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oving in the opposite
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e (CFNI) and Gateway
he early to mid-nineties
evelopment deal with
was her two sisters
I grew up listening to
were pretty good, they
Take 6 and stuff like
ever really happened,
sister was born. Well,
ps from that season,
heard songs I was
s and early twenties,
and they reached out, one person talked to
another person, and before long doors started
opening up in Nashville. Next thing I knew I
moved out there and was on a writing deal and
doing some recording, and meeting childhood
heroes. It was really cool and really fast, but it
was because of my Mom’s connections when
she was young. One thing led to another and
then I led worship at Lindell Cooley’s church
for a few years, and he was like a mentor
for a season. Of course, because I had that
sound, and with my background, he really liked
it with what he does. So, he kind of just took
me around with him everywhere, and through
that I met Klaus Kuehn, who is one of his good
friends, and Jenny Lee Riddle. That was the
Texas connection right there, it was Lindell and
Jenny Lee and Klaus, kind of all because of
“Revelation Song”.
That’s the common thread, and there’s some
Brownsville story in there and some other CFNI
stories in there, but it was through that that I
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