Phil Keaggy

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Philip Tyler Keaggy (born March 23, 1951 in Youngstown , Ohio ) is a guitarist , singer and composer of modern Christian music . He has published over 50 music albums and has worked as a studio musician on many more.

He was seven times with the Dove Award of the Gospel Music Association for Best Instrumental Album Award and was twice for the Grammy Award nominated for Best Rock Gospel Album .

Keaggy grew up with nine siblings on a small farm in Hubbard , Ohio. He graduated from high school in Austintown , where he graduated 1970th

Despite a small handicap, he lost half the middle finger of his right hand at the age of four, and began playing the guitar when he was ten. He was voted the best fingerstyle guitarist several times in the readers' polls of Guitar Player Magazine .

Discography

Studio albums

  • What A Day , 1973
  • Love Broke Thru , 1976
  • Emerging , 1977
  • The Master and the Musician , 1978 (instrumental)
  • Ph'lip Side , 1980
  • Town to Town , 1981
  • Play Thru Me , 1982
  • Underground , 1983
  • Getting Closer , 1985
  • Way Back Home , (original) 1986
  • The Wind and the Wheat , 1987 (instrumental)
  • Phil Keaggy and Sunday's Child , 1988
  • Find Me In These Fields , 1990
  • Beyond Nature , 1992 (instrumental)
  • Crimson and Blue , 1993
  • Blue , 1994
  • Way Back Home , 1994
  • True Believer , 1995
  • Acoustic Sketches , 1996 (instrumental)
  • 220 , 1996 (instrumental)
  • On The Fly , 1997 (instrumental)
  • Phil Keaggy , 1998
  • Premium Jams , 1999, double instrumental album
  • Music to Paint By: Still Life , 1999 (Instrumental)
  • Music to Paint By: Electric Blue , 1999 (Instrumental)
  • Music to Paint By: Splash , 1999 (Instrumental)
  • Music to Paint By: Brushstrokes , 1999 (Instrumental)
  • Majesty and Wonder , 1999, Christmas album
  • An Angel's Christmas , 1999, Christmas album
  • Inseparable , 2000
  • Uncle Duke , 2000
  • Zion , 2000
  • Lights of Madrid , 2000 (instrumental)
  • Cinemascapes , 2001 (instrumental)
  • In the Quiet Hours , 2001 (instrumental)
  • Hymn Songs , 2002 (instrumental)
  • Freehand (Acoustic Sketches II) , 2003 (Instrumental)
  • Special Occasions , 2003
  • It's Personal , 2004 (original lyrics by Keith Moore)
  • The Uncle Duke Project , 2005
  • Jammed! , 2006 (instrumental)
  • Roundabout , 2006 (instrumental)
  • Dream Again , 2006
  • Acoustic Cafe , 2007
  • The Song Within , 2007 (instrumental)

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personal data
SURNAME Keaggy, Phil
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Keaggy, Philip Tyler (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American guitarist, singer and composer
DATE OF BIRTH March 23, 1951
PLACE OF BIRTH Youngstown , Ohio