Keith Green

Keith Gordon Green ( Sheepshead Bay ( New York ), October 21 1953 - Lindale (Texas) , July 28 1982 ) was an American singer , songwriter and musician . He performed especially Christian music and devoted himself strongly to evangelical Christianity .

Greens songs were often created with the cooperation of his wife Melody Green . Some of these are Your Love Broke Through, You Put This Love In My Heart andAsleep in the Light. He wrote modern evangelical songs like Oh Lord, You're Beautiful, and There Is A Redeemer. One of its highlights is The Prodigal Son Suite, a 12-minute song about Jesus' parable of the prodigal son . He wrote the song with a view to a full rock opera . [1]

Green came at the age of 28 were killed when the small plane in which he was (a Cessna 414) crashed. Two of his children deceased in the accident. Wife Melody and their third child were on the plane. ==Christian shots [  edit ] == ==Posthumous releases [  edit ] == In 1989 brought his wife Melody in collaboration with David Hazard from a biography of Green. In 1992 published an English edition of the book entitled "Keith Green: No compromise." Green herein is described as a radical Christian who turned against a watered faith and dusty ecclesiastical institutions.
 * 1977 - For Him Who Has Ears to Hear
 * 1978 - No Compromise
 * 1980 - So You Wanna Go Back to Egypt
 * 1981 - The Keith Green Collection
 * 1982 - Songs For The Shepherd
 * 1983 - The Prodigal Son
 * 1983 - I Only Want To See You There
 * 1984 - Jesus Commands Us To Go
 * 1987 - The Ministry Years, Volume One (1977-1979)
 * 1988 - The Ministry Years, Volume Two (1980-1982) (LP Album Release)
 * 1999 - The Ministry Years, Volume Two (1980-1982) (CD Release)
 * 2002 - The Ultimate Collection (DVD / CD Release)

In 2001, Green was posthumously included in the Gospel Music Hall of Fame .