Directory of Contemporary Worship Musicians - Way of Life Literature

PHIL KEAGGY performs an unholy combination ofsecular rock and Christian rock/folk, and those who listen tohis music are drawn toward worldly rock & roll. On his 1993Crimson and Blue album, for example, he pays “homage tothe Beatles” with several of the songs. In a June 2008interview Keaggy said that performing at the wedding ofLinda McCartney’s sister and jamming with Paul McCartneyis one of his most cherished m emories (“Reconnecting withPhil Keaggy,” Crosswalk.com, June 25, 2008). Keaggy’s 2011CD “Live from Kegwood Studio” features “homage to GeorgeHarrison with a spot-on rendition of the Beatles’ hit ‘HereComes the Sun.’”CAEDMON’S CALL oen performs Beatles music.RANDY STONEHILL says that it was the Beatles who gavehim the inspiration to play rock and roll: “Really it was aer Isaw the Beatles. I saw them on television when I was twelveand I knew that that was what I wanted to do” (Stonehill,cited by Devlin Donaldson, “Life Between the Glory and theFame,” CCM Magazine, October 1981).e GALACTIC COWBOYS lead singer says, “I’d have tosay that e Beatles are still the biggest influence on us, allthe way around--except for maybe the guitar tones. eywere great songwriters and vocalists” (Ben Huggins, cited byDan Macintosh, HM magazine, September-October 1998).Some of DC TALK’S musical role models are the Beatles,David Bowie, and e Police, all of which are wicked secularrock groups (Flint Michigan Journal, March 15, 1996). dc Talkopened its “Jesus Freak” concerts with the Beatles’ song“Help.” During their 1999 “Supernatural Experience” tour, dcTalk performed “Hello Good-bye” by the Beatles (CCMMagazine, April 1999, p. 55).JARS OF CLAY names Jimi Hendrix and the Beatles astheir inspiration (Dann Denny, “Christian Rock,” SundayHerald Times, Bloomington, Ind., Feb. 8, 1998). e leadguitarist for Jars of Clay is said to be a “Beatlesfanatic” (Christian News, Dec. 8, 1997).15