Shawn Lombard-- vocals, piano,
wurlizter electric piano, harmonica.
These friends played with me on this album:
Lanford McCalley-- guitars
Larry Shaw-- bass
Chris Riggins-- drums, bgv's
Sam Knowles-- bgv's
Elizabeth Lombard-- bgv's
Jarrod Patterson-- acoustic guitar, bgv's
Mark Willenbrock-- guitar
Influences
Rich Mullins, Ray Charles, the Beatles, the Stones, David Ruis, David Gray, Johnny Cash, Paul Simon, Neil Young, Roy Orbison, Jerry Lee Lewis, Louis Armstrong, Aretha Franklin, Fanny Crosby, Etta James, Joe Cocker, Elvis Presley, Billy Preston, Sheryl Crow, Graham Ord, Matt Redman, Hank Williams, Bob Dylan, U2, Sting, Billy Joel, Kent Henry, Don Potter, Willie Nelson, Tom Petty, Robin Mark, REM, Marvin Gaye, Otis Redding, Ben E King, BB King, Eric Clapton, SRV, the Eagles, John Lee Hooker, Charles Johnson & the Revivers, Marty Robbins, Jim Croce, Lucinda Williams, Roger Miller, Tom Waits, Russ Taff, Randy Newman, Buddy Holly, CCR, Bruce Springsteen, Delirious?, Kevin Prosch, Brian Doerkson, the Charlie Daniels Band, the Blind Boys of Alabama, George Thorogood, Stevie Wonder, Larry Norman, Luciano Pavarotti, Muddy Waters, Van Morrison, Yo-Yo Ma, the Allman Brothers, the Blues Brothers, James Brown, Merle Haggard, Skynyrd, Nat King Cole, the Band, Keith Green, Andre Crouch, Rita Springer
At the tender age of five Shawn was introduced to the sublime sounds of country and western music while riding with his dad in his Ford pickup. "I can remember wondering why Marty Robbins was always singing about getting shot along the Rio Grande or being mistreated by a Mexican beauty. What kind of life produced that level of song writing? I learned early that real music invites the listener into different places-- adventure, mystery, suffering, enlightenment, and even spiritual renewal. Good songs come from genuine stories and personal experiences that touch the spirit. So Mr. Robbins must have lived an exciting life along the Texas and Mexican border."
As the young Shawn grew up he heard a plethora of other great music in school and church-- gospel, southern blues, classic rock, and dixieland jazz.
"My dad is a singing pentecostal preacher. He has to sing a song before he preaches. I grew up singing and harmonizing with him on songs like 'Where Could I Go' and 'The Love Of God'. He instilled in me a deep admiration for gospel songs and timeless hymns."
Being exposed to this rich heritage of Southern music, Shawn began to develop his own sound. After he turned sixteen, an elderly honky tonk musician showed Shawn how to play piano. "I can teach you in five minutes," said the old harmonica wailer. In the months to follow the old musician would attend Shawn's church and play harmonica while Shawn pounded out crude chords. "The Unclouded Day" was a favorite. In time Shawn was playing more and more and learning to write songs.
He currently leads worship at the Bridge Christian Fellowship (formerly Cahaba) at the Advocate Center in Irondale, AL. He strives for worship music that blends revelation and innovation. He believes anointed music is a vehicle to lift us into a place of intimacy and fellowship with the Father-- where our spirits are in collision and He refreshes our souls.
In 2004 Shawn married Allison Jent. In 2007 they had their son Cash. They live happily ever after near Birmingham, AL.
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Hi Shawn Lombard , Please see this powerful gospel miracle service in Africa! And be inspired to do the same! We are in the end-times before the return of Jesus Christ! Preach the gospel and heal the sick in the name of Jesus Christ. Watch the video... http://www. youtube. com/watch?v=2LCHN5iUDYU
Hope you're planning HALLOWEEN (10/31) @ THE NICK (2514 10 Ave South)... 10:00pm music start - we'll share the stage with XYZ Affair and Heath Green & The Starmakers. It's our last booked performance in B'ham until next spring ... so please come out and say hello! ~M
Hey Shawn. Thought you might want to know we're having one of our little WAIO friday night shin-digs on the 8th. Love to see you get dragged onto the stage again....or just see you and the fam. Everything going good for you guys?
hey bro bro! love all the new pix! I miss ya'll-hopefully I can get with ya'll one day in the next couple of weeks-let me know what ya'lls schedule bc I want to hear about the trip! alot with music has been happening-so I will have to feel you in-Thank YOU JESUS!! Love ya'll!!
Yes, it was good to hang out as well! We really needed/wanted to get to know everyone. It was a lot of fun. New for us and still much more for us to learn but God has put us with such amazing people to learn with and from. Have a blessed week and tell Allison I said Hello and we missed her this weekend. Hope she had fun with her sisters!
Thnx for allowing us to participate and be apart with the ministry this past weekend. It was a blessing and we will continue to move forward. We really enjoyed ourselves.
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