Jerry Jordan did not ask for a “Phone Call from God,” but it happened anyway.
He recorded the “call” – a comedy skit – at Don Caldwell Studio in Lubbock, turned it into a Billboard hit in 1975, using it to propel himself back to his first career choice. Painting.
In the call, which you can hear in this YouTube clip, Jordan plays a character trying to convince the Lord he’s attending church and living right – only to be held accountable with the track record of his life. Silly excuses are met with divine sternness – providing the comic tension…