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MP3 Gregory Fisher - Everlasting Arms
4 MP3 Songs in this album (16:37) !
Related styles: SPIRITUAL: Inspirational, EASY LISTENING: Easy Pop
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Gregory Fisher grew up in rural Missouri and was always attracted to religion, spirituality and the church. Each congregation he attended became a new family for him, and by age 14, he was traveling throughout the region, singing and ministering in every little country church that would have him. From his earliest years, Gregory’s performances were characterized not only by an exceptional vocal quality, but also by the emotional maturity of his delivery. He wanted to do more than sing a song, he wanted to communicate.
After high school, Gregory attended a Christian university and was nineteen when he accepted his first full-time position as a minister of youth and music. In 1983, he moved to Nashville to write and perform contemporary Christian music. Within two years, Gregory had a number one song on the charts, a Gospel Music Association Dove Award nomination, and a publishing contract with a major Christian music company. A recording deal was on the horizon.
Then came the “awful truth.” After more than ten years of so-called “reparative therapy”, Gregory would no longer deny that he was gay. Doors slammed shut. The career that he had prepared for was gone overnight. Ties with many friends, family members and church homes became strained or disintegrated in the fall out. Dazed, rejected and bitter, Gregory spent the next few years reeling through substance abuse and angry acting out as he struggled to define his new life and reestablish his sense of identity.
By July of 1988, Gregory had found his way to certain meetings where he came to admit that his life had become unmanageable. There he began to explore a new path back to himself—-a journey of recovery, not just from substance abuse, but also from self-abuse and self-condemnation. And he has flourished in that journey to a new spirituality--a spirituality of authenticity and acceptance—-and a ministry that exists beyond church walls.
Gregory continued to write and perform music across the next two decades. Not surprisingly, his songs from that time center on themes of choice, integrity, hope, perseverance, and love. His public performances are distinguished by moments of epiphany, intimacy, transparency, and vulnerability. Although there is no denying that his voice is huge, powerful, Gregory delivers a song with emotional integrity—he lives the song each and every time he sings it. He has become a teacher as well as a singer, easily sharing his experiences and his heart.
But helping individuals and families heal was his focus, and he felt no need to record his songs, at least not until now. In 2007, longtime friend, collaborator, producer and nationally-know new thought recording artist Donna Michael persuaded Gregory to put down on CD the songs that he had co-written and sung extensively over the past 23 years. A four-song pre-release, EVERLASTING ARMS, is now available, and the final project, THERE AT THE EDGE, is anticipated in the not-too-distant future.
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