recorded Without Him on the album How Great Thou Art. The royalty cheques convinced LeFevre that he had a future in the music business. After leaving the army, LeFevre was a member of the southern gospel group The Stamps Quartet and he released a couple of solo albums. But he wanted to record gospel music in a contemporary style. LeFevre signed with Atlantic's Cotillion label and today the 1970 album Mylon is considered to be the first Contemporary Christian Music album. This album was produced in New Orleans by Allen Toussaint. The band on the album are guys he took on the road as The Holy Smoke Doo Dah Band. This includes Auburn Burrell on guitar and bass. He would become a session musician. Guitarist Barry Bailey who would soon join Atlanta Rhythm Section. Pianist Dean Daughtry was also in Atlanta Rhythm Section. Ron Graybeal was on bass and Kin Venable was on drums. Old Gospel Ship is a rock interpretation of a traditional gospel song. Sadly, this album has never been released on CD or mp3. One would think an album this historically significant would merit a rerelease. Paging Wounded Bird Records. LeFevre would record the same song as Gospel Ship on the 1985 album Sheep in Wolves Clothing. That is on this comp. LeFevre recorded for Columbia, Warner Bros. and Mercury. After seeing a 2nd Chapter of Acts concert, LeFevre formed Broken Heart and they were very successful in the 80s. LeFevre hasn't recorded since 2003. He and his wife live in Texas and preach in various churches. Here's Mylon LeFevre performing Jesus Is a Waymaker and Old Gospel Ship on a 1971 TV show.
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