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Worship Musician Magazine
I have known Gabe for over 20 years now. Being a Christian concert promoter I heard about a band named Rock N' Roll Worship Circus. That was a pretty wild name for a band back then but once I saw how they led worship and the energy and passion of the band I was hooked. The front man playing his Gretsch Black Falcon electric guitar was Gabriel himself.
The band played at the Creation West Festival at our Christian Musician Summit conference and my best memory of all is when I booked them to open for Delirious? In Vancouver, WA. My two favorite "live" worship bands. Both bands really knew how to play onstage as a live band as well as lead worship well. The audience members that night had a blast.
When I heard about John Mark McMillan's new record, I had remembered that he had worked with Gabriel in the past. I looked into it and sure enough Gabriel is all over this record.
Let's catch up with the man himself - Gabriel Wilson.
Cross Rhythms
In 2016 an album, 'Every Nation' by Lindy Conant & The Circuit Riders, was recorded with a live audience at Ambassador Auditorium in Pasadena, California. The Nashville-based Christian music industry was staggered by the album's instant success, debuting at number one on Billboard's Top Christian Albums chart following its release on 4th June. The album also debuted at 97 on Billboard's Top 200.
'Every Nation' was produced by Gabriel Wilson (Bethel Music, John Mark McMillan). Getting such a renowned producer involved came as a big surprise, as Lindy told Cross Rhythms. "No one planned for that. We literally called up Gabriel who is an amazing producer and we said, 'Hey, do you want to do an album? You don't know us.' He said, 'Are you guys broke missionaries?' And we said, 'Yeh, basically.' And he said, 'You guys are so crazy, I'll work with you.' So when it came out, we got our campus contacts to share it and we thought it will reach our circle. When we saw it was number one we thought, ok, it'll be number one for a week, but then it was two weeks and it was number one on Billboard and we were like, what is going on?
It was a huge surprise to all of us."