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Christian Music Playlist

I'm Just a Bus Driver, but What do I Know?

Finally, Phil Keaggy was mentioned.

I saw him perform a solo show at a local church here in Philly a few years ago. He was just stunning with echo loop and acoustic guitar. If you want to hear what he sounded like before he got brain cancer and went Religious, find some old Glass Harp where he plays killer electric guitar.

Another one that I did not see mentioned, and not a heavy hitter but a Blues Band, is Darrel Mansfield. He plays Harmonica, well a whole belt full without missing a beat. The band is a rocking Blues band and yes, sometimes a bit preachy. I have a few of his including a Live show he did for inmates at the Graterford Prison in Philly a few days after he played the same church as Phil played.
 
Puddintane said:
I don't know if he's related to the brothers you're talking about, but I'm referring to this David Phelps. And this is my favorite lineup for the group: (l-r) Guy Penrod (long silver hair), Russ Taff (radiant blue suit!), David Phelps (curly hair), and Bill Gaither (the granddad of the whole shebang!). You may not be into this type of music, but you have to admit, this dude sings like he's from another world!
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Nah, different guy. You're right, the David Phelps that sings (or sang) with the Gaithers in incredibly talented.

Hyfi said:
Another one that I did not see mentioned, and not a heavy hitter but a Blues Band, is Darrel Mansfield. He plays Harmonica, well a whole belt full without missing a beat. The band is a rocking Blues band and yes, sometimes a bit preachy. I have a few of his including a Live show he did for inmates at the Graterford Prison in Philly a few days after he played the same church as Phil played.
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It's actually kind of funny how much of the stuff mentioned in this thread I already have. I have some Mansfield. Great blues but sometimes the lyrics seem a little forced and as you stated, overly preachy at times.
 
Thread resurrected once again.

I've had a Del McCoury and a couple of Ollabelle's rolling so far this morning. Preach on brothers and sisters!


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Sandy G said:
We got new hymnals in 1990, & a LOT of the old standards were gone, & all the rest had the lyrics changed to be VERY "PC", which ticked me off no end.
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Modern Bible translations are distorted in the same way. That's why one of my favorite things to do is research the ancient Greek and Hebrew scriptures using Concordances and Lexicons. So much ecclesiastical nonsense has been written into bad translations it's really mind boggling sometimes.

The Apostle Paul did tell the Bereans that their practice of checking everything he taught them against the scriptures was an important thing. It's incredible how many so-called "pastors" today get offended by this very same practice that Paul himself championed.
 
I too have lost interest in mainstream CCM radio, but that doesn't mean that there isn't good "christian" music (or music by Christians) out there. It does take some searching though.

Some of these are overtly christian, others, not so much.

Jill Paquette -(self titled) - folk rock
Cece Winans - Alone in His Presence - inspirational soul
Mike Farris - Salvation in Lights - southern blues (?)
Derek Webb - Stockholm Syndrome - progressive rock
Fernando Ortega - (self titled) & Home - adult contemporary
Jonny Lang - Turn Around - blues
Kirk Whalum - For You - jazz
Rich Mullins - The Jesus Record - pop/rock
David Crowder - Illuminate - progressive rock
Phil Keaggy - Way Back Home and others
Various Artist - In the Name of Love - Artist for Africa - CC artist covering U2
Jon Foreman - Fall / Winter
Paul Schwartz - State of Grace Vol 1&2. (vol 2 trk 3, Curacion feat. carlos santana) Windham Hill label

Their genre, is of course, my own private interpretation.


I believe most of these to be well recorded, interesting and insightful.
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There is a Christian jazz band from San Antonio called Solid Front. The Chris McDonald Orchestra did an album titled "Big Band Hymns" (just what the title says) some of Louis Armstrong's songs were biblicallt oriented and Glad did a mostly smooth jazz album titled "Color Outside the Lines"

There are quite a few Christian metal bands ranging from the pop/hair style like Stryper, Guardian and Mass to power metal like Bride, Saint, Bloodgood, Leviticus, Sacred Warrior, Trouble & Barren Cross to the extremes which include Deliverance, Tourniquet, Mortification, Gideon, Living Sacrifice, Ultimatim and a few others.

In the way of rock 'n' roll Petra, Larry Norman and Jerusalem come to mind.

For Punk, The Crucified and One Bad Pig are great.

Newsboys play a variety of alternative styles from quite mellow to rather heavy.

Keith Green is great for Christian Contemperary as are Amy Grant and Carman.

I hope this helps.
 
pmsummer said:
I probably said this three years ago, but for the most part, I'm not much of a fan of Christian Music, even though there is some good stuff out there. Paraphrasing C.S. Lewis, I will say that I am very interested in works by musicians who are Christians, as opposed to Christian Music.

That includes some old folks like Bob Dylan, Jorma Kaukonen, T Bone Burnett, Julie and Buddy Miller, Rickie Lee Jones, Emmylou Harris and Bruce Cockburn.
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I really wish I could add something to this but I can't. It's really how I feel. There were also great popular artists (such as Johnny Cash, Elvis and especially Tennessee Ernie Ford) who could take a hymn and make it something special. George Beverly Shea could sing a hymn like no other as well.
 
Sandy G said:
I remember a few hymns from my youth-"Not Alone For Mighty Empire", which is a nice "Call & Response" song, "Nearer My God To Thee", which reputedly was what the band on the Titannic was playing when it went down, & my fave, "Be Thou My Vision", which is an ancient Irish melody. We got new hymnals in 1990, & a LOT of the old standards were gone, & all the rest had the lyrics changed to be VERY "PC", which ticked me off no end.
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Believe me, I know the feeling. My wife and I were in church on Sunday and they had a "praise band" who sounded just awful (I really don't feel like I can concentrate on the sermon when my ears are recovering from some teenager showing off with his guitar solo.)

Regarding the changed lyrics, I will say/sing the correct lyrics even if I go out of step with everyone else.

Nearer my God to Thee is a fantastic hymn but on the Titanic they would've played it to the British tune, not the American tune that Jimmy Cameron had the band play in his sinking boat picture.

"A Night to Remember" got the right version, though: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pj-1b1Yvep8
 
I rotated another box of 120 CD's into my listening room. The chain is Denon DCD-615 > Behringer Tube Ultraflex > Emotiva USP-1 > Mitsubishi DA-A10dc > DQ-10's and DQ-1W sub driven by a bridged Sony 55ES

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This sounds so incredible! Glory be to the Father in deed.
 
Keaggy is a true artist. I saw him live last year along with a killer Christian blues band called Blues Counsel. They played for a while, he played for a while, then they came back and jammed together. It was a great show.

It's been a while since I started this thread so I don't know if I've mentioned some of this stuff but I've been doing some listening lately to OC Supertones (ska), Five Iron Frenzy (ska), Imisi (reggae), Jami Smith (blues - we've done a couple of her tunes as a praise band), and some GRITs (rap). I'm pretty sure that somewhere in this thread I mentioned Flatfoot 56 and they're still in rotation.

A tune that's been an earworm for me for a week or so is True Religion by Watersedge. The band is disbanded now but the song is pretty catchy. Kind of a reggae based pop reminiscent of Sugar Ray.
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Has anybody mentioned The Danielson Family yet? :D
Actually, they record more often as simply "Danielson" instead. I would call them indie pop gospel music. Funnily enough, they seem to be more popular with hipsters than the Christian music crowd.
 
I can't tolerate today's rock-based Christian music, but grew up singing the good stuff, the great old hymns and more rousing gospel stuff in Sunday school and church. I'll never understand why so many churches abandoned this great, timeless music for the junk that replaced it. :sigh:

Whatever. These guys are great. I break out this LP every so often, always a great listen.

The Blackwood Brothers sang gospel for over 60 years, and from the 1950s to the '70s, they were one of the most popular gospel groups in the U.S. One of their biggest fans was a young Elvis Presley, who auditioned -- and was turned down -- for the group in 1953.
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chicks said:
I can't tolerate today's rock-based Christian music, but grew up singing the good stuff, the great old hymns and more rousing gospel stuff in Sunday school and church. I'll never understand why so many churches abandoned this great, timeless music for the junk that replaced it. :sigh:

Whatever. These guys are great. I break out this LP every so often, always a great listen.

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2 words - Empty Pews

We have 3 services on Sunday and the 1st service has traditional music and the choir. I used to run the sound board and received a lot of unsolicited feedback about the sound. 99.9% of it was from our seniors. It was either too loud or not loud enough. Most were fairly tolerant of the newer music.

GatorDude said:
I think I'd just skip all that stuff and listen to Norman Greenbaum's "Spirit in the Sky" about 50 times.
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I can't believe no one has mentioned Supertramp. Also there is Prefab Sprout from the eighties (very Catholic) and Black Sabbath in an inverse sort of way.
 
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Not sure if this one's been posted yet... but I'd highly recommend it. I've always been very critical of this genre - (as well as disappointed more often than not) - but this one is a keeper:

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