Jon Gibson

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Prior to his professional career, Gibson played drums and provided backing vocals for the San Francisco heavy metal band Winterhawk. Their second album, Dog Soldier (1980), included Gibson and was released via Mother Earth Records (a remastered version was reissued via Don Giovanni Records in 2021).

In 1982, at the age of 20, Gibson signed with Dick Griffey's Constellation Records (SOLAR) as a rhythm and blues artist. His debut came as a guest vocalist and songwriter on several songs for Bill Wolfer (the keyboardist for the Jacksons), on his Wolf album, via the Constellation label. The album included Michael Jackson singing background vocals on the Gibson/Wolfer collaboration "So Shy". Griffey circulated Gibson's demo tape, with people believing they were listening to Stevie Wonder, who Gibson sang "Ebony and Ivory" with while on tour in 1983.

Gibson released his debut album, Standing on the One (1983), originally via Constellation (now owned by Unidisc Music). He also produced the single, "She Told Me So" (1983) via Elektra Records, with a music video that premiered on MTV. However, Gibson was torn between his desire for pop stardom and his need to give testimony to his faith. Therefore, he entered the Christian music industry when he signed with Frontline Records after 1985.

Gibson's second album featured his first rap solo, "Ain't It Pretty" (1985), from On the Run (1986). The album was co-produced by Felton Pilate of Con Funk Shun. On the Run was well received, and rendered his first No. 1 single in contemporary Christian music (CCM) to impact Christian radio. "God Loves a Broken Heart" became one of over twenty Top 10 CCM hits for Gibson. He would also experience success with the No. 1 single "Friend in You", a ballad which is one of CCM's classic hit songs, from his next album.

Gibson wrote and produced "The Wall" as well, the first rap hit in CCM history by a blue-eyed soul singer and/or duo, featuring MC Hammer (a song that Stanley Kirk Burrell – or K.B. – originally identified himself as M.C. Hammer and Gibson as J.G.). Burrell and Tramaine Hawkins previously performed in concerts with Gibson's band at various venues, such as the Beverly Theatre in Beverly Hills (a live performance of "B-Boy Chill" is on YouTube). Gibson was in a gospel rap group with Hammer known as the Holy Ghost Boy(s), with songs later produced and released on their respective albums. Hammer released a song called "Son of the King" on his debut album, Feel My Power (1986). Gibson released "The Wall" on his third album, Change of Heart (1988). The album included Gibson's cover version of "Yah Mo B There" (co-written by Rod Temperton and Quincy Jones), a song originally performed by James Ingram and Michael McDonald.

Gibson collaborated with Stevie Wonder on his fourth album, Body & Soul (1989). Wonder played harmonica on a remake of his own song, "Have a Talk with God", from Songs in the Key of Life (1976). The album peaked at No. 23 on July 29, 1989 (charting for 25 weeks) Wonder's soundtrack album, Jungle Fever (1991), had Gibson singing backup on the track "I Go Sailing" (as well as touring together).

Gibson's fifth album, Jesus Loves Ya (1990), featured multiple musicians including Rob Watson and Doug Webb. It produced two hit singles: the title track and "Love Come Down". In 1991, "Jesus Loves Ya" was a top selling CCM single, spending a record eleven weeks at No. 1 on the CCM charts. However, several elements frustrated the relationship between Gibson and Frontline Records. The main issue was the fact that Gibson was receiving little if no payment for his recordings.

His sixth album, Forever Friends (1992), yielded five Top 10 hits and was voted Album of the Year by CCM Magazine. The album peaked at No. 3 on August 8, 1992 (charting for 37 weeks), but Frontline Records ran into serious financial trouble. "My contract was over when I completed the album Forever Friends... I was definitely free from Frontline", Gibson says. He decided to form his own record label called New Soul Records, resulting in a nearly three-year hiatus before releasing his seventh album, Love Education (1995). The album peaked at No. 19 on April 15, 1995 (charting for 5 weeks).

Gibson later signed with Ojo Taylor and Gene Eugene of Brainstorm Artists International (BAI). He then got married, had children and took time off from his music again. Gibson searched for a record contract for two years, before landing with the gospel record label B-Rite Music for his eighth album, The Man Inside (1999). It was a consciously urban-sounding album made with producer Tommy Sims. It didn't fare as well as previous records, therefore Gibson created Imagery Records for his ninth album. He released his first praise album, Soulful Hymns (2002), via his own label.

In June 2010, Gibson released the single "On a Mission", which was available for download. A portion of the funding for a Project 10 album was raised via Kickstarter. The planned album, The Horizons of Knowing, went unreleased in late 2010. "I'm On a Mission" eventually appeared on Gibson's tenth album, The Storyteller (2012), a tribute album to his father Stan Gibson (who led him to the Christian faith in 1981). It was released on his independent record label by Soul Scan Music, and mixed by engineer Dennis Moody.

Gibson released the single "Silent War" in March 2022, marking his first new music in a decade. The track was made public for download on Gibson's website and social media. He is currently working on his eleventh studio album.

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