Liberation Suite
Liberation Suite (sometimes LibSuite) was a Jesus Music era Christian rock band. They originated in San Marcos, Texas but soon moved to Great Britain, where they found their greatest success.[1] Cross Rhythms characterizes the band as having a "special relationship" with the United kingdom and a straight forward approach to music and ministry.[2] Typical of Jesus music, they played songs in a variety of styles including country, new wave, and rock.[3]
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[edit] Background
Liberation Suite formed early in the Jesus Music era, prior to 1971.[4] The band got their start as backup singers for a choral group called Sound 70, but soon began traveling with evangelist Bill Lowry and the Christ is the Answer tent ministry.[5]
In 1974 they moved for six months to Northern Ireland,[4] which was at that time war-torn by The Troubles. Here they ran what was essentially a street ministry, playing concerts on street corners and preaching.[5] During this time they also played at the inaugural Greenbelt Festival in England. They then moved to London after being signed to Word Records' Myrrh label.[4] In 1976 they toured Europe with Chuck Girard before moving back to Texas sans two members, David Bynum (who worked as an accountant) and Paul Lyon.[4]
During a brief reunification period in 1980 they recorded their second album, Stride For Stride, and again toured Europe.[5]
In 2008 they released Live In Europe, a live concert from 1976, recorded in Sweden.[6]
[edit] Discography
- 1976: Liberation Suite
- 1981: Stride For Stride
- 1990: Water and Blood
- 2002: Fight For The Light
- 2000: Liberation Suite - 25th Anniversary Edition
- 2008: Liberation Suite: Live In Europe
[edit] Members
- Randy Hill - drums, vocals;
- Howard Lyon - trombane, voc;
- David Bynum - bass, sax., voc (-1980);
- Paul Lyon - trump., flute, vocals (-1980);
- Barry Bynum - vocals, guitar, keyboard. (-1994)
- Jim Hazel, guitar (+1980)
- Fred Perez - bass (+1980, -1990)
- James Yager - keyboard, vocals (+1980)
- Matt Sutherland - bass (1996)
- Steve Fleming - engineer
[edit] References
- ^ Thompson, John J. (2000). "The First Wave". Raised by Wolves. ECW Press. pp. 56. ISBN 978-1-55022-421-4.
- ^ Rimmer, Mike (September 2002). "Liberation Suite - Fight For The Light". Cross Rhythms (71).
- ^ Platt, Karen Marie (January 1981). ""Suite" Rock ‘n’ roll Returns to U.S.A.". CCM Magazine 3 (7): 68, 71. ISSN 1524-7848.
- ^ a b c d Baker, Paul (May 1988). "Whatever Happened to... Liberation Suite?". CCM Magazine 10 (11): 9. ISSN 1524-7848.
- ^ a b c Powell, Mark Allan (2002). "Liberation Suite". Encyclopedia of Contemporary Christian Music (First printing ed.). Peabody, Massachusetts: Hendrickson Publishers. pp. 528–529. ISBN 1-56563-679-1. http://www.liberationsuite.com/html/meet_the_band.html.
- ^ Cummings, Tony (April 2008). "Liberation Suite - Live In Europe". Cross Rhythms.
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