COMMUNITY
Paul Davis and Turtle Lane during
a rehearsal for Maricopa band Kitten Glop.
Loud music, close connections This Maricopa family finds connection through faith, heavy metal and three bands BY KAREN BARTUNEK
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Finding their calling Paul’s band, Worship Vein, formed in 2013 during worship at that same program. “God gave me a song called ‘Despite Tomorrow,’” he said. “My goal is to spread the word about Jesus Christ and my testimony and let people know what he can do for them because he did it for me.” He met bassist Turtle Lane, at a Bible study. Inspired by Christian punk bands, they began jamming regularly. “We were just seeing where it goes since Christian rock is kind of a niche genre,” Paul said. Ephraim Pierre asked to join their jam sessions about three years ago. The 17-year-old began playing drums at church about seven years ago and said the band has started to feel like a second family for him.
OR OUR FAMILY, IT’S CHURCH first,” said Tortosa resident, Natalie David, a mother and singer. She is part of a family of Tortosa
musicians who recently performed at Maricopa’s Got Talent with their bands Worship Vein, Kitten Glop and The Painted Llamas. Davis and her husband, Paul, play in three bands with their children, churchmates and friends, including Ephraim Pierre, Chuck Bible and Turtle Lane. Besides music, Christian faith connects them all. But Paul wasn’t always religious. His connection to Christianity began in 2012 when he entered a program a teen challenge program to recover from a meth and heroin addiction. “God radically changed my life three days in,” he said. “I was redeemed through the blood of Jesus Christ.”
Natalie Davis sings with her son, Elijah, during Maricopa’s Got Talent auditions in August.
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