Hey folks– Brian Courtney Wilson sent me another blog exclusively for the GospelPundit readers.  If you didn’t see his first blog, click here to see what else he’s been saying.

And if you don’t already have his chart-topping debut album, Just Love, now is the time!

In this timely entry, Brian shares something from the heart about his father.  I’ll let him say the rest.  The floor’s yours, man!

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“Influences”

People sometimes ask me who my greatest musical influence is.  I have listened to many people coming up… they have all had a positive influence or inspired me in some way.  But my greatest musical influence without a doubt is my father.

For over 30 years he served as a custodian in the district where I went to school.  He was so dependable that he became the head of custodians in the school district.  Every morning he would get up before dawn and many evenings he had a side hustle painting the homes of the teachers he worked around.

I remember him coming home to tell us that he lost his management position in the district where I went to school.  They told him the custodial service was being outsourced.  For another 10 years, my dad humbled himself and took a position as a custodian in another district to support his family.  With all that he was doing he still found time to be a faithful member of the Rock of Ages Male Chorus.

One day they decided to adopt 3 kids and mentor them.  I was one of those kids.  He has since retired from being a custodian, but remains in the male chorus.  He told me that they recently received their first paid gig.  They were invited to a banquet and received their dinner for free (he said this with a wink and a smile).  When I sing today, I sing on his shoulders. Thank you dad.

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Wow.  That’s an awesome testimony, bro.  Gotta love a transparent artist– thank you for sharing!  Makes me wanna go hug MY Daddy…

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