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August 27, 2026Blog

Happy The Man – A Sebastian Temple classic reimagined by Wayne Bethanis

 “Happy The Man” is a song by Sebastian Temple that was published in 1967, shortly after the Second Vatican Council (1962-1965). It appeared at the onset of the Catholic Folk Mass revolution. Temple, in fact, was one of the lead composers of the acoustic guitar-driven component of […]

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