The Rocking Pastor Pontus J. Back kicks off the new year with a new album.
Pontus J. Back, from Vasa, Finland has a past as a touring musician since 35 years. His career took off after meeting Whitesnake guitarist Micky Moody in London in 1995 and after that he toured with members of bands such as Lynyrd Skynyrd, Status Quo, Whitesnake, Molly Hatchet, Frankie Miller Band to name a few. His first solo album ”Ride to Freedom” was released in 2009, two years after he had a spiritual encounter with Jesus on his death bed.
Rocking Pastor?
Pontus is an ordained minister of the Gospel from Fountain of Life Church in Okeechobee, Florida USA. His home church in the US. Over the years he has recorded several solo albums, both secular and with a christian message.
- People told me I can’t play rock and roll when I became a born again Christian. I am just in the middle of showing the world that it is fully possible to do this and all different music styles can be used to share the good news, Pontus says.
Three Chords is the title of the new album that also is his fourteenth album since 2009.
- It has been fun to work on this particular album. I have been working with the best and the songs are rockin’, Together with Janne Hyöty, Joona Ekroos, Mikko Rintanen, Elna Romberg and Camilla Cederholm we have managed to get a good mixture of both worship and rock and roll. I am thankful, Pontus says.
The songs?
- As I said it is a mixture of both worship songs or ballads and pure rock and roll. A mixture of southern rock and Status Quo with
some more drive and beat to it, Pontus laughs.
The ”Three Chords” album is out on all digital outlets February 2nd 2022
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