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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 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.
Beginnings
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.
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", released later that year on the label's compilation album Maranatha 5.[3] The band released their debut eponymous album in 1976 which 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.[1]
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 the LP featured lush orchestrations and a string of rock songs linked together in a way reminiscent of Queen, Pink Floyd and Abbey Road.[1] 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 was never released, due to a change in management at Warner Brothers.[4]
Switch to Solid Rock Records
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,[5] the album was dropped because of a major change in 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 a week before the release of the band's newly recorded fourth album ¡Alarma! in 1981.[6] 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.[3]: pg 79
From the connection with Solid Rock, Daniel Amos began working with singer/songwriter
: pg 881¡Alarma! Chronicles
¡Alarma! was the first of a four-part series of albums entitled The ¡Alarma! Chronicles,[1]: pg 229 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.[8] The stage setup also included mannequins, a 3D slide show and actors portraying game show announcers and models for the song "New Car!"[8] More personnel changes occurred during this era as Tim Chandler replaced Dieckmeyer in September 1981.[9] Chamberlain left in mid 1983.[10] 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.[11] Keyboardist Rob Watson joined the band to play keyboards on tour in 1983 and for the next two albums.[1]: pg 229
In 2000, the band released the four albums in a three-disc set packaged together with a booklet collectively titled, The ¡Alarma! Chronicles.[1]: pg 229 Additional material was provided by columnists John Thompson, Bruce Brown, Randy Layton, Brian Quincy Newcomb and others.[12][13]
Swirling Eddies/Stunt Records
The band released
In addition to recording several albums as The Swirling Eddies, the members of DA returned in 1991 with
2000–present
In mid-1999, a number of artists joined to contribute to a tribute album entitled
In 2001, DA released what many critics
Stunt Records released a two-disc 30th anniversary deluxe edition of the band's first album, Daniel Amos in June 2006.[20] 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 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 the band's tour.[23] 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.[23]
In late 2012, Daniel Amos launched a Kickstarter campaign to fund the production of a new album.[24] Titled Dig Here Said the Angel,[25][26] it featured the lineup of Taylor, Flesch,[27] Chandler and McTaggart[28] with appearances from earlier band members Jerry Chamberlain and Rob Watson.[29] Recording sessions began in Nashville, TN. in February, 2013, at Brown Owl Studios and 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 the band's bass guitarist since 1982, died on October 8, 2018.[30] Founding member Steve Baxter died on September 9, 2020.
Discography
Albums
- Daniel Amos, 1976 debut album
- Shotgun Angel, 1977 album
- Horrendous Disc, 1981 album
- ¡Alarma!, 1981 album
- Doppelgänger, 1983 album
- Vox Humana, 1984 album
- Fearful Symmetry, 1986 album
- Darn Floor-Big Bite, 1987 album
- Kalhöun, 1991 album
- MotorCycle, 1993 album
- Bibleland, 1994 album
- Songs of the Heart, 1995 album
- Mr. Buechner's Dream, 2001 double CD. CD 1 entitled: Mr. Buechner's Dream, CD 2 entitled: And So It Goes.
- Dig Here said the Angel, 2013 album[31]
Live albums
- Live Bootleg '82, 1990
- Preachers From Outer Space!, 1994 An historic night, recorded live at the Anaheim Convention Center, Easter Weekend 1978
- Live at Cornerstone 2000, 2000
Special releases
- The Revelation, 1986, re-issued 2000
- The ¡Alarma! Chronicles, 2000
- When Everyone Wore Hats Book Set, 2001, containing Songs of the Heart, Songs of the Heart Acoustic version, The Story of Bud & Irma
- Daniel Amos (30th Anniversary Deluxe Reissue), 2006
- Darn Floor – Big Bite (20th Anniversary Deluxe Edition), 2008
- Daniel Amos (35th Anniversary Deluxe Reissue), 2011
- Shotgun Angel (2 CD Deluxe Collectors Edition), 2011
- Mr Buechner's Dream (Deluxe Collectors Edition), 2011
- ¡Alarma! 2-Disc collector's edition, 2013 containing ¡Alarma! and a 21-track bonus disc
- Horrendous Disc Deluxe Box Set, 2018 containing Horrendous Disc and four bonus discs
Compilation albums
- Dr. Edward Daniel Taylor– The Miracle Faith Prickly Heat Telethon of Love, 1990
- Maranatha – Long Play Country Gospel, as Daniel Amos AND Cowboy Billy McBride 1991
- Orphans of God, tribute to Mark Heard, 1996
- Our Personal Favorite World Famous Hits, 1998
- Surfonic Water Revival, 1999
- Terry Scott Taylor's Swine Before Pearl, volume 1, 2011, includes previously unreleased demos
- Terry Scott Taylor's Swine Before Pearl, volume 2, 2011, includes previously unreleased songs, demos, remixes and live tracks
Videos
- Daniel Amos Live in Anaheim 1985, 2003 DVD
- The Making of Mr. Buechner's Dream, 2005 DVD
- Instruction Through Film, May 2007, DVD
Personnel
Current members
- Terry Taylor — guitars, harmonica, lead vocals (1975–present)
- Ed McTaggart - drums, background vocals (1976–present)
- Greg Flesch – guitars, accordion, keyboards, pan flute, violin, mandolin (1984–present)
Former members
- Jerry Chamberlain — lead guitars, lead and background vocals (1975–1983, 1993–1995, guest 2013)
- Marty Dieckmeyer — bass guitar, keyboards (1975–1982)
- Steve Baxter — acoustic guitar, harmonica, lead and background vocals (1975–1976)
- Mark Cook - keyboards, lead and background vocals (1975–1980)
- Alex MacDougall - drums, percussion (1978–1980)
- Tim Chandler – bass guitar, guitars, background vocals (1982–2018)
- Rob Watson – keyboards (1983–1986, guest 2013)
75–76 | 76–78 | 78–80 | 80–82 | 82–83 | 83–84 | 84–86 | 86–93 | 93–95 | 95–13 | 13 | 13–18 | 18–present | |
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Terry Taylor | guitars, harmonica, lead vocals | ||||||||||||
Jerry Chamberlain | lead guitars, lead and background vocals | lead guitars, lead and background vocals | lead guitars, lead and background vocals | ||||||||||
Steve Baxter | acoustic guitar, harmonica, lead and background vocals | ||||||||||||
Greg Flesch | guitars, accordion, keyboards, pan flute, violin, mandolin | ||||||||||||
Marty Dieckmeyer | bass guitar, keyboards | ||||||||||||
Tim Chandler | bass guitar, guitars, background vocals | ||||||||||||
Mark Cook | keyboards, lead and background vocals | ||||||||||||
Rob Watson | keyboards | keyboards | |||||||||||
Ed McTaggart | drums, background vocals | ||||||||||||
Alex MacDougall | drums, percussion |
References
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- ISBN 0-8230-7718-7.
- ^ ISBN 1-55022-421-2.
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- ISBN 0-7369-0281-3.
- ^ Quincy Smith-Newcomb. "Daniel Amos | Daniel Amos". TodaysChristianMusic.com. Archived from the original on May 24, 2013. Retrieved May 18, 2013.
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- ^ Shari Lloyd (September 15, 2000). "Daniel Amos – a Review of The Phantom Tollbooth". Tollbooth.org. Retrieved May 15, 2013.
- ^ "DanielAmos.com : Daniel Amos : Alarma! Chronicles Book Set Reviews". Daniel Amos. August 15, 2000. Retrieved May 15, 2013.
- ^ a b "Stunt Records Swirling Wacky Web Site". Danielamos.com. Retrieved May 18, 2013.
- ^ "Songs of the Heart". Daniel Amos. Retrieved May 18, 2013.
- ^ "When Everyone Wore Hats: Songs of the Heart – Daniel Amos (DA) : Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards". AllMusic. Retrieved May 18, 2013.
- ^ "Orphans Of God – A Tribute To Mark Heard : Reviews [@ The Mark Heard Tribute Project ]". Markheard.net. Archived from the original on September 7, 2008. Retrieved May 18, 2013.
- ^ "When Worlds Collide: A Tribute to". Daniel Amos. Retrieved May 18, 2013.
- ^ "When Worlds Collide: A Tribute to Daniel Amos – Various Artists : Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved May 18, 2013.
- ^ a b c "DanielAmos.com : Daniel Amos : Mr Buechner's Dream Reviews". Daniel Amos. August 17, 2001. Retrieved May 18, 2013.
- ^ "Mr. Buechner's Dream". Daniel Amos. Retrieved May 18, 2013.
- ^ Sleger, Dave. "Mr. Buechner's Dream – Daniel Amos (DA) : Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards". AllMusic. Retrieved May 18, 2013.
- ^ a b "Official Website for Daniel Amos , Terry Scott Taylor and the Swirling Eddies : DanielAmos.com". Danielamos.com. Retrieved October 10, 2018.
- ^ "Daniel Amos Announce Kickstarter Campaign". Popdose. August 7, 2012. Retrieved May 14, 2013.
- ^ Best Inventions of 2010. "New Music from Daniel Amos by Eric Townsend " ARTISTS & PHOTOGRAPHERS WANTED! — Kickstarter". Kickstarter.com. Retrieved May 16, 2013.
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- ^ Best Inventions of 2010. "New Music from Daniel Amos by Eric Townsend " DA in the Studio: Day Three — Kickstarter". Kickstarter.com. Retrieved May 16, 2013.
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: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ "Daniel Amos- rehearsal- Dec. 19, 2012". YouTube. February 1, 2013. Archived from the original on December 21, 2021. Retrieved May 16, 2013.
- ^ "In Memoriam: Bassist Tim Chandler (1960-2018)". MusicTap. October 10, 2018. Retrieved October 10, 2018.
- ^ "Daniel Amos - Dig Here Said the Angel - The Phantom Tollbooth | The Phantom Tollbooth". Tollbooth.org. Retrieved August 8, 2013.
External links
- Official website
- Trouser Press entry
- Daniel Amos discography at Discogs
- Daniel Amos at IMDb