Former Bethel Elder Became a Blues Rocker

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Former Elder in Jehovah's Witnesses, Gary Alt, was even a long-time "Bethelite," a worker at their world headquarters called Watchtower (a book publishing company masquerading as a religion). One of his contributions while there was cultural. He was asked to host a monthly music entertainment night at Bethel.

Check out his songs:

"Here are a handful of songs you might be interested in. The "still IN" songs variously have something to do with my exiting the JWs.

[still IN]
Falling Down vocal by Jayway
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tl__9Y2BJq8

Bleed For You vocal by Jayway
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=USzsewK8WZs

Spin
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8poJf5pTzxE

Whatever (I knew this wasn't a good song when I did it, but I needed one more for my album Not For Sale To Minors and wanted it to be raw-sounding - deliberately done with the angst and minimalist values of John Lennon's early solo recordings)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LjOZPqdskaA

[OUT]
Never Ending Always vocal by Lori Klein (written for my novel, Force of Will which used the pseudonym Tan Swiftwater - there's an interesting story to the song)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JbRK0HbqMiM

This Holy Day vocal by post-JW Gayann from NY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1OMPcoB9vL0

Wake Up vocal by post-JW Emma-Jade Mechen, daughter of Shane, from New Zealand
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1LAjNwRe6Gw

Anything else you might be interested in may be found on Spotify by searching for "Gary Alt" and the following album names, all done when I was JW:

-Tribute
-(Not) For Sale To Minors
-Beef Wellington and the Mad Cows - Masticated Bovine (joint project with JW friend Jayway when I was in)
-Gift of Projection (EP that predicted Art of Survival but has only 2 songs in common with it)
-Art of Survival (my best IMO)

And a couple of relatively recent extra songs that are not on any album:
-Shine a Light
-The Moon is Broken Tonight
-Western Lady - vocal by Rick Barth (YouTube only, not actually released)
-Color Wind (demo only)

Back in the Free World - vocal by Larry Hayden
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3g0Ch6YYMeg "
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