Lincoln Brewster
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Lincoln Brewster is a contemporary Christian music
ian and pastor
. As a guitarist, singer, and songwriter, Brewster became a sought-after session guitarist
in the early 90s. Brewster is the senior worship pastor at Bayside Church
in Roseville
, California
.
, Alaska
. At the age of one, his mother, Cheryl, noticed how well he could keep rhythm on a drum set his grandfather had given him. At the age of five, his mother introduced him to the mandolin
. Quickly mastering the instrument, he began playing for cruise ship tourists alongside his mother in Homer.
By the age of 12, Brewster had a band called Lincoln and the Missing Links, which included his mother on bass and vocals. In his late teens, he moved with his family to Modesto, California, where he attended Grace M. Davis High School
and joined the high school jazz band (playing guitar and drums) and marching band (playing snare drum).
Due to connections gained in Los Angeles, he had recording contract offers by 19. Feeling an emptiness in his life, Brewster attended church services with his high school sweetheart and Christian, Laura. He recalls feeling God drawing him close after attending a drama ministry performance with Laura. "I was afraid to lay down a lot of things in my life," Lincoln said. "One night, I laid all my cards on the table. I asked the Lord to come into my life, all by myself. It was the best night of sleep I'd ever had. I was very peaceful. I think that was what enabled me to blow off that record deal."
After receiving a call from Steve Perry
inviting him to audition as lead guitarist for his next solo project, For the Love of Strange Medicine
, Brewster accepted and began songwriting and rehearsals for the album. Brewster's guitar technique, tone, and equipment choices possessed similar qualities and texturing to Journey's
Neal Schon
, and was touted as a favorable feature in the resulting album. He also toured with Perry for six months from 1994 to early 1995.
At the end of the tour, Brewster and wife Laura moved to Modesto
, California
where they attended Calvary Temple Church. After working as a sound technician for the church for a while, the senior pastor offered Brewster the position of associate music director and youth worship leader.
In 1997, the Brewsters left California and moved to Nashville
to serve as youth pastors and eventually as full-time music ministers at The Oasis Church. It was there that Brewster met with executives from Integrity Incorporated who were there to work on a new Hosanna! Music
album. After seeing his talent on the guitar, one executive listened to a demo project Brewster had produced. Already impressed with the production work and artistry, the executive also learned that Brewster had played every instrument and performed all the vocals himself. In 2001, Lincoln moved back to California to become the worship pastor at Bayside Church in Sacramento.
Brewster was signed to Integrity's Vertical Music label with whom he has released five full-length albums.
While working on his own self-titled album
(with producer Paul Mills), Brewster worked with label-mate Darrell Evans
, contributing vocals, guitar and co-writing on Evans' Freedom project. He also spent some time on the road, touring with Michael W. Smith
during Smith's 1998 Live the Life tour. Brewster's second album, Live to Worship
(produced by Jeff Quimby and co-produced by Brewster), was released in 2000. According to his biography in his official website, "Lincoln now combines his talents and determination to record songs that will minister to a new generation of believers."
Brewster's album, Today Is the Day, was released on September 23, 2008. The album's first released single, was the title track "Today Is the Day".
On September 22, 2009 Lincoln released Today Is the Day (Deluxe Edition), a CD/DVD edition with same songs as Today Is the Day, two music videos, a few song stories and a part of his instructional video.
Lincoln released his latest project, Real Life, on September 28, 2010. The record is packed full of upbeat, contemporary worship tracks such as "Best Days" and the optimistic "Reaching For You." It also includes contemplative radio-ready songs such as the title track "Real Life," and the rhythmic "Whom Shall I Fear."
Contemporary Christian music
Contemporary Christian music is a genre of modern popular music which is lyrically focused on matters concerned with the Christian faith...
ian and pastor
Pastor
The word pastor usually refers to an ordained leader of a Christian congregation. When used as an ecclesiastical styling or title, this role may be abbreviated to "Pr." or often "Ps"....
. As a guitarist, singer, and songwriter, Brewster became a sought-after session guitarist
Guitarist
A guitarist is a musician who plays the guitar. Guitarists may play a variety of instruments such as classical guitars, acoustic guitars, electric guitars, and bass guitars. Some guitarists accompany themselves on the guitar while singing.- Versatility :The guitarist controls an extremely...
in the early 90s. Brewster is the senior worship pastor at Bayside Church
Bayside Church (Sacramento region)
Bayside Church, formally known as Bayside Covenant Church, is a family of churches centered around the primary church in Roseville, California, which is referred to as the Granite Bay campus. The Granite Bay church's senior pastor is Ray Johnston, and its main worship leader is Lincoln Brewster...
in Roseville
Roseville, California
-2010:The 2010 United States Census reported that Roseville had a population of 118,788. The population density was 3,279.4 people per square mile...
, California
California
California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...
.
Biography
Brewster has been musically inclined since his early childhood in HomerHomer, Alaska
Homer is a city located in Kenai Peninsula Borough in the U.S. state of Alaska. According to 2005 Census Bureau estimates, the population was 5,364. One of Homer's nicknames is "the cosmic hamlet by the sea"; another is "the end of the road"...
, Alaska
Alaska
Alaska is the largest state in the United States by area. It is situated in the northwest extremity of the North American continent, with Canada to the east, the Arctic Ocean to the north, and the Pacific Ocean to the west and south, with Russia further west across the Bering Strait...
. At the age of one, his mother, Cheryl, noticed how well he could keep rhythm on a drum set his grandfather had given him. At the age of five, his mother introduced him to the mandolin
Mandolin
A mandolin is a musical instrument in the lute family . It descends from the mandore, a soprano member of the lute family. The mandolin soundboard comes in many shapes—but generally round or teardrop-shaped, sometimes with scrolls or other projections. A mandolin may have f-holes, or a single...
. Quickly mastering the instrument, he began playing for cruise ship tourists alongside his mother in Homer.
By the age of 12, Brewster had a band called Lincoln and the Missing Links, which included his mother on bass and vocals. In his late teens, he moved with his family to Modesto, California, where he attended Grace M. Davis High School
Grace M. Davis High School
Grace M. Davis High School is a public high school located in Modesto, California. Established in 1959, the school serves students in grades 9-12...
and joined the high school jazz band (playing guitar and drums) and marching band (playing snare drum).
Due to connections gained in Los Angeles, he had recording contract offers by 19. Feeling an emptiness in his life, Brewster attended church services with his high school sweetheart and Christian, Laura. He recalls feeling God drawing him close after attending a drama ministry performance with Laura. "I was afraid to lay down a lot of things in my life," Lincoln said. "One night, I laid all my cards on the table. I asked the Lord to come into my life, all by myself. It was the best night of sleep I'd ever had. I was very peaceful. I think that was what enabled me to blow off that record deal."
After receiving a call from Steve Perry
Steve Perry (musician)
Stephen Ray "Steve" Perry is an American singer and songwriter best known as the lead vocalist of the rock band Journey from 1977–1987 and 1995–1998. Perry had a successful solo career throughout the late 1980s and early '90s.Perry's voice has garnered acclaim from musical peers and music...
inviting him to audition as lead guitarist for his next solo project, For the Love of Strange Medicine
For the Love of Strange Medicine
For the Love of Strange Medicine is the second solo album by Steve Perry, released in 1994. After a lengthy 8-year hiatus following the breakup of Journey, and a shelved 1988 solo effort later titled Against the Wall, Perry returned to the spotlight with this album...
, Brewster accepted and began songwriting and rehearsals for the album. Brewster's guitar technique, tone, and equipment choices possessed similar qualities and texturing to Journey's
Journey (band)
Journey is an American rock band formed in 1973 in San Francisco by former members of Santana. The band has gone through several phases; its strongest commercial success occurred between the 1978 and 1987, after which it temporarily disbanded...
Neal Schon
Neal Schon
Neal George Joseph Schon is an American rock guitarist, songwriter, and vocalist best known for his work with the band Journey. He is the only member to have recorded on all of Journey's albums...
, and was touted as a favorable feature in the resulting album. He also toured with Perry for six months from 1994 to early 1995.
At the end of the tour, Brewster and wife Laura moved to Modesto
Modesto, California
Modesto is a city in, and is the county seat of, Stanislaus County, California. With a population of approximately 201,165 at the 2010 census, Modesto ranks as the 18th largest city in the state of California....
, California
California
California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...
where they attended Calvary Temple Church. After working as a sound technician for the church for a while, the senior pastor offered Brewster the position of associate music director and youth worship leader.
In 1997, the Brewsters left California and moved to Nashville
Nashville, Tennessee
Nashville is the capital of the U.S. state of Tennessee and the county seat of Davidson County. It is located on the Cumberland River in Davidson County, in the north-central part of the state. The city is a center for the health care, publishing, banking and transportation industries, and is home...
to serve as youth pastors and eventually as full-time music ministers at The Oasis Church. It was there that Brewster met with executives from Integrity Incorporated who were there to work on a new Hosanna! Music
Hosanna! Music
Hosanna! Music is a subsidiary of a record label that publishes contemporary Praise and Worship Music, a genre of Christian music. It is part of the Integrity Music Group, which was headquartered in Mobile, Alabama. As of the spring of 2011, The David C...
album. After seeing his talent on the guitar, one executive listened to a demo project Brewster had produced. Already impressed with the production work and artistry, the executive also learned that Brewster had played every instrument and performed all the vocals himself. In 2001, Lincoln moved back to California to become the worship pastor at Bayside Church in Sacramento.
Brewster was signed to Integrity's Vertical Music label with whom he has released five full-length albums.
While working on his own self-titled album
Lincoln Brewster (album)
Lincoln Brewster is the self-titled debut Christian worship music album by Lincoln Brewster released on April 21, 1999 by Vertical Music.- Track listing :#"He's All I Need" - #"Everybody Praise the Lord" -...
(with producer Paul Mills), Brewster worked with label-mate Darrell Evans
Darrell Evans (musician)
Darrell Evans is an evangelical Christian musician and songwriter, known primarily for his contributions to contemporary Christian worship. Influenced by the music of Bruce Springsteen and U2, his style of music is noted for its extensive use of free form composition, with several of his songs...
, contributing vocals, guitar and co-writing on Evans' Freedom project. He also spent some time on the road, touring with Michael W. Smith
Michael W. Smith
Michael Whitaker Smith is a Billboard top ten Billboard Hot 100 recording artist and Grammy Award-winning American singer-songwriter, composer, and actor. He is one of the best-selling and most influential artists in Contemporary Christian music. Smith also has achieved a considerable amount of...
during Smith's 1998 Live the Life tour. Brewster's second album, Live to Worship
Live to Worship
Live to Worship is a Christian worship music album by Lincoln Brewster released on May 17, 2000 by Vertical Music.- Track listing :#"You Alone" - - 4:06#"Lord, I Lift Your Name on High" - - 3:32...
(produced by Jeff Quimby and co-produced by Brewster), was released in 2000. According to his biography in his official website, "Lincoln now combines his talents and determination to record songs that will minister to a new generation of believers."
Brewster's album, Today Is the Day, was released on September 23, 2008. The album's first released single, was the title track "Today Is the Day".
On September 22, 2009 Lincoln released Today Is the Day (Deluxe Edition), a CD/DVD edition with same songs as Today Is the Day, two music videos, a few song stories and a part of his instructional video.
Lincoln released his latest project, Real Life, on September 28, 2010. The record is packed full of upbeat, contemporary worship tracks such as "Best Days" and the optimistic "Reaching For You." It also includes contemplative radio-ready songs such as the title track "Real Life," and the rhythmic "Whom Shall I Fear."
Albums
| Title | Release Date |
|---|---|
| Lincoln Brewster Lincoln Brewster (album) Lincoln Brewster is the self-titled debut Christian worship music album by Lincoln Brewster released on April 21, 1999 by Vertical Music.- Track listing :#"He's All I Need" - #"Everybody Praise the Lord" -... |
April 21, 1999 |
| Live to Worship Live to Worship Live to Worship is a Christian worship music album by Lincoln Brewster released on May 17, 2000 by Vertical Music.- Track listing :#"You Alone" - - 4:06#"Lord, I Lift Your Name on High" - - 3:32... |
May 17, 2000 |
| Amazed Amazed (album) Amazed is a Christian worship music album by Lincoln Brewster released in August 2002 by Vertical Music.- Track listing :#"Let the Praises Ring" - #"All I Really Want" - #"Everybody Praise the Lord" -... |
August 2002 |
| All to You... Live All to You... Live All to You...Live is a live Christian worship music album by Lincoln Brewster released on August 30, 2005. The album was recorded live at Bayside Church in Granite Bay, California, the church at which Brewster is regular worship leader and Worship Arts Pastor, on March 4, 2005.The music is... |
August 30, 2005 |
| Let the Praises Ring Let the Praises Ring Let the Praises Ring: The Best of Lincoln Brewster is a Christian worship music album by Lincoln Brewster released on November 7, 2006 by Integrity Music. This album compiles songs off Brewster's prior albums and includes two previously unreleased songs.... |
November 7, 2006 |
| Today Is the Day | September 23, 2008 |
| Real Life Real Life (Lincoln Brewster album) Real Life is the seventh studio album recorded by contemporary worship musician Lincoln Brewster.-Track listing:#"Best Days" – 4:25#"Reaching For You" – 4:45... |
September 28, 2010 |
Singles
| Album | Release Date | Songs |
|---|---|---|
| Caught in the Moment | 2006 | "Caught in the Moment" |
| Let the Praises Ring | 2006 | "Everlasting God" "Love the Lord" |
| Today Is the Day | 2008 | "Today Is the Day" "God You Reign" "Salvation Is Here" "The Power of Your Name" |
| Real Life Real Life (Lincoln Brewster album) Real Life is the seventh studio album recorded by contemporary worship musician Lincoln Brewster.-Track listing:#"Best Days" – 4:25#"Reaching For You" – 4:45... |
2010 | "Reaching For You" |
Compilations
| Album Title | Release Date | Songs |
|---|---|---|
| B.C./A.D.: Who Split Time? | 1999 | What Kind of Man |
| Youthlink: Beyond Sight | 1999 | Shout to the Lord |
| Only God for Me | 1999 | More Faithful Than I |
| Rock of Refuge: Acoustic Worship | 2000 | Everybody Praise the Lord |
| Millennium Worship 2 | 2001 | Psalm 91 |
| World's Best: Days of Elijah | 2001 | The Power of Your Love |
| Open the Eyes of My Heart, Volume 1 | 2001 | The Power of Your Love You Alone Lord, I Lift Your Name on High |
| Creation Worships | 2002 | The Power of Your Love Take Me Higher Lead Me played lead guitar and backing vocals on album |
| Open the Eyes of My Heart, Volume 2 | 2002 | Take Me Higher Psalm 91 God of Wonders (guitar with Paul Baloche and Lamont Hiebert) |
| Songs 4 Worship: Modern | 2002 | Shout to the Lord Lord, I Lift Your Name on High Take Me Higher Breathe (with Jami Smith) |
| Absolute Worship | 2004 | The Power of Your Love |
| Vertical Momentum | Let the Praises Ring | |
| You've Got Music | Everybody Praise the Lord | |
| Everything Counts | More Like You | |
| Offering of Worship | You Are the One | |
| Brilliant Music of Today: Hear & Now | 2005 | Majestic |
| Worship Project H2.14 | 2005 | Majestic All the Earth Will Sing Your Praises Glory |
| Cover the Earth | 2005 | Love the Lord |
| Arise: A Celebration of Worship Arise: A Celebration of Worship This album features Integrity worship leaders Don Moen, Jared Anderson, Lenny LeBlanc, Lincoln Brewster, Paul Baloche, and Robin Mark.-Disc 1 track listing:#"Open The Eyes Of My Heart" #"Arise" #"Thank You Lord"... |
2006 | Let the Praises Ring All to You Another Hallelujah Everybody Praise the Lord |
| iWorship Platinum | 2006 | Shout to the Lord |
| iWorship 24:7 | 2007 | Salvation is Here Everlasting God Love the Lord |
Collaborations
| Artist/Title | Release Date | |
|---|---|---|
| Quintana & Spear: Shades of Shadow | 1992 | played lead guitar on three tracks |
| Steve Perry Steve Perry (musician) Stephen Ray "Steve" Perry is an American singer and songwriter best known as the lead vocalist of the rock band Journey from 1977–1987 and 1995–1998. Perry had a successful solo career throughout the late 1980s and early '90s.Perry's voice has garnered acclaim from musical peers and music... : For the Love of Strange Medicine For the Love of Strange Medicine For the Love of Strange Medicine is the second solo album by Steve Perry, released in 1994. After a lengthy 8-year hiatus following the breakup of Journey, and a shelved 1988 solo effort later titled Against the Wall, Perry returned to the spotlight with this album... |
1994 | played lead guitar, sang background vocals and assisted in songwriting |
| Darrell Evans Darrell Evans (musician) Darrell Evans is an evangelical Christian musician and songwriter, known primarily for his contributions to contemporary Christian worship. Influenced by the music of Bruce Springsteen and U2, his style of music is noted for its extensive use of free form composition, with several of his songs... : Freedom Freedom (Darrell Evans album) Freedom is the third Christian worship music album by Darrell Evans released by Vertical Music in 1998. This album also features Lincoln Brewster who played lead guitar and aided in songwriting... |
1998 | played lead guitar, all other electric guitar, mandolin and collaborated in some songwriting |