[1] His hits included “God’s Love,” “Thank You Lord Jesus,” “Music (He Brings A New Song),” “Brand New Day,” and “Fresh Surrender,” which was nominated for a GMA Dove Award in 1977.
He began playing guitar at age five and by high school he was teaching and had already formed a couple of rock bands.
[4] Masters toured with the group throughout the United States, Canada and South Africa for six years before leaving the band in 1976.
He married Judy Baxter, a law student and engineer at NBC who worked on various shows including the daytime drama, Days of Our Lives, Sanford & Son, The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson doing the boom, working as an audio assistant, or operating the teleprompter.
He left behind his wife and one infant daughter, Lauren who went on to study musical theatre at USC and currently lives and works in Burlington Vt after spending 10 years in NYC.