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David Huff (musician)
White Heart, also listed as Whiteheart, was an American contemporary Christian music and pop-rock band which formed in 1982. White Heart's discography includes thirteen albums, the most recent of which was released in 1997. Original members Billy Smiley and Mark Gersmehl worked with a continually changing cast of bandmates. In 1986, former roadie Rick Florian became the lead singer. Smiley started his own label, Cul-de-Sac Records. Gersmehl continues to write music and has released solo efforts. Florian is a real estate agent in the Franklin, Tennessee, area and also continues to sing for various recording projects. History Formation White Heart formed in 1982 and the first two albums were produced by Bill Smiley and Dann Huff, the two friends who formed the group and were listening to groups like Toto, Boz Scaggs, Journey, and Steely Dan at the time. The original lineup consisted of Billy Smiley (guitar, keyboards, and occasional lead vocals), Mark Gersmehl (keyboar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Contemporary Christian Music
Contemporary Christian music (CCM), also known as Christian pop, and occasionally inspirational music, is a genre of modern popular music, and an aspect of Christian media, which is lyrically focused on matters related to the Christianity, Christian faith and stylistically rooted in Christian music. Originating in the United States, it was formed by those affected by the 1960s Jesus movement revival who began to express themselves in other styles of popular music, beyond the church music of hymns, Gospel music, gospel and Southern gospel music that was prevalent in the church at the time. Initially referred to as Jesus music, today, the term is typically used to refer to pop music, pop, but also includes Christian rock, rock, Christian alternative rock, alternative rock, Christian hip hop, hip hop, Christian metal, metal, Contemporary worship music, contemporary worship, Christian punk, punk, Christian hardcore, hardcore punk, Latin Christian music, Latin, Christian electronic da ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jon Knox
Jon Knox is an American session drummer who has been a member of the bands White Heart, Adam Again, Future User, Full on the Mouth, and is currently the drummer for The Union of Sinners and Saints. He is also a producer, beatmaker and composer. Background Knox was the drummer of Christian rock band White Heart from 1992 to 1997, and concurrently the drummer of the alternative funk rock band Adam Again. He reunited with White Heart in 2006 for the Soul2Soul Awards show and again in 2014 for the Easterfest concert in Australia. Knox is now the drummer for The Union of Sinners and Saints. The Union features members from two best-selling Christian Rock bands, Petra and White Heart. Jon is responsible for helping form Rage Against the Machine and when bassist, Tim Commerford Timothy Commerford (born February 26, 1968) is an American musician, best known as the bassist and backing vocalist for rock band Rage Against the Machine and supergroups Audioslave and Prophets of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Giant (band)
Giant is an American melodic rock band that was formed in 1987. The band originally consisted of founding members Dann Huff (lead vocals and guitar) and Alan Pasqua (keyboard), and had Dann's brother David Huff on drums and Mike Brignardello on bass. The Huff brothers were part of the founding members of the Christian rock band White Heart. The band scored one hit, the 1990 power ballad " I'll See You in My Dreams", written by Alan Pasqua and Mark Spiro. Giant disbanded in the early 1990s after recording two albums, but resurfaced in 2000 minus Alan Pasqua and released the album ''III'' in late 2001. In December 2009, Frontiers Records announced that they would release Giant's fourth studio album ''Promise Land'' in 2010. The band included Terry Brock (Strangeways, Seventh Key) on lead vocals and John Roth (Winger) on guitars. Dann Huff was not a part of the band due to his busy schedule, but he co-wrote seven songs and guested on guitar on two. The album was released on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hotline (White Heart Album)
''Hotline'' is the third album by the Christian rock band White Heart and the band's first with Gordon Kennedy on guitars and the last with both lead vocalist Scott Douglas and on the Home Sweet Home label. The first radio single "Jerusalem" features lead vocals from both Douglas and lead guitarist Kennedy and became a top five hit on Christian radio and was co-written with the Christian rock duo DeGarmo and Key. ''Hotline'' peaked at number 13 on the ''Billboard'' Top Inspirational Albums chart. Track listing # "Hotline" (Billy Smiley, Scott Douglas) – 4:14 # "Gotta Be A Believer" (Smiley, Mark Gersmehl) – 4:21 # "Jerusalem" (Smiley, Gersmehl, Eddie DeGarmo, Dana Key) – 3:50 # "Turn The Page" (Smiley, Gersmehl) – 4:55 # "She's A Runaway" (Smiley, Gersmehl) – 3:40 # "Heroes" (Smiley, Gersmehl) – 4:36 # "In His Name" (Gersmehl) – 4:14 # "The Victory" (Smiley, Gersmehl, Gordon Kennedy, Larry Stewart) – 4:22 # "Walls" (Gersmehl) – 2:35 # "Keep Fighting The Fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cross Rhythms (magazine)
''Cross Rhythms'' was the eponymously titled music magazine, founded by Tony Cummings produced by the Christian media organisation of the same name. ''Cross Rhythms'' centered almost exclusively on contemporary Christian music, with only the occasional review of more mainstream music. Each issue included interviews with musicians and bands, reviews of various albums and compilations, and features on music festivals or productions. Each issue also included a CD, narrated by Mike Rimmer, containing a selection of the songs featured in the magazine. Later issues featured ''Edges'', a series of commentaries on major issues by communicator Mal Fletcher, and ''That Mysterious Cross'', a series on the Christian cross by Chip Kendall of thebandwithnoname. Background Before Tony Cummings founded ''Cross Rhythms'', he began as a journalist in 1963 in a black music fanzine originally called ''Soul'', then ''Soul Music Monthly'', and finally ''Shout''. By 1971, he was writing occasional ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vital Signs (White Heart Album)
''Vital Signs'' is the second album by the Christian rock band White Heart and the band's first with vocalist Scott Douglas, who replaced Steve Green, released in 1984 on Home Sweet Home Records. By this time, Green had already started his solo recording career with the release of his self-titled debut album released the same year as White Heart's ''Vital Signs''. The album features their first Christian radio number-one hit "We Are His Hands" featuring Green singing background vocals and part of the choir at the end of the song. ''Vital Signs'' peaked at number nine on the ''Billboard'' Top Inspirational Albums chart. Track listing # "Sing Unto the Lamb" (Billy Smiley, Dann Huff, Mark Gersmehl) – 3:15 # "Draw the Line" (Smiley, Gersmehl, Dwight Liles) – 4:38 # "Walking in the Light" (Smiley, Gersmehl)– 3:56 # "Carried Away (Safe on the Wings of the Lord)" (Smiley, Gersmehl, Steve Chapman) – 4:19 # "Quiet Love" (Smiley, Gersmehl) – 3:52 # "Following the King" (Smi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Farrell And Farrell
Farrell and Farrell was a contemporary Christian music husband and wife duo formed in 1977 by Bob and Jayne Farrell. They have released seven studio albums and one live album between 1977 and 1989 and have amassed many Christian radio hits during those times. Bob Farrell is the principal songwriter of the duo and outside of Farrell and Farrell has written songs for many CCM and mainstream artists like Sandi Patty, Amy Grant, Eric Clapton, Anne Murray, Laura Branigan and DeGarmo and Key. History Early years, Jesus Movement and the beginning of Farrell and Farrell The duo released their debut album ''Farrell & Farrell'' in 1978. Their first single, "Earthmaker," became a Top 5 hit on Christian radio. After their second and third albums ''A Portrait of Us All'' and ''Make Me Ready'' were released in the late 1970s and early 1980s, Farrell and Farrell released their live album ''Let the Whole World Know – Live'' in 1982 and was co-produced by Eddie DeGarmo of the Christian ro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Meece
David Meece (born May 26, 1952) is an American contemporary Christian musician who enjoyed success in the mid-1980s and into the early 2010s, with more than thirty Top 10 hits, including several No. 1 songs. Education Meece grew up in Humble, Texas, with an abusive and alcoholism, alcoholic father. David found solace in playing piano and by his mid-teens he was touring in Europe and the US. David Meece went on to study music at Peabody Institute, Peabody Conservatory of Music in Baltimore, where he met his wife Debbie, who played viola. While attending Peabody, he experienced a religious conversion and devoted his life to Jesus. He became a youth ministry, youth pastor and began writing songs reflecting his Christianity, Christian beliefs, adding classical influences to pop melodies. Music career Meece came to the attention of the Christian music label Myrrh Records, and in 1976 they released his debut album, ''David''. He released ten albums between 1976 and 1993, beco ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rock Music
Rock is a Music genre, genre of popular music that originated in the United States as "rock and roll" in the late 1940s and early 1950s, developing into a range of styles from the mid-1960s, primarily in the United States and the United Kingdom. It has its roots in rock and roll, a style that drew from the black musical genres of blues and rhythm and blues, as well as from country music. Rock also drew strongly from genres such as electric blues and folk music, folk, and incorporated influences from jazz and other styles. Rock is typically centered on the electric guitar, usually as part of a rock group with electric bass guitar, drum kit, drums, and one or more singers. Usually, rock is song-based music with a Time signature, time signature and using a verse–chorus form; however, the genre has become extremely diverse. Like pop music, lyrics often stress romantic love but also address a wide variety of other themes that are frequently social or political. Rock was the most p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
White Heart (album)
''White Heart'' is the first album by the contemporary Christian music band White Heart and the band's only album with Steve Green on lead vocals, released in 1982 on Home Sweet Home Records. A year after its release, the album peaked at number 10 on the Top Inspirational Albums chart in ''Billboard'' magazine. White Heart was nominated for a Grammy for their debut album (their first of two nominations) for Best Gospel Performance by a Duo or Group at the 26th Grammy Awards. Track listing # "Hold On" (Mark Gersmehl) – 3:37 # "You're the One" (Billy Smiley, Gersmehl) – 3:56 # "Listen to the Lonely" (Smiley, Gersmehl) – 3:47 # "He's Returning" (Gersmehl) – 4:23 # "Carry On" (Smiley, Gersmehl) – 3:56 # "Guiding Light" (Smiley) – 3:40 # "Everyday" (co-lead vocals with Sandi Patti) (Smiley, Dann Huff, Gary McSpadden) – 4:08 # "Nothing Can Take This Love" (Smiley) – 3:40 # "Black Is White" (Smiley, McSpadden, Michael W. Smith) – 3:14 # "Go Down Ninevah" (Sm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Franklin, Tennessee
Franklin is a city in and the county seat of Williamson County, Tennessee, United States. About south of Nashville, Tennessee, Nashville, it is one of the principal cities of the Nashville metropolitan area and Middle Tennessee. As of 2020 United States census, 2020, its population was 83,454. It is the List of municipalities in Tennessee, seventh-most populous city in Tennessee. Franklin is known to be the home of many celebrities, primarily country music stars. The city developed on both sides of the Harpeth River, a tributary of the Cumberland River. In the 19th century, Franklin (as the county seat) was the trading and judicial center for primarily rural Williamson County and remained so well into the 20th century as the county remained rural and agricultural in nature. Since 1980, areas of northern Franklin have been developed for residential and related businesses, in addition to modern service industries. The population has increased rapidly as growth moved in all direc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
