Kutless, Supreme
Published 5:00 am Friday, July 22, 2005
Never thought you’d see ”Stephen Baldwin,” ”skateboarding” and ”evangelical” in the same sentence?Well read on.In between the evangelical efforts of Stephen Baldwin, skateboarding and the other soul-saving entertainment at Saturday’s Central Oregon Festival, three major Christian rock acts – Kutless, Tait and Pillar – will entertain the assemblage. (For more on the complete festival, see story page 10.)The free event’s music program begins at 5 p.m. with opener Dave Lubben and the Luis Palau Praise Band, which has recorded its own CD of original and classic praise songs.After the Praise Band’s set, Kutless will take the stage. Kutless has recently released its third album, ”Strong Tower,” an album described in a press release as being a praise album distinct from Kutless’ first two efforts.”Our record label brought the idea of doing a worship record to us,” Kutless frontman Jon Micah Sumrall says in the release. ”They believed that fans would like it. We were unsure of the timing since we’ve only done two records, but after prayer and thought, we decided to go ahead and do it.”Then actor and born-again Christian Stephen Baldwin will deliver his message, followed by the band Tait, two of whom, Lonnie and Chad Chapin, hail from Bend. The pop-rock group gives the Eddie Grant chestnut ”Electric Avenue” a thorough going-over on the album ”Lose This Life.”After Luis Palau evangelizes, Pillar will wrap things up by 10 p.m. – plenty early for those off to church come morning. Speaking of Sunday, Pillar has released a serviceable version of the U2 classic ”Sunday Bloody Sunday.” Truly, this is the summer of remakes – might make a good time to get reborn, too, or at least take in the free entertainment.Les Schwab Amphitheater is located at 344 SW Shevlin Hixon Dr., Bend.Contact: 318-1772.