Camp Meeting Songs, a Collection of Gospel Songs ... #d75
Display Title: Can he depend on you First Line: Jesus, the Savior, came down from above Author: W. B. Bacon Date: 1959
Camp Meeting Songs, a Collection of Gospel Songs ... #d75
Also called Big Chief Bacon (stage name).
Wilkin B. Bacon was born on April 27, 1908, Talihina, Oklahoma of Choctaw Indian heritage. He is sometimes confused with Osage Chief Bacon Rind. Wilkin was baptized in 1937 at Sherman, Texas, by Burton Coffman. He sang baritone in the Lone Star Quartet, a Gospel group that performed on radio station KWFT in Wichita Falls, Texas, and later on station WPTF in Raleigh, North Carolina. By 1945, Bacon had moved into ministry, preaching in Arlington, Texas; Fort Smith, Arkansas; Corsicana and Dallas, Texas; and Duncan and Talihina, Oklahoma. He died on October 9, 1981, Talihina, Oklahoma.
NN Go to person page >| First Line: | Jesus, the Savior, came down from above, Came to bring mercy and love |
| Title: | Can He Depend On You? |
| Author: | Wilkin Bacon (1943) |
| Language: | English |
| Refrain First Line: | Can He depend on you |
| Copyright: | © 1943. Renewal 1971 by Stamps-Baxter Music |
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