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About Quigley James
Quigley James
An ordained minister and worship leader, Quigley Foran…aka Grampa Quigley has been writing music and playing guitar since the age of 13.
In the early 70’s, he pioneered one of the first folk masses for the Catholic Church in the Hartford area and in 1972, served on the worship team for the Catholic Lay Celebration in Hartford.
In the last half of the 70's he toured with the rock band "Tamarac" and served as bassist/singer/songwriter. performing in clubs, colleges and festivals.
Also, as a singer/songwriter/bassist for the 1980’s Christian band , Elijah Project., he performed in schools, prisons, concerts and outdoor festivals and appeared on TV and radio.. One of their songs, “Let the Babies Live”, was used extensively by a OBGYN group in Chicago to minister to young women contemplating abortion.
In the late 1980’s, Pureheart, was born, which was made up of singers and musicians from throughout the Northeast US and that tradition continues today.
In the 1990’s, Quigley, was ordained a deacon in the Evangelical church and in 1997 he was ordained a Worship Leader/Psalmist with Mountain Top Global Ministries. He served for 10 years as the Worship Coordinator for the CT House of Prayer drawing together worship leaders from across the state.
In 2006, he led worship for a multi-denominational /multi-cultural congregation of 5000 people at the Global Day of Prayer event in Hartford…as well as Christian conferences and gatherings in the US and abroad…including two trips to India to teach worship and western music.
An ordained minister and worship leader, Quigley Foran…aka Grampa Quigley has been writing music and playing guitar since the age of 13.
In the early 70’s, he pioneered one of the first folk masses for the Catholic Church in the Hartford area and in 1972, served on the worship team for the Catholic Lay Celebration in Hartford.
In the last half of the 70's he toured with the rock band "Tamarac" and served as bassist/singer/songwriter. performing in clubs, colleges and festivals.
Also, as a singer/songwriter/bassist for the 1980’s Christian band , Elijah Project., he performed in schools, prisons, concerts and outdoor festivals and appeared on TV and radio.. One of their songs, “Let the Babies Live”, was used extensively by a OBGYN group in Chicago to minister to young women contemplating abortion.
In the late 1980’s, Pureheart, was born, which was made up of singers and musicians from throughout the Northeast US and that tradition continues today.
In the 1990’s, Quigley, was ordained a deacon in the Evangelical church and in 1997 he was ordained a Worship Leader/Psalmist with Mountain Top Global Ministries. He served for 10 years as the Worship Coordinator for the CT House of Prayer drawing together worship leaders from across the state.
In 2006, he led worship for a multi-denominational /multi-cultural congregation of 5000 people at the Global Day of Prayer event in Hartford…as well as Christian conferences and gatherings in the US and abroad…including two trips to India to teach worship and western music.
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