First Love: The People, The Music and The Message of the Jesus Movement

Ed Zipp

Description

First Love defines a time in western Christianity when the hippie culture birthed one of the greatest moves of Gods love America has seen since the Great Awakening. It gave us music that defined men and women who embraced the gospel message with their whole lifemusic that still echos into todays worship culture. You will see a picture of the social issues of the day and have insight into the pioneers of Contemporary Christian Music who gave their gifts to the Lord to win a few because it was their callinga calling that is seeing new life in his children today.Author Ed Zipp was a pioneer of the movement as well, mentoring artists, hosting new artist showcases and birthing coffee houses in Florida during the 70s. First Love features an exclusive foreword, written by Christian music icon, Chuck Girard, who was a dear friend of the author.

Sujets

• Love
• Love (disambiguation)
• Christianity

Informations

• Publié par: eBookIt.com
• Date de parution: 18 juillet 2017
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781456629977
• Langue: English

Extrait

First Love
the People, the Music & the Message
of the Jesus Movement
 
 
By Ed and Debbie Zipp
 
 
Foreword by Chuck Girard
Copyright 2018 Ed Zipp,
All rights reserved.
 
 
Published in eBook format by eBookIt.com
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ISBN-13: 978-1-4566-2997-7
 
 
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The Original Author
A hippie to a Jesus Freak
My name is Ed Zipp. Some people call me a Contemporary Christian Music historian. That simply means I know some facts and stories about the early days of what was called “Gospel Rock.” My involvement in and appreciation for Gospel Rock began in 1973 when I accepted Jesus Christ as my Lord and Savior. I was a long-haired, bearded hippie with a background as a professional body guard for rock-and-roll groups, politicians and movie stars.
After I came to know the Lord, I moved back into my parents’ home in order to make my relationship right with my family. One day I was listening to an 8-track tape of the group “Bloodrock” whose big hit was “Dead On Arrival.” My mother brought into my room two 8-track tapes of “Southern Gospel” music. I said, “Alright…some of my kind of music now.” I listened to both of the tapes in their entirety and thought, “God, if this is the kind of music I have to listen to now, I don’t know what I’m going to do.” I put back in the 8-track tape of “Bloodrock” put on my headphones, cranked the music up loud and wondered what I was going to do.
Two months later I’m attending Liberty Bible College in Pensacola, Florida. I’m passing by a room and hear what sounds like rock and roll. I stop and knock on the door. I hear Randy Foret say, “Come in.” I run into the room and ask, “What is that music?” Randy says, “That’s Gospel Rock.” I ask “Who is it?” He said, “It’s Randy Matthews.” I sat down in a chair, listening to and savoring my first experience with Gospel Rock, saying to myself: “At last, Gospel music that I can identify with and relate to.”
Through the years I’ve come to appreciate all styles of Gospel music because it’s not the style of music that causes people to have a relationship with God or even worship God, but it’s a decision on each person’s part. We worship God not because of the emotions or the tingling feeling we get but because of Who HE is.
One very unique experience during the Charismatic Movement was the Jesus Movement. This event was the only modern-day revival that began on the streets and outside of the church. It was a Holy Ghost revival among the hippies and rock-and-rollers.
I have good memories of this time period because I was one of those “Jesus Hippies.” It was August of 1973. I remember the people who told me that Jesus loved me and of my beating them up. Every day for two months they would tell me that Jesus loved me.
I remember being high on acid and marijuana. I saw myself in hell and knew this was my final chance to know God. I went running after those guys who told me that Jesus loves me and said, “I’ve got to know God, but I don’t know how.” Then they told me how I could know God as my Father, and I did. It was wonderful. I wasn’t high anymore. The sky was bluer than I’d ever seen it. The air smelled so fresh. I was a child of God.
I remember that night there was a party planned at my house. I didn’t know what to do. I was a new Christian. I knew the type of party and what went on was not something in which I should take part. By 6:00 p.m. the party guests had arrived. The drugs and alcohol were flowing. People were taking off their clothes, and it was only 6:30! I didn’t know what to do, so I started to silently say the Name of Jesus. By 6:45, everyone had left. My two roommates said they were tired and going to bed, and I was alone! Praise God!
Now, understand this: I had not been to church, read any Christian books, been to any seminars, called any prayer lines or called any ministries for prayer. I was seven hours old in the Lord and simply said the Name of Jesus. That’s the power of the Name of Jesus.
I remember two weeks later seeing for the first time in my life a Bible book store. I went in to purchase a Bible. Now, picture this: I am a long-haired, bearded hippie wearing old patched-up jeans, sandals and an old T-shirt. Oh, did I mention the Bible book store was in the South and the year was 1973? The South was not exactly the best place for long-haired, bearded hippies. Anyway, I walked up to the clerk and said, “I’d like to buy a Bible.”
She asked, “What kind?”
I replied, “A black one with “Holy Bible” written in gold...and no zippered Bible because that’s for girls.”
She said, “I meant: What version?”
I thought for a minute and said, “I want an American version, because I don’t speak French, German or Spanish. I speak American.” By this time, the clerk had deduced I didn’t know anything about Bibles and showed me The Living Bible . I bought it because I could read it and understand it.
I remember the Bible studies, the all-night praise and prayer meetings, going out onto the streets to tell other people about Jesus, giving our possessions away to others in greater need, growing in the Lord and cutting my hair and beard in preparation for entering Liberty Bible College in Pensacola, Florida.
That was my encounter with the Jesus Movement and what it did in my life. Now let me tell you about how it all began and how these long haired, bare footed, Jesus freaks changed an industry, the culture and entered the history books.
Track Listing
Acknowledgments
Prologue: Chuck Girard
Track One: the Jesus Movement
Track Two: the Jesus People
Track Three: the Jesus Music
Track Four: Gospel Rock
Track Five: the Pioneers
Track Six: the Pillars
Track Seven: the Coffeehouses
Track Eight: The next 50 years
Track Nine: Last Words of Ed Zipp
 
Acknowledgments
Bethany and Seth:
 
I am blessed by your faithfulness to the Lord. Thank you for encouraging me in this project to honor your dad and his—our—legacy.
 
 
Chuck Girard:
 
Thank you for being a good friend to Ed.
It was fun taking you all over the state to minister.
 
One of the first artists Ed & I interviewed for our radio show. We called his home 3am our time, 12am in Chatsworth, Ca. He put the phone next to the radio so we could listen. At that time we didn’t realize that being on KFSG was in Angeles Temple with a pretty wonderful midnight LA listening audience.
 
Chuck anointed worshipper who’s songs, “Sometimes alleluia”, “Lay your burdens down”, “Name above all names” and many more I believe makes him a “Watchman to the church”
 
Thank you for honoring Ed, for being part of his memorial service, and for helping keep his legacy current.
 
Your kindness gives me vision.  
Prologue: Chuck Girard
A note from our friend
I was a hippie in my early 20s. My friends and I were looking for what was "the real thing" as they said in the day. We were under a fog of LSD and other drugs. We were reading the Bible along with other popular spiritual books of the day. We started out by moving to Hawaii, as we thought that was where the new Jerusalem was going to be established.