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Artist Biography For Rev. Louis Overstreet

Rev. Louis Overstreet April 1 1921 Lakeland LA - April 22 1980 Phoenix AZ Was An American Gospel Singer Guitarist And Bandleader. Reverend Louis Overstreet Began Singing In Gospel Quartets At An Early Age. He Was Working In A Turpentine Plant In Dequincy LA In 1958 When He Felt The Call To Become A Full-Time Minister. Blessed With A Ferocious Deep Singing Voice And Accompanying Himself On Electric Guitar And Bass Drum Playing Both At Once The Rev. Louis Overstreet Along With A Gospel Quartet Made Up Of His Four Sons Took His Own Brand Of Street Evangelism Around Louisiana And To Texas Alabama Mississippi Tennessee Arizona Nevada And California Before Settling In As The Pastor Of St. Luke's Powerhouse Church Of God In Christ In Phoenix AZ In 1961. It Was There That Chris Strachwitz Recorded Overstreet And His Congregation And Sons For The 1962 LP Rev. Louis Overstreet. The Album Was Reissued On This CD In 1995 With Additional Tracks Recorded At Overstreet's Home And A Track From A 1963 Appearance At The Cabale Coffee House In Berkeley CA. The Often Found Birthdate January 25 1947 Is Unlikely As When He Was Recorded By Chris Strachwitz In 1962 He Had His Own Church And Was Accompanied By His Four Sons Three Of Them Already Being Teenagers. Investigation Revealed That The 1947 Date Related To His Oldest Son Louis Overstreet Jr. And That The Reverend Was Born On April 1 1921 Near Lakeland Louisiana And Died April 22 1980.

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