Patch the Pirate

Patch the Pirate is an Evangelical Christian series of character-building, comical, musical recordings for children produced by Majesty Music. These comical capers teach Christian values to children through story and song recordings, children’s choir clubs, and radio programs. Patch the Pirate is played by Ron "Patch" Hamilton, who is a popular Christian singer, songwriter, composer, evangelist, and personality.[1] Ron Hamilton has created and published 35 Patch the Pirate Adventures including the first release Patch the Pirate Goes to Space in 1982 and the latest release in 2015 Ocean Commotion.[2] Over 2 million Patch the Pirate adventures have been sold since the release of the first album. The Patch the Pirate Radio Program is recognized by the National Religious Broadcasters as the third largest religious children's programming outreach.[3]

History

In 1978, doctors discovered cancer in Ron Hamilton's left eye resulting in the loss of the eye.[4] After recovering from the surgery Ron received an eye patch from the surgeon. Wherever Ron went wearing the patch, children would point at him and call him a pirate. Ron decided that he would either correct children the rest of his life or embrace the fact that he was now a pirate.[5] Before he lost his eye to cancer, Ron and his wife Shelly worked at Musical Ministries, later called Majesty Music, writing and performing sacred music in churches across the United States. After losing his eye, "Patch," as he became known, released an album of children's music. This album was wildly popular and led to the creation of the Patch the Pirate series which included music and original stories. Ron Hamilton wrote the stories and most of the songs, and his wife, Shelly, arranged the songs. The couple and their five children, Jonathan, Tara, Alyssa, Megan, and Jason, also starred on the recordings as members of Patch's crew.[6]

After losing his eye, Ron Hamilton wrote a song entitled Rejoice in the Lord, [7]which became one of his most widely popular songs. Other famous songs written by Ron Hamilton include Wings as Eagles, My Hope Is Jesus, Wiggle Worm, Bow the Knee, Beautiful Hands, Always the Same, Here Am I, Lord, Born to Die, Little by Little, The Poochie Lip Disease, How Can I Fear, Lord, I Need You, Servant's Heart, Clean It Up, I Am Weak, but You Are Strong, Christ Is Coming, Jonah, Call the Wambulance, That's Where Wisdom Begins, I Saw Jesus in You, A Secret Place, Cherish the Moments, and many more. Ron Hamilton has also authored a number of popular Christmas and Easter cantatas including Born to Die, Klinkenschnell the Christmas Bell, Peanut Butter Christmas, The Hope of Christmas, and many more.

Patch the Pirate Adventures are produced and published by Majesty Music and are sold on iTunes, Amazon, Google+, and Spotify. Majesty Music was founded by Dr. Frank Garlock in 1973.[8]

Dr. Garlock travelled to churches across the world speaking about music, and founded Majesty Music to produce quality sacred music for churches.[9] Majesty Music is widely popular in the Baptist denomination, and particularly in the Independent Fundamentalist Baptist denomination. Ron Hamilton married Dr. Garlock's daughter, Shelly, in 1975, and the couple now manage Majesty Music.[10]

Discography

References

  1. ↑ "Majesty Music ~ About Us". www.majestymusic.com. Retrieved 2015-11-11.
  2. ↑ "Majesty Music ~ Patch Adventures". www.majestymusic.com. Retrieved 2015-11-11.
  3. ↑ "About Us". patchthepirate.org. Retrieved 2015-11-11.
  4. ↑ Abe Hardesty, "Ron Hamilton: The Songwriter Turned a Medical Crisis into an Uplifting Career as "Patch the Pirate." City People, The Greenville News (2003)
  5. ↑ "All About Our Crew," Ron "Patch" Hamilton, http://patchthepirate.org/about-us
  6. ↑ Alyce Atkinson, "Pirates with a Purpose," The Greenville News (September 1,1996).
  7. ↑ ^ The Greenville News
  8. ↑ Garlock, Frank (1996). Music in the Balance. Greenville, SC: Majesty Music.
  9. ↑ "Dr. Frank Garlock | Ministry127". ministry127.com. Retrieved 2015-11-11.
  10. ↑ "Rick Perry Visits the Hamiltons in Greenville." The Times Examiner, Vol. 22, No. 11 (March 18, 2015)
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