Daniel Amos is the self-titled debut album by Christian rock band Daniel Amos . The album was issued in 1976 by Maranatha! Music and was produced by Al Perkins . It is typical of the country rock sound the band performed in the mid-1970s before their switch to alternative rock in the early 1980s.
31-511: The Swirling Eddies are an American rock band that began as an anonymous spinoff from the band Daniel Amos , along with new drummer David Raven. For each Swirling Eddies release, band members adopted pseudonyms for the liner notes; "Camarillo Eddy" ( Terry Scott Taylor ), "Berger Roy Al" ( Tim Chandler ), "Gene Pool" ( Greg Flesch ), "Arthur Fhardy" ( Rob Watson ), "Spot" ( Jerry Chamberlain ), and "Hort Elvison" (David Raven). These pseudonyms were dropped for their third album, " Zoom Daddy ". Over
62-539: A demo tape together and eventually lost Starnes and Paxton. Bassist Marty Dieckmeyer and guitarist Jerry Chamberlain were brought in to fill the empty spots. Sometime in the middle of 1975, Jubal's Last Band (minus Baxter) auditioned for Maranatha! Music and Calvary Chapel in hopes of signing a recording and performance contract. Another band at the meeting, led by Darrell Mansfield , had a similar name – Jubal. The two bands decided to change their names to avoid confusion. Mansfield renamed his band Gentle Faith (taken from
93-557: A double disc release that paid tributed to singer/songwriter Mark Heard , who died in 1992 following a performance at the Cornerstone Festival . In mid-1999, a number of artists joined to contribute to a tribute album entitled When Worlds Collide: A Tribute to Daniel Amos . Artists lending their voices (and guitars) to the project included longtime band friends like Randy Stonehill , Jimmy Abegg , Phil Madeira , Starflyer 59 , Brian Healy , and others. Also making
124-629: A surprise appearance on the project was Larry Norman , who had not worked with the band since the delays surrounding the Horrendous Disc album. The tribute album was released in time for Cornerstone 2000. In 2001, DA released what many critics called their best album to date, Mr Buechner's Dream , named after author Frederick Buechner . The album also pays tribute to Walker Percy , T. S. Eliot , G. K. Chesterton , Flannery O'Connor , Lewis Carroll , Dorothy L. Sayers , and other authors that have inspired DA's lyrics for years. The album
155-459: A week before the release of the band's newly recorded fourth album ¡Alarma! in 1981. The long delay led to the departure of MacDougall and Cook, and was the subject of a series of articles and letters to the editor in CCM Magazine . From the connection with Solid Rock, Daniel Amos began working with singer/songwriter Randy Stonehill . The band began touring heavily with Stonehill in
186-652: The Eddies as an ever-evolving and ever-growing family of like-minded musicians. At that time, in an interview with Harvest Rock Syndicate, Taylor explained that the plan was to "(open) the Eddies up to even more artists, sort of make the Eddies this conglomerate of different people that I've always wanted to work with, and have a lot of song-writing teams involved and different lead singers. Just make it this mass of people, that sort of fluctuates and changes." The band released its debut album on Alarma Records in 1988 entitled Let's Spin! . Outdoor Elvis , released in 1989, featured
217-454: The LP featured lush orchestrations and a string of rock songs linked together in a way reminiscent of Queen , Pink Floyd and Abbey Road . Shotgun Angel also saw the departure of Steve Baxter and the addition of keyboardist Mark Cook. Cook had been the keyboardist for the band Spring Canyon, which had recorded an album for Warner Brothers a few years earlier with producer Richard Podolor that
248-558: The Prophetic Trumpets. The band's recording contract with Maranatha! resulted from Jubal's Last Band's audition for the label sometime in mid-1975. Another band at the meeting, led by Darrell Mansfield , had a similar name - Jubal. The two bands decided to change their names to avoid confusion. Mansfield renamed his band Gentle Faith , and Jubal's Last Band became Daniel Amos. Not long after, D.A. recorded its first song for Maranatha!, Taylor's "'Aint Gonna Fight It." That track
279-421: The band to play keyboards on tour in 1983 and for the next two albums. In 2000, the band released the four albums in a three-disc set packaged together with a booklet collectively titled, The ¡Alarma! Chronicles . Additional material was provided by columnists John Thompson, Bruce Brown, Randy Layton, Brian Quincy Newcomb and others. The band released Darn Floor-Big Bite in 1987. Although Darn Floor
310-568: The band's bass guitarist since 1982, died on October 8, 2018. Founding member Steve Baxter died on September 9, 2020. Current members Former members Daniel Amos (album) Heavily influenced by the Band , Steely Dan and the Byrds ' Sweetheart of the Rodeo , Daniel Amos' debut full-length album temporarily leaves behind the rock roots of the band members earlier bands although many of
341-520: The band's career, they have included keyboardist Mark Cook, drummer Alex MacDougall , bassist Tim Chandler and keyboardist Rob Watson with sounds that experimented with country rock , rock , new wave and alternative rock . The roots of Daniel Amos began to grow out of Jubal's Last Band , an acoustic quartet consisting of Taylor, Kenny Paxton, Chuck Starnes and Steve Baxter, who spent their time performing for Bible study groups and at coffee shops throughout Southern California. In 1974, JLB recorded
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#1732787159296372-595: The band's first two radio singles, "Driving in England" and "Hide the Beer, the Pastor's Here!". The title track included lines such as: "It's said he croons when the moon's above, singing tenderly 'Hunk of Burning Love.'" The band's humorous "documentary" video, Spittle and Phlegm , was released the following year. In 2004, the band began to work on their first album of original, new material in ten years entitled The midget,
403-808: The band's tour. The Deluxe Edition of Shotgun Angel premiered at the band's first 2011 show in Nashville, TN. The Deluxe Mr Buechner's Dream premiered at the band's show of June 18, 2011 in Wilmington, OH. In late 2012, Daniel Amos launched a Kickstarter campaign to fund the production of a new album. Titled Dig Here Said the Angel , it featured the lineup of Taylor, Flesch, Chandler and McTaggart with appearances from earlier band members Jerry Chamberlain and Rob Watson. Recording sessions began in Nashville, TN. in February, 2013, at Brown Owl Studios and
434-404: The focus of the label. They stopped releasing albums by rock and roll acts and instead focuses on children's and praise music. The band shopped the new record around to several labels, ending up on Larry Norman 's Solid Rock Records . Solid Rock delayed the release for nearly three years and despite magazine article and radio specials promoting it, the album did not hit record store shelves until
465-527: The late 1970s. DA performed their own set and, after a Stonehill acoustic set, served as Stonehill's backing band for another set. That tour, known as the "Amos n' Randy Tour", became legendary for DA and Stonehill fans. Taylor produced four of Stonehill's albums (1981's Between the Glory and the Flame , 1983's Equator , 1992's Wonderama , and 1993's Stories ), using DA as backing musicians. ¡Alarma!
496-487: The members of DA returned in 1991 with Kalhöun . 1993's MotorCycle followed, which also marked the return of Chamberlain, who would hang around long enough for two additional DA releases in the 1990s, BibleLand in 1994 and Songs of the Heart in 1995. Songs of the Heart was a concept album that followed the fictional couple, Bud & Irma Ackendorf, on a trip down the historic U.S. Route 66 . The concept
527-403: The name of co-band member Henry Cutrona's earlier band), and Jubal's Last Band became Daniel Amos. Daniel Amos succeeded in landing a recording and performance contract and quickly recorded their first song for the label in 1975, Taylor's "Ain't Gonna Fight It", released later that year on the label's compilation album Maranatha 5 . The band released their debut eponymous album in 1976 which
558-623: The pre-DA years. Five years later, Born Twice Records re-issued the disc alone for the 35th anniversary. This deluxe reissue was the first in a series of deluxe multi-disc reissues of the band's catalog. In 2010 the band's official website announced plans to release a new Daniel Amos studio album in 2011. The band will also be performing some concerts in 2011, including an appearance at Cornerstone Festival. The band's website also announced that Deluxe Editions of their debut album, Shotgun Angel and Mr. Buechner's Dream would be released in June in time for
589-489: The song "New Car!" More personnel changes occurred during this era as Tim Chandler replaced Dieckmeyer in September 1981. Chamberlain left in mid 1983. For a short time, guitarist Milo Carter toured with the band. For the first half of 1984, they toured without a second guitarist and made Vox Humana . Greg Flesch joined as the lead guitar player in September 1984 for the subsequent tour. Keyboardist Rob Watson joined
620-472: The songs came from those days. Baxter's "The Bible" and "Love in a Yielded Heart" (then known as "Freedom") were both performed in the early days of Jubal's Last Band, the band that was formed in late 1972 and eventually evolved into Daniel Amos. Taylor's "William", "Dusty Road," and "Ain't Gonna Fight It" date back to 1971 and his early band Good Shephard, and "Skeptic's Song" (then known as "Resurrection") dates back at least to 1972 and his band, Judge Rainbow and
651-559: The speck and the molecule . The recording sessions ended in May 2007 and the album was released on July 23, 2007. Tim Chandler died on October 8, 2018. Daniel Amos Daniel Amos (aka D. A. , Dä ) is an American Christian rock band formed in 1974 by Terry Scott Taylor on guitars and vocals, Marty Dieckmeyer on bass guitar, Steve Baxter on guitars and Jerry Chamberlain on lead guitars. The band currently consists of Taylor, guitarist Greg Flesch and drummer Ed McTaggart . Over
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#1732787159296682-495: The years new Eddies appeared on the band's albums including "Prickly Disco" ( Gene Eugene ), Picky Swelly, Newt York Newt York, Derry Air ( Derri Daugherty ), and Judy Ism. "Guest Eddies," a term used for musicians that contributed musically to one of the band's projects also made appearances on nearly every album. The list of "Guest Eddies" includes Buckeye Jazzbo, Miracle Babe, Mary Baker Eddy, Jeb McSwaggart ( Ed McTaggart ), Mike Roe , and Eddie DeGarmo . As early as 1991, Taylor saw
713-556: The years that followed, Stunt became the primary source for new DA material, including the live albums, Live Bootleg '82 and Preachers from Outer Space! . Jason and Eric Townsend, producers of the DA Tribute CD When Worlds Collide , would join the Stunt Records organization in 2000 to help with promotion and production work. In addition to recording several albums as The Swirling Eddies,
744-510: Was an artistically ambitious and critically acclaimed effort, it sold poorly. In the late 1980s, many of the band members became The Swirling Eddies for a string of releases through the early 1990s. In 1990, D.A. would form their own independent record label, Stunt Records , with help from friend Tom Gulotta. One of the first albums released by Stunt was the half comedy, half rarities and best of compilation from Dr. Edward Daniel Taylor , The Miracle Faith Prickly Heat Telethon of Love . Over
775-578: Was explored in greater detail in the 2002 three-CD "book set" entitled When Everyone Wore Hats . That collection not only included the entire 1995 album, but also the entire album reworked as an acoustic band, three new songs, an interview of Taylor by Starflyer59 's Jason Martin , photos, expanded liner notes and a newly written short story by Taylor. In 1994, DA joined artists like Randy Stonehill, The Choir , Bruce Cockburn , Victoria Williams , Kate Taylor , Debby Boone , Chagall Guevara , Carolyn Arends , and others to record songs for Orphans of God ,
806-402: Was never released, due to a change in management at Warner Brothers. By 1978, the band had recorded their first entirely rock effort, Horrendous Disc , with help from newly added drummer/percussionist, Alex MacDougall . MacDougall had been a member of another Maranatha! Music band, The Way . Although it was recorded for Maranatha! Music, the album was dropped because of a major change in
837-437: Was produced by pedal steel guitar player and producer Al Perkins . Soon after the release of that album, DA enlisted Ed McTaggart as their full-time drummer. Previously, McTaggart had been the drummer for Bill Sprouse Jr. 's The Road Home. By 1977, the band had begun to shed their country sound with the album Shotgun Angel , which took some fans by surprise. Shotgun Angel was half country and half rock-opera. Side two of
868-464: Was released in July 2013. At the same time a remastered two-CD deluxe edition of the band's ¡Alarma! album was released. Stunt Records followed that reissue with a deluxe edition of Doppelgänger in 2014, a deluxe edition of Vox Humana in 2016, and with the help of another Kickstarter campaign, a deluxe Horrendous Disc box set was released on CD and vinyl in 2018. Tim Chandler , who had been
899-459: Was released on Stunt Records. The band had such a creative time in the studio that they ended up with more than 30 brand new songs to include on the new album. Stunt Records released a two-disc 30th anniversary deluxe edition of the band's first album, Daniel Amos in June 2006. It included an expanded booklet of never-before-seen photos, additional liner notes, and an entire extra disc of bonus material including early demos and live recordings from
930-540: Was released on the Various Artists album, Maranatha! 5 towards the end of that same year. That December, D.A. entered Mama Jo's Studio and began work on their first album. The album was released in early 1976. In 2004, work began on a special 30th Anniversary Deluxe two-disc version of the album. The collection, released on June 26, 2006, includes the full newly remastered album, never before seen photos, bonus material, interviews and more. The second disc traced
961-459: Was the first of a four-part series of albums entitled The ¡Alarma! Chronicles , which also included the albums Doppelgänger , Vox Humana , and Fearful Symmetry . On the tours that followed each release beginning with Doppelgänger , the band used a full multimedia event complete with video screens synchronized to the music. The stage setup also included mannequins, a 3D slide show and actors portraying game show announcers and models for