Classic CCM

[WannaWitness]

Carman had a lot of great music in the '80s and '90s. Some of his best tunes (spanning from '82 to '98) were:

Some-O-Dat
Spirit Filled Pizza
Sunday's On The Way
The Champion
Addicted to Jesus (with DC Talk)
God's Got An Army
Jesus Is The Light
Lazarus Come Forth
Revive Us Oh Lord
7 Ways 2 Praise
The Courtroom
God Is Exalted
Radically Saved
Celebrating Jesus (from the Christmas album)

 

[WannaWitness]

Does anyone remember Chuck Girard?

 

[Buckeye]

Does anyone remember Chuck Girard?

Name sounds familiar but I couldn't name any of his songs.

 

[Athanasian Creed]

Does anyone remember Chuck Girard?

Of course! He was the lead singer/songwriter in the group Love Song (excellent early 70's Christian country-rock band! ) He went solo after LS ended. Excellent musician!


Ray

 

[Million Pieces]

I'm remembering bands like Servant, Rick Cua (well he was more 80's than 70's), Larry Norman. I grew up in the 70s-early 80s so some of these names a re a real trip down memory lane!

I loved Mike Warnke!! Wierd, I was just thinking about him the other day walking home from work. I wonder what he's up to now. It was pretty sad how his ministry came down.

 

[Athanasian Creed]

I'm remembering bands like Servant, Rick Cua (well he was more 80's than 70's), Larry Norman. I grew up in the 70s-early 80s so some of these names a re a real trip down memory lane!

I loved Mike Warnke!! Wierd, I was just thinking about him the other day walking home from work. I wonder what he's up to now. It was pretty sad how his ministry came down.

I've seen all of them (some more than once) in concert. Man, i feel OLD!

As for the Mike Warnke fiasco, you can read about it here from the people who exposed him -

http://www.answers.org/satan/warnke.html

and on his website -

http://www.mikewarnke.org/default.asp?startpage=faqs.asp

It seems, from his site, that he is still available for speaking engagements.


Ray

 

[Million Pieces]

Intersting. I saw him once in concert in Edmonton just before it all went really bad. I was remembering some of his earliest records, I have completely forgotten what they were named by now.

 

[Thankful75]

I liked very few of those.

Here's my favorites from what I'd consider the 'early days'

Keith Green
Barnabas
Rez
Whiteheart
D&K
Petra (anything up to On Fire)
Steve Taylor
77s
EARLY Sheila Walsh
Daniel Amos
Scaterd Few
The Crucified
Vengeance Rising
Mike Knott/LSU/Lifesavers
The Choir
and yes....Stryper.


That would about cover everything I remember being classic up until the late 80's. That would also include everything that was cool (at that time) about Christian Music. I know I'm forgetting some, though.

Good stuff!! I really liked those bands too

 

[Rich48]

How about Don Francisco? I still love his country/folk flavered stuff.

I remember going to a Bill Gaither Trio concert in Columbus, Ohio. In the middle of the concert, Bill said that they had this new artist with them, and that he was going to sing a couple of songs. That was my first experience with CCM. Don sang 2 songs-"Got To Tell Somebody" and, of course, "He's Alive."

Rich

http://members.aol.com/runswiththewind3/Page177.html

 

[Buckeye]

WOW! That stuff about Mike Warnke was a shock. I had no idea he was such a liar. Yet, he's still in "ministry", laughing all the way to the bank I bet.

Don Francisco is still in the game. You can learn about him here:

http://www.rockymountainministries.org/

 

[Athanasian Creed]

I liked very few of those.

Here's my favorites from what I'd consider the 'early days'

Keith Green
Barnabas
Rez
Whiteheart
D&K
Petra (anything up to On Fire)
Steve Taylor
77s
EARLY Sheila Walsh
Daniel Amos
Scaterd Few
The Crucified
Vengeance Rising
Mike Knott/LSU/Lifesavers
The Choir
and yes....Stryper.


That would about cover everything I remember being classic up until the late 80's. That would also include everything that was cool (at that time) about Christian Music. I know I'm forgetting some, though.

Hey, that music is still COOL - it is when Christian music was really Christian (and not afraid to call itself that)

I've seen all those artists/groups you mentioned above except Scaterd Few.

I seen Keith Green in '79 at Jesus '79 in Ontario, Canada. The only time it did not pour rain the 3 days of the festival was when he sung!

Barnabas' female singer, Nancy Jo Mann had a real heart for ministry (and a great set of pipes)

Resurrection Band (NO Rez for me!) was an awesome band in concert and Glenn Kaiser always gave a rousing talk at the end complete with altar call.

Daniel Amos was a truly innovative band with a genius songwriter (Terry Taylor) No 2 albums of their ever sounded the same!

Stryper was, imo, a highly overrated band. Seen them 3 times in concert. Some good songs but nothing par excellence.



Ray

 

[WannaWitness]

Here's a rarity in classic CCM....

In 1984, Lisa Whelchel (yes, from Facts of Life!) made a Christian contemporary music album -- it was called "All Because Of You". If anyone ever finds this gem (on E-bay, thrift store, yard sale, etc.), I think it would be worth getting.

The sound? Pure '80s all the way!!

 

[Million Pieces]

Oh my yes!! I saw it once, it was all pink and bubble-gum-y. LOL

OLD Petra is some of the best, Benny Hester was pretty good. Greg X. Volz's solo stuff was actually pretty awesome back in the day. I was a huge Steve Taylor fan in the days of On The Fritz and I Wanna Be A Clone.

 

[WannaWitness]

"On The Fritz" is a SUPERB album! A lot of enjoyable tunes. Especially "Lifeboat" and "Drive".

 

[Million Pieces]

*** I LOVE Drive!! My favourite was always This Disco. He still writes some amazing lyrics, but they're not quite so satirical now. But still brilliant.

 

[Million Pieces]

I wsa reminded tonight of two guys I hadn't heard from in ages...


Bryan Duncan and Steve Camp. I LOVED those guys!!

 

[Athanasian Creed]

I was at the very last concert of Sweet Comfort Band (of which Bryan Duncan was a member)


Ray

 

[Million Pieces]

Oh that is so cool!!!


Hey, does anyone remember David Meece? I never sawy him live, but my dh did once.

 

[Athanasian Creed]

Check out this site -

http://www.one-way.org/jesusmusic/index.html

for info. on the early days of CCM.

There is also a listing of websites for various CCM artists so you can check up on what they're up to.



Ray


P.S. And yes, i remember David Meece.

 

[WannaWitness]

Sheila Walsh.