CHUCK GIRARD- Singer, Songwriter, Recording Artist, and Worship Leader
A Pioneer of Contemporary Christian Music, Member and Co-Founder of the CCM group 'LOVE SONG.'
A Pioneer of Contemporary Christian Music, Member and Co-Founder of the CCM group 'LOVE SONG.'
Soldiers Of The Lion
This song was also prophetic, but did not come as a direct spoken prophecy.
I was in Danville, California to do a concert at the church that was then pastored by Jack Hayford's brother, Jim. I was in my hotel room that afternoon resting when I had what I can only call a spiritual visualization. I have never had a vision. I would define a vision as tangibly seeing something like on a TV screen but with no TV.
This was different.
It was a series of images in my mind that unfolded like a movie as I wrote the words down. The words and images came to me almost "line upon line" as the story unfolded. Again the basic words were written down in one sitting.
Production note: I was going for kind of a 'Pink Floyd' sound on this song, especially in the beginning verse. Another concept I had was to do orchestral parts with guitars. That is fairly common now but was not so common in those days. I was not completely successful in that arrangement concept. Bob Rose, who produced the album, wrote parts for the string players and wrote guitar parts out. The experiment was only partially successful in my opinion.
Side note- There was a lot of spiritual warfare involved in the production and recording of this whole album. I believe it is an album that came straight from the heart of God, and Satan did not want to see me succeed in finishing it.
The most intense spiritual warfare I experienced personally was in the recording of the lead vocal of this song.
I was recording all the lead vocals out in a little studio in Camarillo California.
I usually work best vocally to warm up a bit and do a few passes of a song before I start seriously recording takes. However, my voice warmed up rather quickly this night and the lead vocal that is on the record was recorded almost in one take on the spot, about the fifth take. It truly was intense in the studio , because this is the very first lyric I ever wrote that actually addressed the devil personally.
When I came to those passages which spoke directly to him, I got a kind of a creepy feeling and fear almost came over me. But the take didn't stop and the song was completed.
When I was done, we took a break. I called home to see how things were going. My wife Karen asked me "what are you recording tonight"?
I told her "Soldiers Of The Lion. " She said "I thought it must be something intense because all hell is breaking loose at the house here tonight. So this explains it."
Chuck
I was in Danville, California to do a concert at the church that was then pastored by Jack Hayford's brother, Jim. I was in my hotel room that afternoon resting when I had what I can only call a spiritual visualization. I have never had a vision. I would define a vision as tangibly seeing something like on a TV screen but with no TV.
This was different.
It was a series of images in my mind that unfolded like a movie as I wrote the words down. The words and images came to me almost "line upon line" as the story unfolded. Again the basic words were written down in one sitting.
Production note: I was going for kind of a 'Pink Floyd' sound on this song, especially in the beginning verse. Another concept I had was to do orchestral parts with guitars. That is fairly common now but was not so common in those days. I was not completely successful in that arrangement concept. Bob Rose, who produced the album, wrote parts for the string players and wrote guitar parts out. The experiment was only partially successful in my opinion.
Side note- There was a lot of spiritual warfare involved in the production and recording of this whole album. I believe it is an album that came straight from the heart of God, and Satan did not want to see me succeed in finishing it.
The most intense spiritual warfare I experienced personally was in the recording of the lead vocal of this song.
I was recording all the lead vocals out in a little studio in Camarillo California.
I usually work best vocally to warm up a bit and do a few passes of a song before I start seriously recording takes. However, my voice warmed up rather quickly this night and the lead vocal that is on the record was recorded almost in one take on the spot, about the fifth take. It truly was intense in the studio , because this is the very first lyric I ever wrote that actually addressed the devil personally.
When I came to those passages which spoke directly to him, I got a kind of a creepy feeling and fear almost came over me. But the take didn't stop and the song was completed.
When I was done, we took a break. I called home to see how things were going. My wife Karen asked me "what are you recording tonight"?
I told her "Soldiers Of The Lion. " She said "I thought it must be something intense because all hell is breaking loose at the house here tonight. So this explains it."
Chuck
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