Worship Musician June 2019 | Page 30

ELLE LIMEBEAR // Fresh Sound From a Deeper History… By Bruce Adolph When the popular worship band Delirious? now a young married adult and is offering us All the band members were all my uncles, was touring the United States back in the early her own take on modern worship music. Let’s barre Stu G, but he might as well have been. 2,000’s, there was a fresh wave of worship find out more… But it meant that all my cousins were on the breaking. It was a special time. I had the road too. I’m not quite sure how all the parents honor of being the concert promoter here in [WM] You grew up living in a literal ‘school of did it, but I loved every minute of it! We were the Great Northwest for several of their tours. worship’ traveling the world with the modern exposed to so much from such a young age One of the things that always made me smile worship forerunner band Delirious? Your father from large concerts to huge conferences. It was watching the bandmates, their wives and is Martin Smith, who was their charismatic lead feels like I’ve kind of been in training from a a small herd of children pour out of the tour vocalist and front man. Tell us about being on young age without really realizing it. Seeing the buses in the morning when we were loading in tour from a very early age? way my Dad and the band would lead people the production and backline gear. I first met Elle in worship and lead ministry every day on tour Limebear then – she was but a little child and [Elle Limebear] Wow, being on the road and seeing the way God would move all over of course, her last name was still Smith. She is growing up are some of my fondest memories. the world has been one of biggest privileges of 30 June 2019 Subscribe for Free...