Fri, Apr 18 | 9 PM (8 PM door)
The Schwartz Brothers
FREE SHOW!!!
All ages
The Shwartz Brothers are a legendary team. Glenn Schwartz first came to the attention of rock music audiences as the original guitarist for The James Gang, based in Cleveland. While in Los Angeles on tour with the James Gang in 1968, the Schwartz strolled onto the infamous Sunset Strip and stopped next to a small group of people listening to street preacher Arthur Blessitt. Glenn found himself strangely compelled to pay attention to what was being said. Even though the gospel message was wrapped up in drug culture references and bad puns—“You don’t have to drop downers, man. All you got to do is start dropping Matthew and Mark, Luke, or John!”—and presented by a hyper-charismatic hippie and a small group of his team, the truth of forgiveness, love and the chance to start over with a clean slate made perfect sense to Glenn. Stoned or not, to the best of his ability at the time, Glenn made a decision for Christ. Glenn said, “I was finally blessed by mercy for I heard the Gospel of Christ on Sunset Strip as a man of God preached Christ with tears in his eyes. Soon my tears joined his as he gave the invitation to pray, to come forward from the crowd, to accept Jesus, and I did so.” In 1969, Schwartz, left the James Gang to join Los Angeles based Blues band Pacific Gas & Electric, and in 1970, scored a national top 20 hit with the song "Are You Ready?". Tired of the rock and roll life, he left PG&E to join a pioneering Gospel rock group The All Saved Freak Band, which was the musical evangelistic arm of an Ohio religious group, the Church of the Risen Christ, headed by Larry Hill. After 1980, Glenn has been singing his message with his brother Gene on bass. Gene played with Blues legend, Robert Lockwood, Jr., for many years. Lockwood stated that Gene’s brother Glenn was the greatest white guitar player that he’d ever heard. The talent of these brothers is not to be missed.
| The Schwartz Brothers posted on Tuesday April 15, 2008 |
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