Divine Intervention: Episode # 69: Musicians Sheila E., and Allen & Leah Cuffey of Rev 7

On this episode of Divine Intervention, we will be focusing on the music industry, and what God is doing with music and in the lives of several musicians. Our special guests are Sheila E, and Allen & Leah Cuffey, of Rev 7.

Sheila Escovedo was born into a musical family, the eldest child of 4 children, and she started playing with the family instruments at the age of 3.

Sheila was influenced by her father Latin jazz legend and timbalero Pete Escovedo (then band leader of the influential band Azteca) while watching him rehearse. At 5 years old, she made her concert "debut" at the former Sands Ballroom in Oakland, as she was invited on stage by her father to play a solo in front of an audience of 3,000. At that moment, Sheila knew exactly what she wanted to do: she was going to be a percussionist.

From age 17, Sheila has recorded and toured extensively with renowned artists such as Babyface, Billy Cobham, Natalie Cole, George Duke, Pete Escovedo, Gloria Estefan, Marvin Gaye, Stevie Nicks, Patti LaBelle, Cyndi Lauper, Prince, Lionel Richie, Diana Ross, and Stevie Wonder and countless others. She is a multiple gammy nominated performer, and has played on countless albums, including the soundtrack to "Prince of Egypt," featuring Whitney Houston and Mariah Carey, successful Japanese artist Namie Amuro (whom she also toured with in 1996 and 2002) and Gloria Estefan's hugely successful "Mi Tierra."

Sheila E. is indeed a multi-faceted drummer, percussionist, vocalist, songwriter, performer, arranger, producer, composer, instrumentalist and humanitarian. Her gifts have brought joy on the world and have made her one of today's brightest talents, and she continues to be one of our most treasured stars. Shelia E. joins us on Divine Intervention to share about her music, her life and her faith, and how God miraculously intervened and healed her from both the emotional scars of sexual abuse, and a debilitating health crisis that left her paralyzed, unable to walk.

Allen and Leah Cuffey are a husband and wife team of musicians, ministers and founders of the enlightened praise and worship band, Rev 7. They are also co-presidents and founders of GSR Media, a multi-media production company that includes a Christian record label, and a recording studio specializing in video and audio production. They produce many local Christian artists and radio shows, including Divine Intervention. They also produce, write and perform their own music for Rev 7, and they have a new album entitled, "Praising Around the World," which features diverse styles of faith-based music with an international flavor. In this show, they share some of their new music, as well as some of their amazing testimony of how God miraculously saved them. Their marriage was headed for breakup, and Allen was literally killing himself with a heavy drug and alcohol addiction, when God intervened and spoke to them both in the same night. Allen was delivered instantaneously from from his addictions to cocaine, alcohol and cigarettes. Jesus changed them both both and repaired their marriage!