David Crowder Band

David Crowder Band

David Crowder*Band is a 6-piece electronic rock / worship band from Waco, Texas.

Band history

The band began when David Crowder realized that almost half of the students at Baylor University were not attending church, which he found surprising since it is a Christian university. He and Chris Seay started University Baptist Church in 1996 while he was still a student. Crowder led worship there and continued to do so throughout the year. The church's congregation grew, as did the band's lineup.

Crowder began writing songs to incorporate into the worship times at the church and eventually the church released an independent CD, Pour Over Me, followed by All I Can Say in 1999. These CDs brought the band to a wider audience and invitations to festivals and events followed. The band was signed to sixstepsrecords/Sparrow Records and has released six more albums to date (see discography). The band tours the United States continuously, but make it back to their home church in Waco, Texas, almost every Sunday. Kyle Lake, the former University Baptist Church pastor and longtime friend of the band, has had a strong influence on the band's music in terms of content and inspiration both during his life and after his tragic death.

With their September 2005 release, A Collision, David Crowder*Band has explored a new realm of musical diversity. The album houses a mix of bluegrass, folk, alternative, and worship, woven together with a touch of electronic ambience. This release landed them the #2 spot on the iTunes Music Store and the #39 spot on Billboard 200 only one day after its release.

On the same day as the release of A Collision, their song "Turkish Delight" was released on the Music Inspired by the Chronicles of Narnia compilation CD. This song, which is a reference to the magical Turkish Delight in C. S. Lewis's book The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, has an old-school disco feel.

On November 30, 2006, the band announced they would begin recording a new album in March and April 2007. [1]

The David Crowder Band won artist of the year for 2006 by MSN Music against the following competition: INXS, Prince, Christina Aguilera and Kenny Chesney.

Awards

The David Crowder*Band won their first Dove Awards at the 37th Annual Gospel Music Awards in 2005. The band won a total of three awards for:

Rock/Contemporary Album of the Year - A Collision

Rock/Contemporary Song of the Year - "Here is Our King"

And for the involvement in the Music Inspired by the Chronicles of Narnia album

Members

Current members

• David Crowder - vocals / acoustic guitar / programming / keytar
• Jack Parker - electric guitar / rhodes piano / banjo
• Taylor Johnson - electric guitar
• Mike Dodson - bass guitar / programming / keys
• Jeremy Bush aka "B-wack" - drums / percussion / circuit bending / programming
• Mike Hogan - violin / vinyl dj / programming

Former members

• Jason Solley - electric guitar / background vocals / mandolin

Discography

Official releases

• Pour Over Me
• All I Can Say (1999)
• The Green CD (2002)
• Can You Hear Us? (2002)
• The Yellow CD (2003)
• Illuminate (2003)
• The Lime CD (2004)
• Sunsets & Sushi (2005)
• A Collision (2005)
• B Collision (2006)

Also heard on...

The David Crowder*Band has also released tracks on several Passion Worship albums and the Chronicles of Narnia movie CD. Another interesting musical outlet was the creation of the theme music for Dr. James MacDonald's radio program Walk in the Word, a media ministry of Harvest Bible Chapel in Rolling Meadows, Chicago.

• The Road to One Day - Passion Worship Band (2000)
• Our Love Is Loud - Passion Worship Band (live, 2002)
• Sacred Revolution - Passion Worship Band (live, 2003)
• Passion: Hymns Ancient and Modern - Passion Worship Band (2004)
• How Great Is Our God - Passion Worship Band (live, 2005)
• Everything Glorious - Passion Worship Band (live, 2006)
• Music Inspired by the Chronicles of Narnia (compilation, 2005, Sparrow Records/EMD)
• Ultimate Music Makeover: Michael W. Smith (compilation, 2005)
• X Worship 2006 (compilation, 2006)
• X 2007 (compilation, 2006)

Random singles

The David Crowder*Band has occasionally featured random and somewhat silly singles on their website, such as their rendition of "Feliz Navidad". Other seasonally appropriate recordings have been known to pop up in various forms, sometimes through their mailing list or other related outlets. Rumor has it that for the dedicated few, there is a secret section of the webpage that features a high-pitched male singing and playing piano which might be considered a single. The David Crowder*Band is well known for having an interesting (and arguably esoteric) sense of humor, which surfaces in both their music and their relationship with fans. Many of their CD booklets contain "hidden" links to special features accessible through the web.

Books

David Crowder has authored two books:

- Praise Habit: Finding God in Sunsets and Sushi (2005, NavPress)

- Everybody Wants to Go to Heaven, but Nobody Wants to Die (The Eschatology of Bluegrass) – Crowder, Mike Hogan (2006, Relevant Books)

Trivia

• A Collision first existed as a Word document that Crowder had put together from discussions with Kyle Lake.
• David Crowder Band music is featured in the Christian video game Dance Praise. The songs "O Praise Him", "Here is Our King" and "We Win!" can be added to the song list via the Dance Praise Expansion Pack Volume 1: Modern Worship.

External links

• David Crowder*Band
• ThoughtQuotient.com ThoughtQuotient.com's David Crowder articles
• University Baptist Church
• sixstepsrecords
• Sparrow Records
• Bwack's Forum
• David Crowder's Blog
• David Crowder*Band's Myspace.com page
• Grow Your Crowder
• The David Crowder Carnival
• David Crowder Band guitar tabs
• worship.com