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Dallas Holm (born November 5, 1948) is an American singer-songwriter of Christian music, whose musical ministry has spanned almost four decades. His 1977 live album, with the group Praise, featured his best known song, "Rise Again". The group consisted of Dallas Holm on acoustic guitar and vocals, Tim and Ladonna Johnson on keyboards and vocals, as well as Randy Adams on bass. Holm's influence has been greatest in
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. While he has had several hit singles in CCM, he is best known for "Rise Again", which is about the
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. Over the course of Holm's career, he has performed many styles of music including adult contemporary, country, blues, reggae and pop-rock. Holm remains active as the director of praise ministries and is a member of the
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.


History

Holm, a native of Minnesota, was inspired by
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when he was growing up and, while in high school, was a member of a rock band. After Holm came to faith in 1965 at the age of 16, he desired to combine his music with his newfound faith. He started writing his own Christian songs around this time performing them in jails, churches and in street ministry. During the late 60s, Holm was a member of a Christian group called the Tri-Tones who made an album entitled ''I Saw the Light'' released by the Universal Audio Corp. He expanded his use of music while he was a youth pastor in the Dallas-Ft. Worth area. Holm's music eventually caught the attention of David Wilkerson, author of ''The Cross and the Switchblade'', and became a part of Wilkerson's traveling crusades. As a solo artist, his early albums for Zondervan and Impact contained worship songs done in a MOR rock style. During his time with Wilkerson, Holm became the front man for a group named Praise. Aside from Holm, other members of Dallas Holm & Praise consisted of Randy Adams (bass - replaced by Rick Crawford in 1980), Ric Norris (drums), Tim Johnson (keyboards), and LaDonna Gatlin Johnson (vocals). This group released the album ''Dallas Holm & Praise. . .Live'' (Greentree, 1977) which sold more than 600,000 copies and was the first Christian album to be certified gold. This album contains the song ''Rise Again'' which was one of the biggest radio hits in the history of Christian music. The song has the distinction of garnering a GMA Dove Award in 1978 for Song of the Year. Holm was awarded Songwriter of the Year along with Male Vocalist of the Year in 1978 with the group itself winning Mixed Group of the Year. Over the course of Holm's career he has released 34 albums counting solo, with Praise or other artists. He has received a total of five Dove Awards as of 2020. Holm has also been inducted into the Texas Gospel Music Hall of Fame (2007) and the GMA Gospel Music Hall of Fame in 2012. Holm is married and he and his wife, Linda, have two grown children, Jennifer and Jeffery.


Discography

* 1966 ''Just a Closer Walk: Dallas Holm, Phil Ekstedt, Don Moore'' (Sacred Knot Recordings) * 1969 ''I Saw the Light'' (Universal Audio Corporation) * 1970 ''Dallas Holm'' (Teen) * 1971 ''For Teens Only'' (Singcord Records ondervan * 1971 ''Just the Way I Feel It'' (Now Sounds) * 1972 ''Looking Back'' (Impact Records R3139) * 1973 ''Didn't He Shine'' (Impact Records) * 1974 ''Peace, Joy & Love'' (Impact Records) * 1975 ''Nothing But Praise'' (Impact Records) * 1976 ''Dallas Holm—Just Right'' (Greentree Records) * 1977 ''Dallas Holm & Praise...Live—Rise Again'' (Greentree Records)(
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Gold Certified) * 1978 ''Tell 'Em Again'' (Greentree Records R3480) * 1979 ''His Last Days'' (Greentree Records R3534) * 1979 ''All That Matters'' (Greentree Records R3558) * 1980 ''Looking Back: The Very Best of Dallas Holm'' (Greentree Records) * 1980 ''This is My Song'' (Greentree Records) * 1981 ''Holm, Sheppard & Johnson'' (Greentree Records) * 1981 ''I Saw the Lord'' (Greentree Records R3723) * 1983 ''Signal'' (Greentree Records) * 1985 ''Classics'' (Greentree Records) * 1985 ''Change The World'' (Dayspring) * 1986 ''Praise and Worship'' (Greentree Records) * 1986 ''Against the Wind'' (Dayspring) * 1988 ''Beyond the Curtain'' (Dayspring) * 1989 ''Soldiers Again: Holm Sheppard & Johnson'' (Dayspring) * 1990 ''Through the Flame'' (Dayspring) * 1991 ''The Early Works'' (Benson Records) * 1992 ''Chain of Grace'' (Benson Records) * 1993 ''Mesa'' y Mesa (Dallas Holm, Dana Key and Jerry Williams)ref>
* 1993 ''Completely Taken In'' (Benson Records) * 1994 ''Holm for Christmas'' (Ministry Music) * 1995 ''Face of Mercy'' (Benson Records) * 1999 ''Before Your Throne'' (Ministry Music) * 1999 ''Signature Songs'' (Greentree) * 2002 ''Foundations'' (Ministry Music) * 2005 ''Good News Blues'' (Ross Records) * 2011 ''Songs of Hope and Comfort'' (Holm Run Records)


Awards

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*1977 **Song of the Year: "Rise Again" **Songwriter of the Year **Male Vocalist of the Year **Mixed Group of the Year (Dallas Holm and Praise) *1979 **Male Vocalist of the Year **Pop/Contemporary Album: ''All That Matters'' (Dallas Holm and Praise) *1992 **Inspirational Album of the Year: ''Generation 2 Generation'' (Benson artists and their families)
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nominations *1987 **Best Gospel Performance – Male: "Against the Wind" *2007 **Inducted into the Texas Gospel Music Hall of Fame *2012 **Inducted into the Gospel Music Hall of Fame


References


External links


The Beginnings ConcertOfficial Website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Holm, Dallas American performers of Christian music American male singers Singers from Minnesota 1948 births Living people North Central University alumni People from Washington County, Minnesota People from Lindale, Texas