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as lead guitarist. He was also a member of P.O.D., but has also performed with

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, David Beegle, Ashley Cleveland and her husband Kenny Greenberg, and was a guest performer with Phil Keaggy's band Glass Harp at the First Annual Denver Guitar Festival.

History

Living Sacrifice

In 1989, Truby joined Living Sacrifice with the other members being Bruce Fitzhugh, DJ Johnson, and Lance Garvin. In 1991, Living Sacrifice's self-titled debut was released on R.E.X. Records. In 1992, Living Sacrifice released their second album, '' Nonexistent''. In 1994, the band released a third album, '' Inhabit'' Living Sacrifice signed onto

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seeking to widen their audience. In 1995, Johnson left the band and was replaced by Truby's older brother, Chris. Living Sacrifice recorded '' Reborn'', their Solid State debut, in 1997. The band started to play a mix of

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and

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. ''Reborn'' is considered the most influential of all Living Sacrifice records. In 1998, both Truby brothers left the band and were eventually replaced by Rocky Gray and

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P.O.D.

In 2003, P.O.D. lacked a guitarist after former band member Marcos Curiel parted with the band amidst controversy. Truby was available at the time and wrote and recorded the band's single, " Sleeping Awake", for '' The Matrix Reloaded Soundtrack album''. He became a full-time member soon afterward. The band released its first album with Truby, '' Payable on Death'', in November 2003. It was the first time the band discarded its

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style, which sparked much controversy. Despite the new style, the album has sold over one million copies worldwide. Truby also wrote the song "Truly Amazing" with P.O.D. for '' The Passion of the Christ: Songs'' album, which won a

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. In 2005, POD released the ''Warriors 2 EP ''. The second P.O.D. album with Truby, '' Testify'', was produced by

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and released in January 2006, including

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on background vocals on the song " Goodbye for Now". Later that year, P.O.D. released its

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album, which was Truby's last work with the band. On December 30, 2006, Truby left P.O.D.

Solo

Truby's first solo album was ''String Theory'' (2004), an acoustic album. Truby released his second album, also instrumental, ''Waiting on the Wind'' on November 20, 2007. On July 26, 2008, Truby announced a third solo acoustic album, ''Finding the Quiet'', released on November 25. Truby completed his debut rock album, ''Entropy'' in 2009. In 2011, he released an acoustic Christmas album entitled ''The Greatest Love''. Truby produced a compilation album in 2012 for a non-profit adoption and foster care organization called ''Project Zero''. This album entitled "Grafted" featured Truby, Stu G from

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from P.O.D., Cheri Keaggy, Phil Keaggy, Steve Dean, Tiffany Thornton, Geoff Moore, Willet, The Roys (2010 bluegrass band of the year), Caitlin Evanson, Sean Michel. In 2012, Truby released an acoustic driven vocal album called ''Our Time Here'' a

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album with songs featuring artist Phil Keaggy. Truby's instrumental, ''Passages'', was released in 2013 and features Phil Keaggy. 2016 Truby was commissioned to do an instrumental guitar album, ''Hymns'', consisting of his fingerstyle arrangements of ancient hymns. It has been distributed to cancer treatment centers to give to patients and families undergoing cancer treatments. Truby is currently working on an instrumental Christmas album.

Discography

With Living Sacrifice *''Not Yielding to Ungodly'' demo (1989) *''

'' (1991) *'' Nonexistent'' (1993) *'' Inhabit'' (1995) *'' Reborn'' (1997) *'' In Memoriam'' (2005) (Greatest Hits) With P.O.D. *'' The Matrix Reloaded: The Album'' (2003) *'' Payable on Death'' (2003) *'' The Passion of the Christ: Songs'' (2004) *'' The Warriors EP, Volume 2'' (2005) *'' Testify'' (2006) *'' Greatest Hits: The Atlantic Years'' (2006) Solo *''String Theory'' (2005) – instrumental *''Waiting on the Wind'' (2007) – instrumental *''Finding the Quiet'' (2008) – instrumental *''Entropy'' (2009) *''The Greatest Love'' (2011) – Christmas album *''Our Time Here'' (2012) *''Passages'' (2013) – instrumental * ''Hymns'' (2016) – instrumental * ''All is Calm'' (2017) – instrumental * ''The Day of Our Redemption'' (2018) * ''Islands in Time'' (2019) – Best of * ''Mapping the Invisible'' (2020) – instrumental Other projects *''Grafted (Project Zero)'' (2012) Credits *'' The Infinite Order'' by

(2010) (Lead guitar on track 5)

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Truby, Jason Living people American rock guitarists American male guitarists American performers of Christian music Musicians from Little Rock, Arkansas 1973 births Guitarists from Arkansas 21st-century American guitarists 21st-century American male musicians Living Sacrifice members P.O.D. members Rock musicians from Arkansas