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Willie Odom
Sr. Singer, songwriter, musician and producer, is known to many as “ Mr. Odom”,now as aka Mr. “ O “, owner and operator of Cedarwood Gospel Recording Studio of Houston. He has help to produce several Albums for some of Houston’s up and coming artist. From Contemporary Gospel to Gospel Jazz, and let’s not forget about Traditional. Odom says he was plucking the violin as a guitar before he even new what a guitar was, at the age of 6, not yet having developed an ear for music, Odom states that he began taking music lessons and learning to read sheet music very early. Little did he know that God would intervene at the prefect time to stir up a gift that was inside of him. Talk about ordered steps! During high school, he learned to play the alto and baritone saxophone. He played the guitar in church, and later moved on to playing the piano and the organ, which are now his primary instruments. When asked, “who are some of his greatest influences in music”, he doesn’t hesitate to express his love for Alicia Keys, Grammy Award winning, R&B artist and musician/singer Sade, jazz recording artist George Benson, Hank Crawford, Jimmie McDuff, and the late Conrad Johnson of Houston Texas. . His church home Bible Church OF Holiness (Bish. J.L. Parker) in Houston where he’s been a 20yr plus musician.
