Gateway Music’s
PHIL KING
by Alex MacDougall
A down-to-earth soul, Phil comes from a fairly
rural upbringing. His musical giftings are deep
and developed as a songwriter, musician
and vocalist. He’s toured with and ministered
alongside Michael W. Smith, Lauren Daigle,
Jennie Lee Riddle and Leeland, and serves
regularly in worship at Christ For the Nations
Institute, and Gateway Church, both in the
greater Dallas, TX, area. His newest project, All
Glory, was recently released through Gateway
Music.
[WM] What mainstream musical influences
first caught your ear, and who were your earliest
Christian music influences?
[Phil King] I guess you could say…
Mainstream came much later than Christian
music. My first CD that I ever bought was a
Michael W. Smith CD. I was at a Family Bible
store in Turlock (CA), and I walked over to one
of those little sample th
headphones on and hit
Live the Life album, and
mesmerized as an eig
this guy. And my mom w
she loved his music in t
Now, to be able to cal
cool, and to have work
And the Newsboys, ther
in there too when I was
Mainstream though cam
John Mayer concert in m
that I made up my mind
how to play the guitar (
I loved his songs and h
because of John Maye
like Eric Clapton and S
that opened up a whole
guitar playing, and a lot
things just got deeper a
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June 2020