He's Alive - by Don Francisco (+ Dolly Parton's cover)

A good one to finish off the Easter weekend, eh?

Don Francisco was born Feb. 28th, 1946 in Louisville, KY.  He had a career in the 1960's as a folk rock artist before rededicating his life to God & a bit of a genre change.  His debut in this change was "Brother of the Son", released in 1976 on the recently founded NewPax Records (which has rostered the likes of Bill Gaither, David L. Cook, Brown Bannister, & other notables [that I haven't noted… lol]).  Francisco has won 2 Dove Awards over his 20 album (<-- including live?) career.  This song (which was written "from the point of view of Peter just after the crucifixion of Jesus) is from his sophomore album "Forgiven", released in 1977.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EO-7gehGYII

& here's Dolly Parton's version live at the 1989 CMA Awards:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UbRPWUHM80M

Also, you can download a bunch of Don Francisco's songs for free from his website:

http://www.rockymountainministries.org/ (just click on "Free MP3's!", then right click, & download...)