Last Friday night, I took my son Joshua (almost 9) to see Rick Cua in concert at MBC (Muskoka Bible Centre), on beautiful Mary Lake in Muskoka, Ontario. It was interesting to hear the Christian musician play some of his retro hits as well as some of his new songs. I have only one of his songs, “I can, I will”, on a cassette of mixed artists, so I had an idea of what we were going to hear. The genre of music he plays is Christian rock/contemporary/praise & worship. Rick says on his website, “A lot of the songs I write have a worship slant; its what I’ve done for years. Its a natural thing. They will be congregational, but will also be energetic and pretty vibey”.
The base guitarist, in his pre-Christian days, played in a band called the Outlaws. After his conversion to Christ, he left The Outlaws and went out on his own. For the last 27 years, Rick has been singing for Christ. His goal and mission is to share the love of God and to minister through music and he has 12 albums released to date, spanning the years 1982 to 2007.
In his 59th year, it was great to see this agile musician perform on stage. The guitar solos of him and his co-appearing artist, Tony Hooper, from Mississippi, were amazing. Playing songs like “Victory in Jesus”, “Won’t Fade Away”, “Somewhere Tonight”, “What if”, and “I can, I will”, and Tony’s song “Bad Things, Good People” left the audience searching their hearts and purpose here as believers, and looking to God.
A funny thing he said at the end of the concert was, “there are cassettes available at the back”. After he realized what he said, he added “right next to the 8 tracks”. This might not be understood by the younger generation and I had to explain it to Joshua like this: “first the 8-track, then the cassette, then the cd”. I didn’t mention the vinyl or there would have been more explaining to do.
Reporting for the BlogZone at WaterBrooks.net, this is Lauren LaRose
