DESCRIPTION:
This is track 2 from her self titled 1981 debut album.
Written by Dottie Rambo
Angélla Christie is gospel's premier saxophonist. In 1981 she made her debut to the gospel music industry with her self-titled album. Branded as the "silent songstress", she spent nine years prior to becoming an artist traveling the church circuit earning the humble reputation of “the girl that plays with her shoes off.” No road managers or record companies, no role models or mentors, she didn’t know much about the industry of gospel music but found her voice within the serenity of ministry. “Apprehended by this gospel,” Angélla was determined to become the world’s greatest gospel saxophonist, compelling people to worship the God that apprehended her at 17 years old. Testing the tide of her calling and convictions, the tenacious teen recorded this, her first “LP" and sold 1,000 units.

Her musical influence was brought into full bloom through the inspiration and guidance of her missionary parents, Evangelist and Mrs. W. Girvin Christie, whose encouragement and support gave Angella the impetus to launch her musical career. She plays eight instruments. Angella competed nationally and was awarded a J. O. Patterson Fine Arts Scholarship in the 1979 Church of God in Christ National Convention held in Memphis, Tennessee.

Upon graduating from Houston Baptist University with dual degrees in Music and Social Work, Angélla went home hoping her missionary parents weren’t in Africa or some other foreign destination, and gave each of them a degree (the Music probably went to her mom who, wearied from her daughter’s earlier rock music exploits, purchased a sax from the pawn shop and stood her before the church to play her first solo, and the Social Work to her dad, the consummate philosopher and counselor who taught his oldest daughter courage by taking the youngster for her first swimming lesson in the Caribbean Sea).

On her way to a Philadelphia beach, Angélla stopped by Pittsburgh and attended a tent revival where she encountered Barbara Amos and spent the next nine months ministering sermonic solos and serving as organist for Amos’ revivals. Christie was confident she had found her calling and safe haven. Barbara Amos, who had served Shirley Caesar in a similar manner years earlier, understood this time was simply basic training for Christie.