Here In America

EDITORIAL REVIEWS ncludes DVD with video clips of studio sessions and live performances.Personnel includes: Rich Mullins, Steve Cudworth (vocals, guitar).Rich Mullins had ascended to one of the most respected planes in the Contempory Christian world before his death in a 1997 Illinois car accident. Six years later, HERE IN AMERICA collects some unrecorded material, some live tracks and throws in a DVD of live footage. Mullins's music owes much to '70s pop, equal parts Cat Stevens, Billy Joel, Todd Rundgren, Bruce Springsteen and Kenny Loggins, accentuated by lyrics both intricate and startlingly simple, sometimes incisive and often possessed of a rapier wit often absent in the genre.It is particularly in the live tracks where one is treated to a truly engaging personality. Mullins's self-deprecating, genial, and often cutting humor is particularly present on his most famous composition "Awesome God," as he gently teaches the song to a gathered group, gently encouraging while intermittently quipping "either pray that God gives you extra breath or helps you to quit smoking to get through this verse." Mullins's wide-eyed passion is both simple and earnest and glows endearingly through his intelligent songs. HERE IN AMERICA offers a nice introduction to the late Christian singer.

Here In America (2CD)