Sylvester C. Lewis (Bootsy) is the lead guitarist for The New Singing Disciples. His

father taught him how to play the guitar at an early age and as a teenager played the

guitar for a few R&B groups. He always had a love for southern gospel music and during

the mid 1990's the Lord brought him to play with The New Singing Disciples.

He was born in Hague, Virginia and now lives in Bowie, Md. He joined the Potomac Baptist

Church at early age and sung on the junior choir. Sylvester graduated from A.T. Johnson

High school located in Templeman, Virginia and moved to Washington, DC.

Immediately upon graduation, he started to work for the Department of Defense (DoD)

at Fort Meade, Maryland. While there, during the LBJ Administration, he was detailed to

the White House and drafted into the army. During a two year army tour, he served

nineteen months in Germany. After his military obligation, he returned to work for the

DoD and later married Doris Johnson and fathered two children (Sharron and Donte').

He extended his education at the Prince George's Community College, in Maryland and

earned an AA degree in Electronic Engineering Technology. After 37 years of service with the federal government as a Senior Electronic Technician, he retired and returned fourteen months later as a DoD contractor.

Sylvester "Bootsy" Lewis