Music Hallel Trinity Album Early Songs Purim Songs Audio Archaeology
Recently I discovered that my friend Tom Brooks had archived these early, raw, experimental recordings of songs I wrote long ago. Some of these songs I had forgotten about. Some are from deteriorating cassette recordings. On some songs you can hear our church members join in singing. These songs are generally of poor audio quality, but …they are what they are.
(Apologies for the ’80s drum machine, unexplained clicks and pops, tape hiss and other artifacts).
The Pharisee
– Music and Lyrics by John Rutledge
City of Light
– Music and Lyrics by John Rutledge
Awake Sleeper
– Music and Lyrics by John Rutledge
Dust
– Music and Lyrics by John Rutledge
Though the Fig Tree Shall Not Blossom (Habakkuk 3)
– Music and Lyrics by John Rutledge
The One Song
– Music and Lyrics by John Rutledge
Egypt-The Plagues Song
– Music and Lyrics by John Rutledge
The Garden
– Music and Lyrics by John Rutledge
The Tree of Evil and Good
– Music and Lyrics by John Rutledge
The Threshing Floor (For Pentecost)
– Music and Lyrics by John Rutledge
Georgi Vins – Vins was one of many persecuted believers in the Soviet Union in the 1970-80s.
– Music and Lyrics by John Rutledge
One by One (Unity)
– Music and Lyrics by John Rutledge
Walk in the Light (experimenting with a round)
– Music and Lyrics by John Rutledge
True Love Waits
– Music and Lyrics by John Rutledge
I Want The Real You
– Music and Lyrics by John Rutledge
These next three songs are overburdened with ’80s drum machine. Mea culpa.
Snapshot
– Music and Lyrics by John Rutledge
The Great Deceiver
– Music and Lyrics by John Rutledge
Lords of Tomorrow
– Music and Lyrics by John Rutledge
Miscellaneous Songs About Other Stuff
Accompanied by Randy Beacham and Wade Cottingham on some of these, I think:
Courting Star
– Music and Lyrics by John Rutledge
The Treasure
– Music and Lyrics by John Rutledge
Trying Hard
– Music and Lyrics by John Rutledge
The Giant and the Elf – a children’s song about God
– Nursery rhyme adapted by John Rutledge
You Must Have a River – In gratitude for nurses and other caregivers everywhere.
– Music and Lyrics by John Rutledge