The Muse is Loose

To many of you he was simply, Dick Baker. To many of us older folks he was the man who filled our hearts and minds with music; many of his songs simply called, "choruses". With brother, Bo, this musician wrote over three hundred songs. He sang in hundreds of churches and at Crusades around the world, including three Billy Graham Crusades. Dick Baker began the Baptist Religious Hour choir at Baylor, active today after sixty-two years. He was co-writer of the Baylor Fight Song,still sung today.

Dick Baker was a vital part of the Youth Revival Movement of the late forties/early fifties. I was influenced by that movement. In later years Ann and I heard he and Bo at a senior adult gathering at Glorieta. Both were wonderful musicians and Bo was a great preacher. I weep now as I remember him at the piano playing and singing in his rich baritone voice, "Longing For Jesus". One man using his gifted talents for God....that was Dick Baker.

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