Welcome To The Andrae´ Crouch School Of “Pay Attention!”

Andrae´ Crouch’s 1995 European Tour began with an appearance on German TV.

At this point in the set, Andrae´ would start singing from his amazing repertoire of past hits.  Of course the band, nor the singers knew which song he was going to start singing.  We just had to be ready for anything.  When I first started doing Gospel dates, L.A. drummer, friend and mentor Billy Hill told me, “Always watch the director because you never know what is going to happen.”

At 1:17 in this video,  Andrae´ tells Rickey Grundy “C’mon” (take a solo).  At 1:56, he then tells me to “C’mon”.   Not only was this the first performance of the tour, but it was my first performance with Andrae´ Crouch.  Being that this was one of the impromptu songs, I can’t say I was entirely ready for “C’mon” but I knew what to do if the occasion arose.  I didn’t respond with my first note until 2:01.

This pause in my response at that first show was just enough to receive a little “ribbing” from Andrae´throughout the tour.

The picture below shows Andrae´s perspective of my “pause” (that’s him holding my guitar saying “Who…me!”).

Word to the wise worship guitarist..always be ready for “C’mon”.