Pastor Champion

This album is a tribute to Pastor Wylie Champion, who died while Luaka Bop were in the process of releasing this, his first record, and his wife, Mother Champion, who died a few months earlier.

The Label met Pastor Champion a few years ago while they were putting together another release, The Time for Peace Is Now: Gospel Music About Us. They found him in a collection of YouTube videos from the 37th Street Baptist Church in Oakland, California, put together by the pastor there, Bishop Dr. W.C. McClinton. There was quite a lot of talent in those videos, and among them was Pastor Champion whom they liked so much that they decided to make a record with him.

PERSONNEL:

• Pastor Wiley Champion (guitar, vocals)
• Harvey Lester (keyboards)
• Leonard Franklin (bass)
• Geronimo & Samuel Nicholas Champion (drums)
• Bill Bronson (sax)

Recorded in Oakland, California, October 25-26, 2018

TRACKS:

• SIDE A
• A1. 01. Intro
• A2. I Know That You've Been Wounded (Church Hurt)
• A3. He'll Make a Way (Trust in the Lord)
• A4. Talk to God
• A5. In the Name of Jesus (Everytime)

• SIDE B
• B1. To Be Used by You (I Want to Be a Good Man)
• B2. Who Do Men Say I Am?
• B3. Storm of Life (Stand by Me)
• B4. In the Service of the Lord
• B5. I Just Want to Be a Good Man (To Be Used by You)