Don Light, Gospel Music Hall of Famer, master talent scout, has died
Early Manager of Jimmy Buffett
Most every day, Gospel Music Hall of Famer Don Light offered this advice:
"If you can find a need and fill it, you've got a job."
Mr. Light, who died Wednesday at age 77, found many needs, and filled them. He played drums on the "Grand Ole Opry." He produced hundreds of records. He co-founded the Gospel Music Association in 1965, the same year he opened Don Light Talent, the first professional outfit for booking gospel music. He was almost certainly the only gospel industry executive who habitually kept a can of beechwood-aged Budweiser beer in his jacket pocket.
After staking significant claims in the Jesus music business, he enabled the ascent of Jimmy Buffett, a singer-songwriter who sang a self-penned composition titled "My Head Hurts, My Feet Stink and I Don't Love Jesus."
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RIP Don Light
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