Straight from Texas: Authentic Country Gospel music from a man who lives the Christian cowboy life he sings about.

10 MP3 Songs
SPIRITUAL: Country Gospel, SPIRITUAL: Southern Gospel

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Life began for Tom Lanza in humble surroundings. His parents and grandparents were both immigrant coal miners. Hard work and survival is entwined in the roots of Tomâs family tree. As with most families in that day, music was the means of lifting your voice and your heart and forgetting hardships through song. Tom states, âsome of my most memorable times were when Dad and Mom along with Aunts, Uncles and friends would gather around the piano and begin to sing those good oleâ Gospel songs. It was a time of joy and laughter as the entire family used their individual talents, to join together in corporate family harmony. Those memories are forever etched in my mind. The first song I sang as a child was sitting on that old piano bench. My sister began to playâ¦âCome Home, Come Home Itâs Supper Time.â Several of my Uncles who used to play for Perry Como when he sang on the âWheeling West Virginia Radio Showâ would join in with her as I sang. It was at that moment I knew way down inside, even though I was a child; singing would be one thing I wanted to do with my life. One day Iâll hear that song echo from the other side of heaven, and weâll all go home because it will be Supper Time. Iâll join I and sing it with the first one I ever hears sing the song, ole Red Foley. The rest of the family will join in and sing that song I love so much âSuper Time.â Only this time weâll sing it around the throne of God and not around an old piano bench.â

Excerpts from "Tom Lanza: Eternally Grateful" by Diamond Dawson printed in "Power Source" Sep 07