Lincoln Brewster

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Mr. Lincoln Brewster
Lincoln Brewster performing live at the Creation Festival NorthEast 2009.
Background information
Born	July 30, 1971 (1971-07-30) (age 38) Fairbanks, Alaska
Origin	U.S.
Genres	Worship
Occupations	Musician Songwriter Composer Worship Leader/pastor
Instruments	Guitar
Years active	1994 – present (Solo)
Labels	Integrity Music
Website	www.lincolnbrewster.com
Members
Lincoln Brewster(guitar) Norm Stockton(bass) Mike Johns(drums) Steve Padilla(keyboard)

Lincoln Brewster (born July 30, 1971 in Fairbanks, Alaska) is a Christian music artist and pastor. As a guitarist, singer, and songwriter, Brewster became a sought-after session guitarist in the early 90s. Lincoln is married to Laura Brewster, with 2 children, Liam and Levi.

Biography

Brewster has been musically inclined since his early childhood in Homer, 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, Alaska.

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 California where he 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.^{[citation needed]} 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 latest album, Today Is the Day, was released on September 23, 2008.^[1] The album's first released single, was the title track "Today Is the Day". In September 22, 2009 Lincoln released Today Is The Day(Deluxe Edition), a CD/DVD edition with same songs as Today Is The Day, 2 music videos, a few song stories and a part of his instructional video.

Discography

Albums

Singles

Compilations

Collaborations

References

Resources

• Lincoln Brewster Official Website biography
• Vertical Music profile for Lincoln Brewster

External links

• Official site
• Lincoln Brewster's MySpace page
• Vertical Music profile
• Lincoln Brewster's profile & Images at NewReleaseTuesday.com