The Waiting

           The Waiting is a Beatlesque alt-rock Christian band that I started listening to in the late 1990s.  It was a listening phase in a way.  I acquired a few of their CDs and began listening to the music on a regular basis over a couple year period.  Then I stopped listening to music as much as I had done back then.  I started listening more to classical music or older rock music.

           The CDs are there waiting for me if I ever want to listen to them.  The Waiting plays good music with smart lyrics and good musicianship.  I still like the group just fine.   I'm sure I'll listen to those CDs again eventually.  I'm waiting.

Undercover

         What more can I say about the band Undercover?  Not much I guess.  I have some of their albums, but I've listened to them very few times.  One thing I've discovered as I've been doing this A to Z Challenge is that I own a lot of music that I've not listened to very often.

        I started to use U2 as my choice for the letter U, but decided that they were more politically leaning than spiritual and everyone knows U2 anyway.  Not too many people have probably heard of Undercover.  And the song is about time.  Time is an interesting subject.   Did you take the time to listen to the song?


.

Mylon Lefevre

         One of the pioneers of Contemporary Christian Music, Mylon Lefevre came from a well-known gospel singing family, The Singing Lefevres.  At age 17 Mylon wrote his first hit "Without Him", a song that was recorded by Elvis Presley and others.  After finishing a stint in the army, Mylon sang with the famous Southern gospel group The Stamps Quartet.

         In the late 60's Mylon Lefevre began a career in rock music during which he rubbed shoulders and recorded with many top artists of the time.  He also became heavily involved with drugs.

         Drug rehab helped Mylon clean up and in 1980 he recommitted his life to Jesus Christ and began a new career as a Christian rock artist.  He and his band were honored in 1987 with Dove and Grammy awards for the Crack the Sky album.



       

Related articles

• 11 Thru 500 (ccms500bestalbums.wordpress.com)

Jars of Clay

            Jars of Clay has attained some of the greatest commercial success of Contemporary Christian Artists. Their songs are often catchy, but they can be dark, brooding, and beautiful.  I have most of the albums by Jars of Clay, but I can't pick any one particular album as a favorite.  There is a parity among them where whichever one I'm listening to at the time is my favorite.

          I guess I like all of the albums by Jars of Clay.

Related articles

• Treasure In Jars Of Clay (todaysanewday.wordpress.com)
• Music Monday: Jars of Clay - "Gather and Build" (graveyardparade.wordpress.com)

The Imperials

          I used to see the "Imperials" on television back when they were performing Southern Gospel music.  I wasn't a big fan of the music, but I could appreciate what they were doing.

          As the years went by, the group cycled through a line-up of members and began to develop a more contemporary pop sound.  There was still a focus on the vocal harmonies, but the sound was definitely moving toward a more modern audience.

            The album Free the Fire was where I came on board in 1989.  This album had a great sound with excellent songs.  

           I had started a novel back in the mid 1970s and worked on and off on it for a couple of decades.  After hearing Free the Fire I used to fantasize that two of that album's best songs, "City in the Sky" and "Touchin' Me", would be played during the closing credits of the movie version of my novel.  I still think they would be good if my fantasy ever came to pass.

         I couldn't find any videos of those songs, but the live performance video of "Let the Wind Blow" is from the same era and it's a nice tune.