Swamp Gold Vol. 2 CD

Prentiss Lewis is first and foremost a preacher, a preacher who has been gifted with the voice of song. His father dubbed him "The Songster". A singer sings. A Songster interprets the song and makes it his own. Prentiss Lewis is a Songster who on the heels of receiving an R&B recording contract, was called of God to Preach the Gospel. He accepted the calling and turned down the contract. He continued to sing but his focus was learning and growing in the knowledge of this God whom he now served with his whole heart. In 1991 he was called to Pastor the Greater Starlight Missionary Baptist Church in Los Angeles, California. In the wake of this he was offered another recording contract, this time on a gospel label. This contract he turned down as well because the terms would have required too much time away from the flock that God had given him to Pastor. Still blessed with the talent to sing and the anointing of God to bless others with his talent, recording contract or not, he sang. In 2004 Prentiss was in his 12th year as Pastor of Greater Starlight and had additional ...

When in my early twenties during the mid-nineteen eighties, my girlfriend and I were at the Palm Trees night club in Edmonton, London, England where I was living. The patrons at the Palm Trees were invited to participate in a singing contest. I was strongly encouraged by my girlfriend (some would say forced) to enter the competition; I reluctantly entered with an original composition (Repatriation). ...