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Re: Hooks ‘N’ You: Phil Keaggy, “Phil Keaggy and Sunday’s Child”

Rocky — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 17:50:26 -0000

Phil is the most talented and versatile guitarist I've ever heard.

Re: Hooks ‘N’ You: Phil Keaggy, “Phil Keaggy and Sunday’s Child”

kjm — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 14:58:36 -0000

I remember back in 1994/1995 an older guy in his 50s that played guitar turned me onto Keaggy and the other 70s CCM artists like Randy Stonehill and more contemporary versions of their style like Russ Taft and Clay Crosse. I was a guitarist in my 20s at the time and was fairly new to Christian music in general. I was a little upset when we both went to the youth praise and worship and we were sort of brushed aside even though we probably were the most experienced in music and the one running the P&W group didn't even play an instrument but just liked being the boss. Well after they shunned him and didn't like his ideas he quit and I did the same shortly therafter once we did this outreach concert. I learned saxophone just for this outreach and did well but I was into jazz like Coltrane and Miles Davis at the time and playing pop CCM was too bland for me.

Re: Hooks ‘N’ You: Phil Keaggy, “Phil Keaggy and Sunday’s Child”

side3 — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 18:56:22 -0000

Thanks for this...I have always loved Phil's music. I would recommend a Christian band from the early 70's called Love Song. Phil Keaggy was actually a member for a short time, though he never recorded with them (at least nothing that was released). The band was led by Chuck Girard, who was a member a couple of 60's bands that had hits, including the Hondells. They were great band. Great music is great music...regardless of the religion it might be pushing.

I found a user made YouTube video for the title track to the bandss first album:

http://www.youtube.com/watc...

This site has short clips from almost all of the songs on their two albums:

http://www.one-way.org/love...

Re: Hooks ‘N’ You: Phil Keaggy, “Phil Keaggy and Sunday’s Child”

jefito — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 06:45:19 -0000

Another shining example of why I love this series so much. Great job, Will.

Re: Hooks ‘N’ You: Phil Keaggy, “Phil Keaggy and Sunday’s Child”

breadalbane — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 00:50:51 -0000

Never heard this guy before, and the tunes are right up my alley! Great interview -- now I'll have to go and track down some of these albums....

Re: Hooks ‘N’ You: Phil Keaggy, “Phil Keaggy and Sunday’s Child”

Dave Woodard — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 22:52:07 -0000

Fantastic interview with a fantastic artist and a fantastic man. Keep up the good work Popdose!

Re: Hooks ‘N’ You: Phil Keaggy, “Phil Keaggy and Sunday’s Child”

Old_Davy — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 20:39:46 -0000

It was 1982, and I was a junior in college. A friend of mine encouraged me to go see a show at the student union, this guitar player I'd never heard of before named Phil Keaggy. I wasn't expecting much, as only about 3 dozen people showed up despite the show being free. I was floored! Keaggy was incredible that night, pulling all kinds of references into his solos. Never mind that all the lyrics were overtly Christian (which I suspect kept a lot of people away), the playing was out of this world.

After the show, he was gracious enough to come into the audience and speak with us personally. They were selling albums at the souvenir table and I picked up "The Master and The Musician". Just incredible!

Thanks Will! Great interview and I'm looking forward to hearing all this stuff!

Re: Hooks ‘N’ You: Phil Keaggy, “Phil Keaggy and Sunday’s Child”

DwDunphy — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 16:19:07 -0000

See, now this is why I'm always pushing the 'lost' CCM artists in my column. People are rightly shocked to find out how good some of this stuff, and specifically what kind of monster player Keaggy is.