Larry Norman died Sunday morning. He and Randy Stonehill were kings of the Christian rock scene during my college days. I never heard Larry Norman in concert, but I know his music well. Songs like:
- Why Should the Devil Have all the Good Music?
- Shot Down
- I Am a Servant
- Why Don’t You Look into Jesus
- The Six O’clock News
- Sweet Song of Salvation
- The Great American Novel
- I Wish We’d all Been Ready (bet you didn’t know that Norman wrote that classic)
A while back, I bought the CD, “One Way–The Songs of Larry Norman.” A variety of contemporary artists cover some of his best-known songs. Rebecca St. James rocks out on “Sweet Song of Salvation,” and Larry Howard absolutely kills with “The Rock that Doesn’t Roll.”
There is a message from Norman’s family on his website, and gobs of messages left on his message board.
