The Influence of Larry Norman on Early Christian Music

"I grew up on, he made this mixed tape called Greg's Party faves. And it was this interesting kind of war between my parents." "My mom had a pretty troubled childhood, did a fair amount of drugs, ran away from home and was into music,. But then got saved, ended up going to Bible College in California where she met my dad" He says Larry Norman most often comes up as the most important figure in early Christian music. Paul McCartney reportedly once told him you could be famous if you just dropped the God stuff.

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