Dec 21

Dec 21 Envisioning Transformation: Rev. Jimi Calhoun

“The privilege of a lifetime is being who you are.” (Joseph Campbell) When we began “Envisioning Transformation” it seemed people were uncomfortable with the idea that the future is what we make it, largely-speaking. So we decided to ask two religiously-centered, world-bettering Elders to share about their transformative lives in and outside Religion and lessons we can apply. Here is Rev. jimi Calhoun, legendary musician and care-giver.

Rev. Jimi Calhoun is one of the most important Funk, R&B, and Rock and Roll bass players in the world, 1960s-1980s, but for the last 40 years he's been focused on pastoring and ministering. The son of a pastor, Jimi was a teenager and early adopter of Hippie culture in the San Francisco Bay area during the Civil Rights movement of the 1960s, USA. As a prodigious young musician he worked with breakthrough stars like Wilson Pickett and Lou Rawls before he could drive. By the 1980s he had played on 100s of credited and uncredited recordings, including Exile on Main Street by The Rolling Stones. He is best known today for his classic recordings with Dr. John, Parliament Funkadelic, Sly Stone, and his own band, Creation. In 1983 he entered pastoral training and has been ministering ever since. He is currently Lead Pastor at Bridging Austin. Rev. Calhoun has four books exploring how Rock and Religion can help each other create long-lasting reconciliations. He is interviewed by AllCreation exec. editor, Chris Searles, for our Winter Solstice collection: Envisioning Transformation.