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Prophet Omega (real name Omega Townsend, August 27, 1927 - February 28, 1992) was a weekly radio evangelist broadcasting in Nashville, Tennessee on Music Row’s WNAH in the 1970s. He was founder of the Peaceway Temple then located at "Apartment Q-258 at 488 Lemont Drive" (the Kenmont Apartments). He has become most known for the recordings of his sermons which became popular among musicians in the 1980s. Prior to entering the "prophet circuit" Townsend was a carnival worker.〔 == Music subculture == By way of cassette recordings Prophet Omega's sermons developed a cult following among road musicians in the late 1980s and early 1990s.〔 The cassettes were favorites on musician tour buses. Excerpts of his sermons have been sampled into rock music and quotes from his sermons have become the namesake of music projects.〔 The Rolling Stones and David Bowie were among the many fans. Melissa Etheridge and Adrian Belew both have used his excerpts in their works.〔(The Spin ) ''Nashville Scene'' February 23, 2006〕〔Anil Prasad (Adrian Belew The mind's turntable ) ''Innerviews'', 1992〕 Al Kooper contributed largely to the initial spreading of Prophet Omega recordings among musicians.〔Jackson Griffith (The man behind the curtain Musician Al Kooper reveals the connection between Prophet Omega, Lynyrd Skynyrd and short shorts ) ''Sacramento News and Review'', 01.05.06〕 He considers the recordings to be a form of folk art.〔Kathy Conkwright and Demetria Kalodimos, ''Friends Seen and Unseen'', Genuine Human Productions, 2000〕 Musicians have noted Omega's sense of rhythm, soul artist sound (like James Brown) and blues artist sound. Also, they noted a sense of 'knowing' in association with the ingroup that had heard his recordings.〔〔 The following is an excerpt from one of his more popularized sermons: A half-hour documentary about Prophet Omega entitled ''Friends Seen and Unseen'' was created by Kathy Conkwright, Demetria Kalodimos and was edited by Bobby F. Dowd. It was released by Genuine Human Productions in 2000.〔Stew Salowitz (Demetria Kalodimos to Address Illinois Wesleyan Commencement ) ''iwu.edu'', April 25, 2007〕 It was presented at the 2000 Nashville Independent Film Festival. The film won a Tennessee Spirit Award.〔(Friends Seen and Unseen ) ''genuinehuman.com''〕 An excerpt from one of Prophet Omega's sermons can be heard in the background in a scene from the 2007 horror film Side Sho, directed by Nashville filmmaker Michael D'Anna. Upon his death the original reel to reel recordings of his show were disposed of by his family. However, in 2006 a 2-CD set of his recordings gathered from collectors was released entitled ''The Complete Sermons''.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Prophet Omega」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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