889 The Crusaders “Praise We the Lord” 1966

“Not only were these Southern Californians one of the first on the scene with a ‘contemporary musical expression: The Beat’, they had one big advantage over other Christian beat outfits of the time (mostly UK bands), and that’s the support of a mainstream label. And boy does it ever show. This one’s got the heaviest garage sound for the era, ‘Praise We The Lord’ probably being the closest Christian music ever got to the raw punk energy of early Who (it’s actually a rip-off of The Yardbird’s tune ‘You’re A Better Man Than I’)” (www.theancientstar-song.com). 

The Crusaders “Praise We the Lord”