Vision 1985 LP With Billy Powell (Lynyrd Skynyrd) - A2: "Lord Is My Joy"

Vision LP: Vision Released: 1985 Label: Heartland Records ‎– HR 38659 Album Credits Rocco Marshall – Lead Vocals & Guitars Leonard Jones – Vocals, Guitars & Violin Martin Tomlinson – Bass Greg McNeily – Bass (tracks: A5, B3) Billy Powell – Piano David Jinright – Synthesizers George Atwell - Synthesizer Keith Holmes - Saxophone Mike Maple – Drums, Vocals Engineer [Assistant] – Andy Deganahl, Chuck Kjergaard, Shawn Hurley Mastered By – Mike Fuller Photography By – John Petrey Producer, Engineer – Greg McNeily Design – Stephen Wells Tracklist A1 Dynamos Lead Vocals – Rocco Marshall Lyrics By – Rocco Marshall Music By – Rocco Marshall Guitar Solo – Leonard Jones Piano Solo – Billy Powell A2 Lord Is My Joy 3:45 Lead Vocals – Rocco Marshall Lyrics By – Rocco Marshall Music By – Rocco Marshall Guitar Solo – Rocco Marshall Violin Solo – Leonard Jones A3 Old Man 3:19 Lead Vocals – Rocco Marshall Lyrics By – David Jinright Music By – David Jinright Guitar Solo – Rocco Marshall A4 Dedicated Lead Vocals – Rocco Marshall Lyrics By – Rocco Marshall, Sandra Marshall Music By – Rocco Marshall, Sandra Marshall Guitar Solo – Leonard Jones 3:40 A5 Soldiers Song 3:40 Lead Vocals – Rocco Marshall Lyrics By – David Jinright Music By – David Jinright Guitar Solo – Leonard Jones , Rocco Marshall B1 Standing On The Rock 4:25 Lead Vocals – Rocco Marshall Lyrics By – Rocco Marshall Music By – Rocco Marshall First And Second Guitar Solos – Leonard Jones Piano Solo – Billy Powell B2 Don't Say It's Over 3:54 Lead Vocals – Rocco Marshall Lyrics By – Rocco Marshall, Sandra Marshall Music By – Rocco Marshall, Sandra Marshall B3 Psalm 23 3:52 Lead Vocals – Leonard Jones Music By – Leonard Jones B4 You Are My Only Lord 3:24 Lead Vocals – Rocco Marshall Lyrics By – Rocco Marshall Music By – Rocco Marshall Violin Solo – Leonard Jones B5 You're The One 3:17 Lead Vocals – Leonard Jones Lyrics By – Leonard Jones Music By – Leonard Jones Guitar Solo – Rocco Marshall Piano Solo – Billy Powell Sax Solo – Keith Holmes Vision can trace its inception to two separate events. The first occurred in 1983 when the youth pastor of a Jacksonville, Florida Assembly of God asked the praise and worship team to form a band to put on a series of concerts for a local youth group. Vision would emerge would emerge from out of this band, initially comprising founding member guitarist/vocalist Rocco Marshall but soon to include drummer Mike Maple, multi instrumentalist Leonard Jones and keyboardist David Jinright. The second, taking place in 1977, was the tragic plane crash that killed Lynyrd Skynyrd members Ronnie Van Zant, Steve Gaines and Cassie Gaines and seriously injured several others, including bassist Leon Wilkeson and keyboardist Billy Powell. Wilkeson and Powell, both on extended hiatus from music in the wake of the crash, eventually joined the ranks of Vision: Wilkeson came on board after attending a series of rehearsals that found him learning the bands material and Powell upon hearing a demo version of the track “Fight The Good Fight” while in jail for a DUI. Powell goes into further detail about how he joined the group in the book Freebirds: The Lynyrd Skynyrd Story: "It's a long story how I got in a Christian band. I was in jail for DUI and that's where I met Jesus, actually. I became a Christian, and shortly after I got out of jail, I met (Rocco) Marshall, who is the lead singer and the main songwriter of Vision. Next thing you know, I was going to church and I was in a Christian band for four years.” Vision debuted in 1984 with a nine song self-titled custom release that would soon go out of print and become a hard to find and pricey collector’s item. The group proceeded to sign with Heartland Records for its follow up release, also self-titled but featuring ten songs and coming out in 1985.

Added 25 Mar 2026