A few months back, a friend asked me to arrange some gospel music and record it for him.  He plays "gospel clarinet".  That's something you (I) don't hear every day!  He really wanted the tune to be like a Standard- organ, bass, drums,  and a little guitar.  I said put something on the CD the kids might like.  And this is what I came up with.
 
http://soundcloud.com/tbosco/because-he-lives
 
It was a lot of fun to write and record, even though it is WAY out of my norm.  I hope you like it.  Feel free to comment.
 
Clarinet by B.T. Scruggs.  Electric Piano solo by Danny Sample.  The rest is me. 

You're right.... still well done..... 

I like the jazzy break in there. 

it's all good..... different  but good.

new orleans electric gospel enjoyed it!

I think Shawn got this right.  It sounds very Dixieland to me.  You gotta like this, it's good time Gospel.  It arranged very well, and all the performances are very good.  Kudos to you, Tony!

Hey thanks guys.  LOL-  Upon taking another listen myself, it seems that X2 has taken this X1 song and shifted one of the tracks to the right (later in time) about 4 measures... Luckily, it's the "Dancing Flutes" Z3ta patch track which is really more of a texture than a tone, so it doesn't really stick out.

tbosco very creative well done thanks for sharing eric

I liked this. The backing had some interesting sounds and they came in at the right times to keep interest.

The real clarinet made it though.

Thought the keys at 1:40 r so jumped out a little to much and pierced a tad.

Its certainly different and they aint nothing wrong with that!

Cian

Cian-  Thanks for the tip.  If I get around to re-mixing, I'll take those notes into consideration.  Thanks for listening!!

Very nice Tony... I do love a clarinet...

Great arrangement too...

This is definitely the most original arrangement of this song I've ever heard and probably ever will hear.  Fantastic playing and the mix sounds great! :)