''Crimson and Blue'' is the 1993 album by guitarist

Phil Keaggy Philip Tyler Keaggy (born March 23, 1951) is an American acoustic and electric guitarist and vocalist who has released more than 55 albums and contributed to many more recordings in both the contemporary Christian music and mainstream markets. H ...

, released on

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. Crimson and Blue found Phil Keaggy surrounded by old friends making new music, in an old Victorian cottage owned by

Brown Bannister Elliott Brown Bannister III (born August 15, 1951) is an contemporary Christian music (CCM) producer and songwriter. Bannister released one album of his own, ''Talk to One Another'', in 1981 on NewPax Records. It was reissued on the Reunion Recor ...

. The Dugout (now Vibe56) was in the middle of Music Row. Its high ceilings, hardwood floors, and vintage equipment made it a perfect place to record a rock record. Producer/guitarist Lynn Nichols and organist

Phil Madeira Philip Kamm Madeira (born 1952) is an American songwriter, producer, musician and singer. He was raised in Barrington, Rhode Island, and attended Taylor University, graduating in 1975. His songs have been recorded by The Civil Wars, Buddy Mill ...

had been Keaggy's bandmates in the Phil Keaggy Band in the 1970s. Drummer John Sferra was Keaggy's oldest friend, and partner in the band

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. Bassist Wade Jaynes was Nichols' bandmate from

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Track listing

All songs were written by Phil Keaggy, unless otherwise noted. # "Shouts of Joy" (Music by Keaggy, Words by Ray Repp) – 5:54 # "World of Mine" – 5:38 # "Everywhere I Look" (

) – 4:26 # "Love Divine" – 2:23 # "Reunion of Friends" – 4:11 # "All There is to Know" (Keaggy/Madeira) – 3:47 # "When Will I Ever Learn to Live in God" (

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) – 6:40 # "Stone Eyes" (Keaggy/Nichols/Madeira) – 7:01 # "I Will Be There" – 6:51 # "Don't Pass Me By" (Keaggy/Nichols) – 3:44 # "John the Revelator" (Traditional) – 8:04 # "Doin' Nothin'" – 8:25 # "Nothing But the Blood" (Traditional) – 2:44

Personnel

* Phil Keaggy – guitars, lead vocals *

John Sferra Glass Harp are a rock band formed in Youngstown, Ohio in 1968 consisting of Phil Keaggy, drummer John Sferra and bassist Daniel Pecchio. Early years Phil Keaggy was a member of a mid-1960s garage rock band called the Squires; one of their song ...

– drums * Wade Jaynes – bass *

–

Hammond B-3 The Hammond organ is an electric organ invented by Laurens Hammond and John M. Hanert and first manufactured in 1935. Multiple models have been produced, most of which use sliding #Drawbars, drawbars to vary sounds. Until 1975, Hammond organs ...

, keyboards, background vocals *

Lynn Nichols Lynn Arthur Nichols is an American songwriter, producer,(January 24, 2009New 'Day' Dawns ''Billboard (magazine)'' (identifying Nichols as a producer with associations with Phil Keaggy and Switchfoot) and musician from New York who now resides in ...

– guitar, background vocals *

Mike Mead Mike Mead is an American drummer, working from the mid-1980s to the mid 2000s with artists in the Christian rock and Contemporary Christian music (CCM) genres. Mead's first credit is on Rick Cua's 1985 CCM album ''You're My Road''. In additi ...

– percussion, background vocals *

Ashley Cleveland Ashley Cleveland (born February 2, 1957) is an American singer/songwriter best known as a background vocalist and gospel singer. Ashley Cleveland was born in Knoxville, Tennessee. She has been married to Kenny Greenberg since April 27, 1991, a ...

– background vocals *

John Mark Painter John Mark Painter (born c. 1967) is an American multi-instrumental musician, composer and arranger. He is best known for his role, with his wife, singer Fleming McWilliams, in the rock duo, Fleming and John. Painter grew up in Miami, and beg ...

–

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, trumpet *

Jimmy A Jimmy Abegg (born December 29, 1954), also known as Jimmy A, is an American musician who grew up in Alliance, Nebraska and is currently living in Nashville, Tennessee. In 1985, Abegg was a founding member of the progressive rock band Vector from ...

– background vocals Production notes *

– producer * Bill Deaton –

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at the Dugout,

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, mixing * JB – additional engineer * Ben Pearson – photography

References

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