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Encyclopedia > Daniel Amos
Daniel Amos
Background information
Origin Southern California, USA
Genre(s) Christian Rock
Years active 1974 – present
Label(s) Maranatha! Music
Solid Rock Records
NewPax Records
¡Alarma! Records
Refuge Records
Frontline Records
Brainstorm Artists, Intl
Stunt Records
Galaxy21 Music
Arena Rock Recording Co.
Members
Left to Right:
Ed McTaggart
Greg Flesch
Terry Scott Taylor
Tim Chandler
Former members
Marty Dieckmeyer
Mark Cook
Steve Baxter
Jerry Chamberlain
Rob Watson
Alex MacDougall

Contents

Image File history File links Broom_icon. ... Official language(s) English Capital Sacramento Largest city Los Angeles Largest metro area Greater Los Angeles Area  Ranked 3rd  - Total 158,302 sq mi (410,000 km²)  - Width 250 miles (400 km)  - Length 770 miles (1,240 km)  - % water 4. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Christian rock (occasionally abbreviated CR) is a form of rock music played by bands whose members are Christian and who often focus the lyrics on matters concerned with the Christian faith. ... This does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Maranatha! Music began as a non-profit outreach of Calvary Chapel in 1971. ... Solid Rock Records is the record label of Larry Norman. ... NewPax Records was founded in 1976 by musician Gary S. Paxton. ... Alarma Records Logo Alarma Records is a sublabel of Frontline Records. ... Refuge Records was a Christian record label founded in the 1982 by Bob MacKenzie and Ray Nenow. ... Frontline Records was a Christian record label founded in 1986 by James Kempner. ... Brainstorm Artists Internationals Logo Brainstorm Artists International (B.A.I.) was a record label founded in 1987 by Gene Eugene and Ojo Taylor. ... Stunt Records is an independent record label formed in 1990 by Daniel Amos frontman Terry Scott Taylor and Tom Gulotta. ... Galaxy21 Music is a record label founded in 2001 by Dan and Lisa Michaels. ... The Arena Rock Recording Company (Arena Rock or ARRCo) is an independent record label formed in 1995 in Brooklyn, NY. ARRCo is currently based in Portland, Oregon and is distributed by Redeye in the United States and Koch in Canada. ... Ed McTaggart is a drummer, best known for his work with the rock band Daniel Amos. ... Greg Flesch is a guitarist and musician, best known for his work with the rock bands Daniel Amos and The Swirling Eddies (credited as Gene Pool). Flesch also works in the Atmospheric Laser Spectroscopy Group at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, writing software for the groups tunable... Terry Scott Taylor Terry Scott Taylor (born May 24, 1950) is an American songwriter, record producer, and founding member of the bands Daniel Amos and the Swirling Eddies (credited as Camarillo Eddy). Taylor is also a member of the roots and alternative music group, Lost Dogs. ... Tim Chandler is a bass player, best known for his work with the rock bands Daniel Amos, The Swirling Eddies (credited as Berger Roy Al) and The Choir. ... Marty Dieckmeyer was the bass player for the rock band Daniel Amos from 1974 to 1981. ... Mark Cook is an American songwriter and keyboardist, best known for playing keyboards in the 1970s rock group Daniel Amos. ... Steve Baxter is a singer, songwriter and one of the founding members of Daniel Amos, a contemporary Christian music group. ... Jerry Chamberlain is a singer, songwriter, guitarist, and producer, best known for his work with the rock bands Daniel Amos and The Swirling Eddies (credited as Spot). Although Chamberlain left DA in late 1983, he did return on a few later albums including MotorCycle (1993) (which he co-produced), Bibleland... Robert D. Watson is a keyboard player, producer and composer, best known for his work with the rock bands Daniel Amos and The Swirling Eddies (credited as Arthur Fhardy). ... Alex MacDougall is a producer, and percussionist. ...

Members

Daniel Amos (aka D. A., ) is a 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. Current members include Bassist Tim Chandler, guitarist Greg Flesch and Drummer Ed McTaggart. Over the course of 30 years, they have experimented with country rock, new wave, and alternative rock. This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Terry Scott Taylor Terry Scott Taylor (born May 24, 1950) is an American songwriter, record producer, and founding member of the bands Daniel Amos and the Swirling Eddies (credited as Camarillo Eddy). Taylor is also a member of the roots and alternative music group, Lost Dogs. ... Marty Dieckmeyer was the bass player for the rock band Daniel Amos from 1974 to 1981. ... Steve Baxter is a singer, songwriter and one of the founding members of Daniel Amos, a contemporary Christian music group. ... Jerry Chamberlain is a singer, songwriter, guitarist, and producer, best known for his work with the rock bands Daniel Amos and The Swirling Eddies (credited as Spot). Although Chamberlain left DA in late 1983, he did return on a few later albums including MotorCycle (1993) (which he co-produced), Bibleland... Tim Chandler is a bass player, best known for his work with the rock bands Daniel Amos, The Swirling Eddies (credited as Berger Roy Al) and The Choir. ... Greg Flesch is a guitarist and musician, best known for his work with the rock bands Daniel Amos and The Swirling Eddies (credited as Gene Pool). Flesch also works in the Atmospheric Laser Spectroscopy Group at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, writing software for the groups tunable... Ed McTaggart is a drummer, best known for his work with the rock band Daniel Amos. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Bold text New Wave in the late 1970s and early 1980s was inspired by the punk rock. ... Alternative music redirects here. ...


Beginnings

It could be said that 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 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 the name of co-band member Henry Cutrona's earlier band), and Jubal's Last Band became Daniel Amos. Maranatha! Music began as a non-profit outreach of Calvary Chapel in 1971. ... Calvary Chapels dove logo which represents the Holy Spirit. ... Darrell Mansfield is an American Gospel/Blues musician. ... Darrell Mansfield is an American Gospel/Blues musician. ...


Maranatha Records era

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." A full album, produced by Al Perkins, followed. The band released their first, eponymous album (Daniel Amos) in 1976 (produced by Al Perkins) and enlisted Ed McTaggart on drums. Previously, McTaggart had been the drummer for Bill Sprouse Jr.'s The Road Home. Daniel Amos released their self-titled debut album in 1976 on the Maranatha! Music label. ... Al Perkins (Born August 1, 1933) is a Texas born American guitarist. ... Bill Sprouse Jr. ... The Road Home was the name of Bill Sprouses band before and after his conversion to Christianity. ...


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 2 of the LP featured lush orchestrations and a string of rock songs linked together in a way reminiscent of The Beatles Sgt. Peppers album. The band even made a number of concert performances at this time with a full orchestra backing them. Shotgun Angel is the title of a 1977 album released by Daniel Amos and a song written by Bill Sprouse Jr. ... The White Album, see The Beatles (album). ...


Switch to Solid Rock Records

By 1978 the band had recorded their first entirely rock effort, Horrendous Disc, with help from newly added percussionist, Alex MacDougall, and keyboardist Mark Cook. MacDougall is a well respected percussionist that has toured with Loggins and Messina, Leon Russell and The Beach Boys, among others. Cook had been the keyboardist for the Warner Brothers band Spring Canyon. Also around this time, the band began to tour with singer/songwriter Randy Stonehill. DA would perform their own set and serve as Stonehill's backing band on the tour. That tour, known as the "Amos n' Randy Tour," became legendary for DA and Stonehill fans. Horrendous Disc is the title of an album by the rock band Daniel Amos, that was recorded in 1978 and released in 1981. ... Alex MacDougall is a producer, and percussionist. ... Mark Cook is an American songwriter and keyboardist, best known for playing keyboards in the 1970s rock group Daniel Amos. ... Loggins and Messina are an American rock music duo consisting of Kenny Loggins and Jim Messina. ... Leon Russell (born Claude Russell Bridges on April 2, 1942 in Lawton, Oklahoma) is a singer, songwriter, pianist, and guitarist. ... First formed in 1961, The Beach Boys are an American rock and roll band that gained popularity for their close vocal harmonies and lyrics reflecting a California youth culture of surfing, girls and cars. ... Warner Bros. ... Randy Stonehill (born March 12, 1952) is an American singer/songwriter from Stockton, California, best known as one of the so-called fathers of contemporary Christian music. ...

Daniel Amos in 1977 (left), and 1993 (right)

Although Horrendous Disc was recorded for Maranatha! Music, the label ended up dropping it because of a major change in the focus of the label. The label decided to stop releasing albums by rock and roll acts and wanted to focus on praise music. The band shopped the new record around to several labels, including Warner Brothers, but settled on Larry Norman's Solid Rock Records. Solid Rock ended up delaying the release for nearly three years and the album was not seen on record store shelves until a week before the release of the band's newly recorded fourth album ¡Alarma! in 1981. Image File history File links DanielAmos. ... Image File history File links DanielAmos. ... Horrendous Disc is the title of an album by the rock band Daniel Amos, that was recorded in 1978 and released in 1981. ... Maranatha! Music began as a non-profit outreach of Calvary Chapel in 1971. ... Warner Bros. ... Larry David Norman (born April 8, 1947 in Corpus Christi, Texas) is an American singer-songwriter considered the forefather of Contemporary Christian Music, an attribution which he denies. ... Solid Rock Records is the record label of Larry Norman. ... ¡Alarma! is the title of a 1981 album by rock band Daniel Amos, released on Newpax Records. ...


¡Alarma! Chronicles

¡Alarma! 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. The band raised eyebrows on the tour that followed each release by presenting a full multimedia event complete with video screens synchronized to the music, something that was unusual in the early 1980s for any band. The stage setup also included mannequins, a 3D slide show and actors portraying game show announcers and models for the song "New Car!" By the end of the four part album series, new band members Tim Chandler and Greg Flesch joined the band to fill vacant positions previously held by Dieckmeyer and Chamberlain. Keyboardist Rob Watson would also occasionally join the band in the studio or on the road. ¡Alarma! is the title of a 1981 album by rock band Daniel Amos, released on Newpax Records. ... The ¡Alarma! Chronicles is the name of a story written by Terry Scott Taylor. ... Doppelgänger is the title of a 1983 album by rock band Daniel Amos, released on Alarma! Records. ... Vox Humana is a 1984 album by rock band Daniel Amos, released on Refuge Records. ... Fearful Symmetry is a 1986 album by rock band Daniel Amos, released on Frontline Records. ... Tim Chandler is a bass player, best known for his work with the rock bands Daniel Amos, The Swirling Eddies (credited as Berger Roy Al) and The Choir. ... Greg Flesch is a guitarist and musician, best known for his work with the rock bands Daniel Amos and The Swirling Eddies (credited as Gene Pool). Flesch also works in the Atmospheric Laser Spectroscopy Group at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, writing software for the groups tunable... Robert D. Watson is a keyboard player, producer and composer, best known for his work with the rock bands Daniel Amos and The Swirling Eddies (credited as Arthur Fhardy). ...


Swirling Eddies/Stunt Records

The band released Darn Floor-Big Bite in 1987. An artistically ambitious effort, it sold poorly. They began a followup in 1988 but abandoned it in favor of a chance to do something different. 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 Prickly Heat Telethon of Love. Over 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 1999 to help with promotion and production work. Darn Floor - Big Bite is the title of an album by rock band Daniel Amos, released in 1987 on Frontline Records. ... The Swirling Eddies are a band that began as an anonymous spinoff from the band Daniel Amos, along with new drummer David Raven. ... Stunt Records is an independent record label formed in 1990 by Daniel Amos frontman Terry Scott Taylor and Tom Gulotta. ... Tom Gulotta is best known as the head of the Stunt Records label, which was formed in 1990 with Daniel Amos frontman, Terry Scott Taylor. ... Dr. Edward Daniel Taylor is the name of a fictional character created by musician and songwriter Terry Scott Taylor for a series of comedy albums. ... Live Bootleg 82 is the title of a 1990 live album by rock band Daniel Amos, released on Stunt Records. ... Preachers from Outer Space! is the title of a 1994 live album by rock band Daniel Amos, released on Stunt Records. ... Jason R. Townsend (born March 4, 1969) is an American artist and record producer best known for his work with music and video releases by Daniel Amos, The 77s, The Swirling Eddies and The Lost Dogs, through the record labels Stunt Records and Fools of the World. ... Eric W. Townsend (born February 4, 1974) is an American musician and record producer best known for his work with music and video releases by Daniel Amos, The 77s, The Swirling Eddies and The Lost Dogs, through the record labels Stunt Records and Fools of the World. ...


In addition to recording several albums by The Swirling Eddies, 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 Route 66. The concept was explored in greater detail in the 2002 3 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. The Swirling Eddies are a band that began as an anonymous spinoff from the band Daniel Amos, along with new drummer David Raven. ... Kalhöun is an album by rock band Daniel Amos, released on BAI Records in 1991. ... For other uses, see Motorcycle (disambiguation). ... Bibleland is the title of a 1994 album by rock band Daniel Amos, released on BAI Records. ... Songs of the Heart is the title of a 1995 album by rock band Daniel Amos, released on BAI Records. ... In popular music, a concept album is an album which is unified by a theme, which can be instrumental, compositional, narrative, or lyrical (Shuker 2002, p. ... Alternate meanings of Route 66: New Jersey State Highway 66, Interstate 66, and a company named after the route US Highway 66 or Route 66 was and is the most famous road in the United States highway system and quite possibly the most famous and storied highway in the world. ... -1... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ...


¡Alarma! Chronicles boxset

In 1999, the band released all four parts of The ¡Alarma! Chronicles on CD packaged together in a 200 page hardcover book which featured color photos, interviews and the entire ¡Alarma! Chronicles story. Writers John Thompson, Bruce Brown, Randy Layton and Brian Quincy Newcomb also contributed new essays for the book. The book collection, certainly an unusual release in the music world, received praise from fans and music critics and went on to sell out in a very short amount of time. Over the years that followed, copies of the book set would show up on Ebay selling for hundreds of dollars. The ¡Alarma! Chronicles is the name of a story written by Terry Scott Taylor. ...


2000-Present

The Cover of 2001's Mr Buechner's Dream
The Cover of 2001's Mr Buechner's Dream

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 was released on Stunt Records, with distribution by longtime friend Dan Michaels' label Galaxy21 Music. Fair use album cover This is an album cover. ... Fair use album cover This is an album cover. ... Mr Buechners Dream is the title of a 2001 double album by the rock band Daniel Amos. ... Frederick Buechner as photographed in 1950 by Carl Van Vechten Frederick Buechner (born July 11, 1926) is a Presbyterian minister and an American author. ... Walker Percy (May 28, 1916 – May 10, 1990) was an American Southern author whose interests included philosophy and semiotics. ... Thomas Stearns Eliot, OM (September 26, 1888 – January 4, 1965), was a poet, dramatist and literary critic. ... Gilbert Keith Chesterton (May 29, 1874–June 14, 1936) was an influential English writer of the early 20th century. ... Mary Flannery OConnor (March 25, 1925–August 3, 1964) was an American author. ... Charles Lutwidge Dodgson (Lewis Carroll) Charles Lutwidge Dodgson (IPA: ) (January 27, 1832 – January 14, 1898), better known by the pen name Lewis Carroll, was an English author, mathematician, logician, Anglican clergyman and photographer. ... Dorothy Leigh Sayers (Oxford, 13 June 1893 – Witham, 17 December 1957) was a renowned British author, translator, student of classical and modern languages, and Christian humanist. ... Dan Michaels (born March 1, 1963) is a producer, record company owner and saxophonist. ... Galaxy21 Music is a record label founded in 2001 by Dan and Lisa Michaels. ...


In early 2004, Stunt Records began the long and difficult task of digging through the vast DA archives and remastering most of the back catalog for rerelease. The first release in the series, a 30th Anniversary Deluxe edition of the band's first album, Daniel Amos, was released in June 2006. The 2 disc special edition 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 the pre-DA years. Work began on the next reissue in the series immediately following its release.


Discography

Daniel Amos released their self-titled debut album in 1976 on the Maranatha! Music label. ... Shotgun Angel is the title of a 1977 album released by Daniel Amos and a song written by Bill Sprouse Jr. ... Horrendous Disc is the title of an album by the rock band Daniel Amos, that was recorded in 1978 and released in 1981. ... ¡Alarma! is the title of a 1981 album by rock band Daniel Amos, released on Newpax Records. ... Doppelgänger is the title of a 1983 album by rock band Daniel Amos, released on Alarma! Records. ... Vox Humana is a 1984 album by rock band Daniel Amos, released on Refuge Records. ... Fearful Symmetry is a 1986 album by rock band Daniel Amos, released on Frontline Records. ... Darn Floor - Big Bite is the title of an album by rock band Daniel Amos, released in 1987 on Frontline Records. ... Kalhöun is an album by rock band Daniel Amos, released on BAI Records in 1991. ... For other uses, see Motorcycle (disambiguation). ... Bibleland is the title of a 1994 album by rock band Daniel Amos, released on BAI Records. ... Songs of the Heart is the title of a 1995 album by rock band Daniel Amos, released on BAI Records. ... Mr Buechners Dream is the title of a 2001 double album by the rock band Daniel Amos. ...

Live Albums

Live Bootleg 82 is the title of a 1990 live album by rock band Daniel Amos, released on Stunt Records. ... Preachers from Outer Space! is the title of a 1994 live album by rock band Daniel Amos, released on Stunt Records. ...

Special Releases

The Revelation is the title of a 1986 remix album by rock band Daniel Amos, released on Frontline Records. ...

Compilations

Dr. Edward Daniel Taylor is the name of a fictional character created by musician and songwriter Terry Scott Taylor for a series of comedy albums. ... Orphans of God is a 2 CD compilation of songs performed by various artists in tribute to songwriter, Mark Heard. ... John Mark Heard John Mark Heard (December 16, 1951 - August 16, 1992) was a record producer, folk-rock singer, and songwriter originally from Macon, Georgia. ... Our Personal Favorite World Famous Hits is a compilation album, from rock band Daniel Amos, released in 1998 on KMG Records. ... Surfonic Water Revival is the title of a various artists compilation album which was recorded and released in 1998 by KMG Records. ...

Videos

Daniel Amos Live in Anaheim 1985 is the title of a DVD released in 2003 by the American rock band Daniel Amos on Stunt Records. ... The Making of Mr. ... Instruction Through Film is the title of a DVD released in 2007 by the American rock band Daniel Amos on Stunt Records. ...

External links

  • Official Band Website
  • Daniel Amos at MySpace.com
  • Trouser Press entry

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