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Churches with Charlie: Meet Larry “Love” Hamilton – Gospel in New Orleans

In a small Baptist church in New Orleans, gospel music helps heal the pain of survivors post-Hurricane Katrina. Come sit down at the piano with Charlie and Larry Love Hamilton today at St. Matthew’s.

Larry Love’s first love was music, “Any tragedy is when I need to sing… It’s always coming my heart, my mind, my experience… deep in my spirit.”

Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans, making landfall on August 29, 2005. By August 31, 80% of the city was flooded, with some parts under 15 feet of water. Sidle up to the piano, and come into this house of God, where people began their rebuilding from deep within their own spirit.

Watch: Larry “Love” Hamilton