It was Forty Years Ago Today: The "Amen Break" and Gospel-Secular Connection

Randall Stephens In 1969 a Washington D.C.-based R&B, gospel, soul act called the The Winstons released a chart-topping single, “Color Him Father.” “Think I’ll color this man father / I think I’ll color him love / Said I’m gonna color him father / I think I’ll color the man love, yes I will.” The b-side was the stirring, funked-up “Amen, Brother.” A drum break in that song has come to be known as the “amen break,” a heavy snare and symbol cutaway that now seems light years ahead of its time. Though the band would go on to some acclaim, backing the Impressions on the road, they failed to make much more of a larger, national mark

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It was Forty Years Ago Today: The "Amen Break" and Gospel-Secular Connection