Lawrence Reynolds 'Survivor'

Real Country : cd available Country Discovery Records . For those of you on Music Row who ever said "no" to Lawrence Reynolds, you made a serious mistake. While Lawrence had success as a song writer for some of the greats like George Jones, Conway Twitty, Lefty Frizzell, Nat Stucky and more, he was sadly overlooked as a singer in country circles. Country’s loss was pop music's gain. Lawrence's 1969 "pop" hit, "Jesus is a Soul Man" sold over a million copies and was covered by many popular music genres. It was also the inspiration for the hit musical, "Jesus Christ, Super Star". That song brought a good deal of recognition to Lawrence and he was a guest on several TV shows; "The Tonight Show," the "Johnny Cash Show," the "Dick Cavett Show" and "American Bandstand" in addition to his being a featured artist at the "Grand Ole Opry." His next biggest hit was with his self-penned, "If God Is Dead (What's This Living In My Heart)", which was recorded by both Kitty Wells and Loretta Lynn. It's been said that "both of these songs were crossovers; pop in nature" but I heard a small clip of "Jesus Is A Soul Man" and you can't deny Reynolds' country tone/accent in the song. Lawrence's heart and soul were deep in his roots of Country Music and no matter what success he had in the pop culture, he was country through and through. He had very few strong influences but Hank Williams was his strongest (as revealed in his song, "Them Old Hank Williams Songs") followed by Elvis Presley and ...

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