Phil Keaggy

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Philip Tyler "Phil" Keaggy (born March 23, 1951) is an American acoustic and electric guitarist and vocalist who has released more than 50 albums and contributed to many more recordings in both the contemporary Christian music and mainstream markets.

He is a seven-time recipient of the GMA Dove Award for Instrumental Album of the Year, and was twice nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Rock Gospel Album.

He has frequently been listed as one of the world's top-three "finger-style", as well as "finger-picking", guitarists by Guitar Player Magazine readers' polls.

Personal life

His son Ian Keaggy was the bass player for the band Hot Chelle Rae, which had a Top 10 hit on the Billboard Hot 100 in 2011. He left the band in 2013 to pursue his solo career.

His nephew was married to contemporary Christian singer songwriter Cheri Keaggy.

His sister is retired American television and film actress Mary Ellen Kay. Keaggy credits her for introducing him to the Christian faith.

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Career

Keaggy and his nine brothers and sisters were raised in a tiny farmhouse in Hubbard, Ohio. He went to high school at Austintown Fitch High School, graduating in 1970. Due to an accident involving a water pump at age four, he has missing half of the middle finger on his right hand.

Keaggy reflects on the incident:

It was not the first time that Keaggy was attracted to playing music. "I asked my dad for a set of drums for my tenth birthday, but he returned home with a Sears Silvertone guitar."

Keaggy, a member of the Squires, a garage rock band from the 1960s; one of their songs, "Batmobile," co-wrote, appears on the compilation album Highs in the Mid-Sixties, Volume 9. He joined Volume IV, which in 1967 became New Hudson Exit. The band appeared in Youngstown clubs often, as well as on the Date label as a single. Joe Walsh had been named as the company's lead guitarist at one point. Walsh would later develop himself as a guitarist for the James Gang before embarking on a solo career and playing with the Eagles.

The band Glass Harp formed in 1968, with drummer John Sferra and longtime friend John Sferra joined by bassist Steve Markulin. The band performed in and around Youngstown, Ohio, and found jobs at school dances and clubs. "Where Did My World Come From?" The band's thisincarnation of the band performed many shows and released the single "Where Did My World Come From?" In 1969, the United Audio brand appeared on the United Audio label.

Markulin left the group to join his cousin Joe in Another Great Youngstown band, The Human Beinz. Daniel Pecchio, a bass player for Keaggy and Sferra, was then recruited as a bass player. Pecchio, a founding member of the band The Poppy, was also a fluent in flutes, a skill that would later be seen on several Glass Harp's albums. The band began polishing their live show and shop for a recording contract after recording a new series of demos and signing with new owners.

The trio's triumph of "Battle of the Bands" in the Ohio area was a major turning point for the threesome. Merenstein was tempted to fly from New York to watch the band perform live. Merenstein's enthusiastic report culminated in Decca Records' signing Glass Harp to a multi-record contract, which was subsequent to his appearance at Glass Harp.

Reflecting on 1970, Keaggy recalls:

In 1970, Keaggy's mother was seriously wounded in a car crash on Valentine's Day. Keaggy became a Christian after her death a week earlier and inspired by his sister's example.

Glass Harp found itself in New York's Greenwich Village in September, recording its first album Glass Harp, with Lewis Merenstein as producer. Keaggy and Sferra were nineteen years old at the time of this recording. As for the album's content, all three members of Glass Harp were involved in songwriting. The majority of songs were performed by Keaggy, but Pecchio and Sferra also performed lead on several tracks. "Can You See Me," one of Keaggy's songs, reflected his newfound Christian faith, with its reference to Jesus' death. "It was recorded in New York City in about a week," Keaggy says. Despite the fact that I had bronchitis and had to sing one verse at a time, it worked out. In "Can You See Me" and "Look in the Sky," I was able to get in a witness for the Lord Jesus.

The band's name, The Kinks, Iron Butterfly, Yes, Traffic, Grand Funk Railroad, and Chicago were among others that performed for such bands as The Kinks, Iron Butterfly, Yes, Yes, Traffic, Grand Funk Railroad, and Chicago. Despite the band's tight production and song-oriented nature of Glass Harp's studio albums, their live performances showcased the band's ability to stretch and expand the boundaries of their compositions. As a result, they are one of the pioneers of the jam rock genre, with songs often longer than 30 minutes in length, with extended solo passages and group improvisation.

Glass Harp's Synergy album came out in 1971. In some of the songs, Keaggy's Christian faith came to the forefront. "I had a real experience because I was able to sing 'The Answer,' a song I wrote right after my conversion to Christ.' And here's the oddity that out of 15 songs, one of the ten that made it was 'The Answer', despite the fact that there were...producers and an engineer who was unaware of Jesus. "I praise Jesus for his service because it is just a simple song of testimony." The band's third album, It Makes Me Glad, featured a reversal of the old spiritual "Do Lord" earlier this year. "We all did the best we could." Because I had given notice that I was going to leave, the group knew it would be our last album together. I did on August 8 and 8. It was a terribly difficult thing for everyone."

Keaggy left the band in 1972 after having released three albums with Glass Harp. "We loved playing together, and we got really close musically," Keaggy says. But spiritually, we were going in different directions."

What a Day, Keaggy's first solo album, was released in 1973. When Keaggy was still with Glass Harp, the songs were written. Keaggy performed all of the instruments on the album. The title track has remained a staple of Keaggy's performances up to the present day.

In the summer of 1973, Keaggy married Bernadette. He went on a brief break from performing on his own, but only toured in favor of other artists such as Love Song, the 2nd Chapter of Acts, and Nancy Honeytree. Ted Nugent, an Amboy Dukes guitarist, was quoted as saying, "I don't know what happened to him Phil Keaggy." With his guitar, he may have saved the world." Keaggy and his wife were destined to rural Freeville, New York, to participate in, and become deeply involved in Love Inn Community's discipleship scheme, led by Scottish-American disc jockey Scott Ross. Ross associated himself and the Love Inn Community with the Shepherding Movement, which in turn took on many of the characteristics of an authoritarian cult. It was not until Keaggy emerged from this group, as well as the menial labour to which they had almost impossible walls, that he began to record meaningful music.

Keaggy appeared on Joe Vitale's debut solo album Roller Coaster Weekend, which was released by the Albert Brothers in late 1974. Joe Walsh and Rick Derringer, two guitarists, were on the album.

"Your Love Broke Through" is Keaggy's first appearance in the studio in 1976. The song was written by Keith Green, Todd Fishkind, and Randy Stonehill, and it was later discovered with Green, but it was in Green that Keaggy's version was the first released recording. A long-time fan of the United States. Lewis, Keaggy, also had arranged a version of the author's "As the Ruin Falls" in a arranged manner. Some people believe the seven-minute "Time" to be the first album-oriented rock extended-length "Free Bird" of modern Christian music. About 3:54 and 5:17 in the song, "Time" featured Keaggy's ingenious guitar technique of violin-like swelling. The effect is to select the string, boosting, and then lowering the guitar volume knob for each note in a melody. Keaggy's album was ranked No. 1 on the charts. In the 2001 book, CCM Presents: The 100 Greatest Albums in Christian Music, 64.

Keaggy went on an eighteen-city tour of the western United States during the 1977-19th Chapter of Acts and "a Band named David." This tour was captured on the newly released live triple-album How the West Was One, a series that included concert interpretations of "What a Day" and "Your Love Broke Through" in additions. The Phil Keaggy Band formed in the same year as the one before. The Phil Keaggy Band, composer Lynn Nichols, keyboardist Phil Madeira, bassist Dan Cunningham, and drummer Terry Andersen performed live on a lone album in 1977, Emerging. This band was featured on an album of songs by Ted Sandquist titled Courts of the King, as well as as the backing band for Nedra Ross on her Full Circle album. In 1981, Keaggy would rename the title track. Song in the Air, a 1977 compilation album by Glass Harp, was released.

Keaggy's first critically acclaimed instrumental album, The Master and the Musician, was released in 1978. It will continue to be his best-selling album of his career. "Epilogue: Amazing Grace," a 1989 reissue of the album, included a new song.

In August 1979, the Keaggy family moved to Leawood, Kansas, where their first child, Alicia, was born there. In 1983, they left Leawood and settled in Costa Mesa, California. Olivia, their second daughter, was born on February 14, 1984, and their son Ian was born on June 16, 1987.

Sparrow Records was Keaggy's record store during the early part of the decade. "Sunday School" and the delicate "Little Ones," which was the anti-abortion anthem for the 1980s, is included in the Ph'lip Side. The Town to Town legend, who has made the move "Let It Else Go" a hit in concert history, was released in the following year. It also included Keaggy's arrangement of "Rise Up O Men of God." This will be the start of a trend in which Keaggy will almost always have a hymn on his albums. "Morning Light" was Keaggy's upbeat debut, as well as the slide-guitar instrumental workout, "Happy" in 1982.

Keaggy and Randy Stonehill co-wrote and performed the duet "Who Will Save the Children" in 1984. Stonehill's album Celebrate This Heartbeat. Compassion International, a Christian child advocacy group, will also perform the duet as a theme tune. Both artists have been faithful supporters of this cause up to this day.

Keaggy's next studio album, Getting Closer, was released by Nissi Records in the upcoming year. Two of Keaggy's songs will be released later this year: on 1993's Crimson and Blue, a rearranged version of "I Will Be There," while "Passport" received an update from the 2009 Christian Progressive Rock compilation album CPR 3.

Way Back Home was born in 1986. The album featured quieter acoustic numbers, including a new spin on 1981's "Let Everything Else Go" and "Maker of the Universe," a ballad about Christ's incarnation. Families were also one of Keaggy's music's most popular topics: family.

The Wind and the Wheat, Phil Keaggy's second instrumental album, will be released next year. The album showcases the day's "new-age" instrumental sounds. The Wind and the Wheat received his first Dove Award, an honor he received in 1988. The Compassion All Star Band, a member of Keaggy and Stonehill, will team up with singer Margaret Becker, former Wings drummer Joe English, and others as the Compassion All Star Band in 1988. One by One, the group's new live album.

Keaggy formed Youth in 1988 with Randy Stonehill, vocalist Russ Taff, bassist Rick Cua, Daugherty, Mark Heard, Steve Taylor, and other musicians to produce Phil Keaggy and Sunday's Child. The Child project was created by Lynn Nichols, guitarist for the 1977 Keaggy Band. The title track, as well as an album cover that resembled That of With The Beatles' classic photograph, has occasionally seen the Child album referred to as a tribute album of sorts to the 1960s. Keaggy says that the idea was related to the Child album cover on Sunday.

Keaggy talks about the project's music, based on her observations.

"I've Just Begun (Again)", one of Keaggy's tracks, was first released on Keaggy's album, and it was updated for this one. Keaggy performed two Mark Heard songs on the album: "I Always Do" and "Everything is Fine." The recordings will appear on Heard's subsequent tribute albums. Orphans of God, one of the tribute albums, was listed at No. 1. The book includes 25 tracks from CCM Presents: The 100 Greatest Albums in Christian Music.

Keaggy and Stonehill's 1989 tour included Swirling Eddie drummer David Raven and Daniel Amos bassist Tim Chandler. The Keaggys migrated north again in the fall of that year, leaving southern California and moving to Nashville, Tennessee, where they now reside.

Keaggy would appear at former Beatle Paul McCartney's sister-in-law's wedding a few years later. While working at CBN, Keaggy encountered Laura Eastman, Linda McCartney's sister. Keaggy fulfilled a lifelong ambition by jamming with McCartney in a bedroom at the Eastman family estate, the wedding site.

Find Me in These Fields, Keaggy's 1991 debut with the Child's album Find Me in These Fields. Lynn Nichols conceived the project, which received a Grammy Award nomination.

Beyond Nature, Keaggy's 1992 release of what has since become a landmark acoustic instrumental work. The guitarist's third instrumental project reflected a Celtic presence, earning him his second Dove Award in the "Instrumental Record" category. Beyond Nature, the album's name, was derived from a quote in the United States. Mere Christianity, Lewis' book Mere Christianity. Keaggy, a long-time Lewis' work, also mentioned the author in several song titles ("Brother Jack," "Addison's Walk" and "County Down").

Keaggy spent the next year working with another group of talented musicians for his next project. These recording sessions brought Keaggy and ex Glass Harp bandmate John Sferra on drums. "I started Crimson & Blue with a two-fold intention: to record something more exciting and work with John again," Keaggy says. We mixed all the basic tracks together, and the majority of the leads were recorded live. It's just a basic four-piece unit." Phil Madeira, the former keyboardist of the 1977 Phil Keaggy Band, bassist Rick Cua, and guitarist Jimmy Abegg were among the group's others. Lynn Nichols led the sessions. Sam Bush on mandolin, John Mark Painter (of Fleming and John), and Ashley Cleveland on backing vocals were among the other guest artists on the tour. Charlie Peacock and Steve Taylor were among the project's key players. The sessions resulted in the release of Crimson and Blue, a bluesy rock album geared to the Christian market and featuring a snapshot of Van Morrison's "When Will I Ever Learned to Live in God." "Love Divine," "I Will Be Here," and "Everywhere I Look" were all big airplay. The album was released in the mainstream market as Blue, with a new track list and some reworked songs. The inclusion of three new songs (a cover of Badfinger's "Baby Blue"), "All Our Wishes"; and "The Further Adventures of...") and the exclusion of five songs from Crimson and Blue ("Love Divine"), "Reunion Of Friends," "I Will Be There")) and "Nothing But The Blood" were the most notable differences). This album "All Our Wishes" is a tale about Phil and Bernadette Keaggy's loss of a child. The song was composed, musically, in 1967, when Keaggy was in ninth grade. Madeira performed on Hammond's B-3 organ, Sferra on drums, and Wade Jaynes (of Chagall Guevara) on bass, as part of the band's tour in support of the album.

Phil also released a heavily redesigned version of his 1986 album Way Back Home in June 1994. The 1994 edition of "Maker of the Universe" and "Let Everything Else Go" were among ten of the original album's eleven songs, as well as the touching classics "Maker of the Universe" and "Let Everything Else Go." "It Could Have Been Me," the updated version of the brand new song included four brand new songs: "It Could Have Been Me." "She's a Dancer," "Father Daughter Harmony," and "The 50th" are all "Made to be. "Father Daughter Harmony" was a touching duet with daughter Alicia, while "The 50th" featured Keaggy's guitar playing excerpts from a vinyl album of his grandparents' 50th wedding anniversary in 1948, keeping with the album's family theme.

Time: 1970-1995. The anthology featured selections from throughout Keaggy's career, as well as many classic instrumentals. Several unreleased tracks were included, including a live version of "Do Lord" with Glass Harp, a live version of "Shouts of Joy" from the Crimson and Blue tour, and "We'll Meet Again," a song that Phil wrote and performed as a youth. An alternate version of "Time" was also included, as was a new solo recording of the Glass Harp song "The Answer."

Keaggy was also voted No. 1 by Guitar Player Magazine readers in 1995. 2nd Best Acoustic Fingerstyle Guitarist.

True Believer, Phil's best-selling album, debuted in the same year. Producer Alan Shacklock produced the title track, which debuted at number one on the Christian radio charts. It also received the EMI Songwriter of the Year award from Shacklock. Shacklock's album work on the record was a departure in style and sound for Keaggy; this would be Keaggy's lone work with Shacklock. In reflecting on the album, Keaggy would say that True Believer "is definitely the most unlike me of any album I've ever owned" on my personal list. It was more of a manufactured product: "We're gonna make a pop album for you that will take you into the next ten years." I'm not sure if it did. For me, it's an unusual album to listen to, but there are a few good ones on there, too.

Keaggy's Acoustic Sketches, his second critically acclaimed instrumental album, was released the following year. The album, which features mainly Keaggy originals, includes a cover of "Swing Low, Sweet Chariot" and will later win the Keaggy Another Dove Award. A second instrumental album, 220, was also released. The album, which was released after the 220-volt electric standard, featured a diverse range of musical styles, ranging from blues to Celtic. "Ian's Groove," Phil's son's first recording debut, appears on the album. Despite its stellar performances as a series of original instrumentals, the album was largely overlooked. "It's a cool album that..."Christians and Christian bookstores, and...the mall...couldn't make the connection because it's electric guitar music," Keaggy says. So it sort of fell by the wayside." Bernadette, Phil's wife, released A Deeper Shade of Grace, a moving account of her first five children's emotional and spiritual challenges as a result of early infant death, miscarriage, and stillbirth. The foreword to the book was written by Phil.

The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, located in Cleveland, Ohio, opened "My Town" in January 1997. Glass Harp was invited to perform at the Museum because the display focused on Cleveland's rock and roll history. The band is also on display in the Museum's Ohio Exhibit.

On the Fly, Keaggy's On the Fly album, arguably his most ambitious instrumental project to date, was released in the year. Highlights include the Spanish-flavored "Praise Dance," the hypnotic groove "Firewalker," and Canis Major Records' six-part epic "Way of the Pilgrim," which can be purchased on Canis Major Records. In 1997, Phil teamed up with Wes King and Out of the Grey's Scott Dente on a mostly instrumental album Invention. The album will receive the Dove Award the following year. Keaggy would then sign with Word Records.

Phil Keaggy, Phil Keaggy's last vocal album of the decade, came out in 1998. Phil Keaggy, who had a slick production style on his previous vocal album, was a strong return to form for Keaggy in terms of capturing his natural, live sound. Many songs reflected a Beatles influence, including "Days Like You," his last single to receive substantial airplay as Christian radio has shifted to a more youthful style. On the Ragamuffins' "All the Way to Kingdom Come," Keaggy appeared as a guest singer on his friend Rich Mullins' last piece, The Jesus Record (which included demo tracks recorded by Mullins right before his 1997 death and staged by the Ragamuffins and other performers).

A rash of Keaggy instrument launches in 1999. The double album Premium Jams features a spectacular collection of previously unreleased electric instruments dating back to Crimson and Blue, as well as the 220's recording sessions. Keaggy's interpretation of "Oh Holy Night" as well as a three-part original, "Nativity Suite," is included on Majesty and Wonder, a Christmas album starring the London Festival Orchestra. A Dove Award will also be given to Majesty and Wonder by Keaggy. Music to Paint By is Phil's fourth collection. Still Life, Electric Blue, Splash, and Brushstrokes were all included in the project.

In April 2000, Re-Emerging, Keaggy's first album of the new millennium, came out. The album was a reunion of the Phil Keaggy Band, in which they reissued their classic 1977 album, Emerging. Re-Emerging retained the songs from the album with the exception of "Gentle Eyes": "My Auburn Lady," "You're My Hero," and "Amelia Earhart's Last Flight" were among the four brand new tracks.

Phil Hughes introduced the instrumental album Zion in September. Zion Radicaster, made exclusively for a Zion Radicaster, a master guitar maker Ken Hoover of Zion guitars, "Looking for an Island," "March of the Clouds," and the Glass Harp classic "Whatever Life Expects" are among the new songs on the album.

Having appeared together on occasion since 1981, Keaggy, John Sferra, and Daniel Pecchio reformed as Glass Harp for a concert at a sold out Powers Auditorium in Youngstown, Ohio. Conductor Isaiah Jackson and members of the Youngstown Symphony were among the guests on stage for the occasion. The reunion concert was released in the form of the live album Strings Attached later this year. Despite the fact that the album is mainly dedicated to the band's previous work, Glass Harp's collection includes songs from Phil's solo career, including "Tender Love," "Choice," "From the Beginning," and a solo acoustic version of "The True Believers."

In October 2000, the first single and double disc versions of Inseparable were released, with the single disc version eventually going out of print. "Chalice," a Glass Harp drummer John Sferra's collaboration, as well as a a preview of Paul McCartney's "Motor of Love," were included on the album. Lights of Madrid, a collection of Spanish-flavored instruments, was released by Phil in the month of 1996's On the Fly. Lights of Madrid also has a PDF with guitar tabliature for the album's songs. The lights of Madrid will continue to win the Keaggy Award for best instrumental album.

Phil's Uncle Duke project, a venture with his uncle Dave "Duke" Keaggy, was released in November, with Phil arranging his uncle's eclectic poetry to music.

In 2001, Keaggy introduced In the Quiet Hours and Cinemascapes. Both of them were based on drawings from the 1999 four-disc project Music to Paint By. A new composition "As It Is in Heaven" was on display in the Quiet Hours, while Cinemascapes featured three previously unreleased songs, "The Road Home," "Lighthouse," and "For the Love." "Spring" was previously released on Uncle Duke's website as "interlude." What Matters, a nine-song compilation that includes mainly from the albums Phil Keaggy and Crimson and Blue, was also released this year. As is a brand new song "What Matters," "Tell Me How You Feel" from Sunday's Children is also included, as is "What Matters." The album was solely designed for and released by the International Bible Society.

Hymnsongs were first introduced in 2002. The album features not only a series of classic hymns but also a Keaggy original composition centered on the Lord's Prayer. Todd Beamer, a Christian passenger on 9-11's Flight 93 and a fan of Keaggy's music, has dedicated this song, as well as the entire album. "I've always loved hymns," Keaggy says of the project's design. They're fantastic melodies that still stand on their own and are still popular, even after centuries have passed. And those melodies are even more enjoyable when you know the lyrics. The hymns' writers were excellent wordsmiths; they could be both concise and eloquent in their expression of truth. Theirs is also known as "song for every generation." Nevertheless, Keaggy's old label, Word Records, didn't reveal his vision for the venture and demanded that it be a tribute album: "it's the strangest thing"—to me, hymns should be really sung. Since I am here, I can sing, but they don't want me to perform...I went to management about it and it was pretty much, "No, don't do that." That is not what they want. Keaggy's last album with Word Records will be Hymnsongs.

Phil also appeared on Randy Stonehill's Edge of the World album in that year, as well as appearing on "We're All Young" with other veteran entertainers such as Larry Norman. In addition, Keaggy's wife Bernadette released Losing You Too Soon, an updated version of A Deeper Shade of Grace, her 1996 book about losing her first five children by early infant death, miscarriage, and stillbirth.

It's Personal, a Keaggy record in which he set poetry by Keith Moore to music, will be released next year. Keaggy and Moore had previously collaborated on the single "A Little Bit of Light" which appeared on the guitarist's 1998 self-titled album. Special Occasions, an eclectic collection of songs focusing on birthdays, weddings, and graduations was released by Keaggy in 2003. The album featured mainly of Keaggy originals and also included a re-recording of "Here and Now" from 1986's Way Back Home, as well as covers of Beatles' "When I'm 64" and Elton John's "The Greatest Discoverer." Sparrow Records, Phil's former record label (1980–1983, 1994–1997), released a 15-track compilation History Makers in the same year. It includes items such as "Let Everything Else Go," "Morning Sun," and "The True Believers" and "The True Believers." Hourglass, Glass Harp's first album of new material since 1972, was also released in 2003. "What Matters," the title track of a compilation album that was exclusive to and released by the International Bible Society in 2001, contained a new recording of a rare Keaggy solo tune, "What Matters."

Also in 2003, guitarist Muriel Anderson released Uncut Gems, a Keaggy collaboration. The pair also performed "Tennessee Morning" from Keaggy's 1996 album 220, mainly consisting of instrumental improvisations made in 2001 and 2003. Stanley Jordan, a guitarist, appears on various tracks. Anderson's Music for Life Alliance fundraiser will fund parts of the album's proceeds.

Glass Harp unveiled Stark Raving Jams, a three-disc 39-song series of videos ranging from 1970 to 2003, in the following year. The collection concentrated primarily on live performances, but also included a few unreleased studio recordings. This Glass Harp album features live interpretations of some Keaggy solo tracks, as shown on Strings Attached.

During The Last Dispatch, a Keaggy guest appeared with the indie band contest for several songs. Phil Keaggy in Concert: St. Charles IL, and Philly Live!

Glass Harp's first three studio albums were reissued on CD by Music Mill Entertainment in 2005, after thirty years of being out of print. The albums were digitally remastered and featured previously unreleased bonus songs. Keaggy also released an extended version of Uncle Duke in July. This new version, which was first published in 2000, was dubbed The Uncle Duke Project, and it contained the original album as well as a bonus disc of new music, alternate versions, and an interview with Phil and his uncle.

Freehand, Keaggy's sequel to Acoustic Sketches, was released next year. Together Live was launched by Keaggy and long-time friend Randy Stonehill in the same year. Both album and DVD versions are available. In addition to including acoustic interpretations of Keaggy and Stonehill's solo works, the collection includes recordings of their earlier collaborations, such as "Who Will Save the Children." "That's the Way It Goes." On two songs from Rufus Tree's album Dying To Live, a Keaggy later guest appeared on two songs.

Keaggy's 2006 debut of three new instrumental albums: Jammed! This was a one-disc set of songs from 1999's double album Premium Jams. "Joyphil" and "Prehistrobie K-18," a previously unreleased song that Phil wrote and performed as a child, were also included on the album. Roundabout, an acoustic instrumental collection, is the second in a series of instrumental collections. The songs are either improvisation or other riffs based on loops that were not intended to be performed as part of the event. The songs "began with me yelling about at my soundchecks before the audience came in," Keaggy explains. I'd typically just recovered from napping at a hotel, so my mind would be fresh, and I'd like to create loops that would be captured by Brian Persall. The loops feature rhythm, lead, bass, and even percussion parts, as well as textures created with an EBow and sticking plastic between the strings, which creates koto, banjo, and steel drum-type sounds. After returning home, I imported all of the loops into Pro Tools and edited some sections, but no overdubs were applied either after the initial recording or while in the studio. If a song was too long, I'd suggest some steps or repeated sections to make it a bit less repetitive, or even move some portions around."

Two of Us, by Phil Keaggy and guitarist Mike Pachelli, was released as an acoustic instrumental project. Dream Again, Phil's first vocal album, was released in 2006. His son Ian, who co-wrote and plays guitar on "Why," appears on "Why," while his daughter Alicia sings a duet with her father on "Micah 6:8." Glass Harp reunited in 2006 for a concert to celebrate the debut of their first DVD, Circa 72. The DVD is the first official release of the band's 1972 PBS show, featuring rare outtakes, a home movie video, and a brief commentary. Including four new songs, Happy Valentine's Day, a limited edition compilation of many love songs that Phil has performed over the years, as well as four new tracks, was released this year.

Keaggy began a free podcast in April 2006, which is also available on his website and iTunes. His most recent edition, which is 2009, is from September 2008. The podcasts feature music and commentary from Phil as well as music from some of his favorite performers.

By P.O.D., Keaggy was inducted into the Gospel Music Hall of Fame on October 29, 2007. Jason Truby, a guitarist, is a member of the American Football Association. He also released Acoustic Cafe, an album on which the exception of "You Have My Heart" is absent, is a collection of covers ranging from Bob Dylan ("If Not For You") to Cyndi Lauper ("Time After Time"). Several of the songs are duets, including Randy Stonehill's "In My Life" with Randy Stonehill and the Everly Brothers' "All I Have to Do is Dream" with Jeremy Casella. The Song Within, Keaggy's second acoustic instrumental album, was released later this year. The album redesigned two Keaggy classics, with "Water Day" being renamed "Water Day" and "Noah's Shuffle" being renamed as "Noah's Shuffle."

The Master and the Musician's 30th anniversary was also commemorated in 2007. The album was re-released with a bonus disc of outtakes, alternate versions, and a recent interview. Keaggy also toured in favor of the album's centennial with a band that starred Glass Harp drummer John Sferra. On the subsequent live DVD: The Master and the Musician: A 30-year Tour. Keaggy's album Phantasmagorical: Master and Musician 2, the sequel to his 1978 masterpiece, will be released next year.

Keaggy was nominated for the "Best Spiritual / Worship Guitarist" by readers of Acoustic Guitar Magazine in 2008, as well as appearing on the Richard Cummins CD, Moments, which was commended for "Best Pop/Contemporary Album of the Year" by the Canadian GMA in 2008.

Keaggy and Randy Stonehill's mystery highway song was released in June 2009. The two musicians, as well as guitarist Mike Pachelli and Glass Harp's Daniel Pecchio, and John Sferra, appeared at many concerts as "The Keaggy-Stonehill Band" in support of the album. On the album CPR 3; a collection of musicians from the Christian Progressive Rock (CPR) scene, Keaggy appeared on a soaring re-recorded version of "Passport" during the year. The first version of "Passport" appeared on Keaggy's 1985 album Getting Closer. The Frio Suite, Keaggy's instrumental album with pianist Jeff Johnson, was released in October. After meeting each other for the first time at the start of the year, the two musicians stayed in touch and produced the album by email, with Johnson recording in Seattle and Keaggy recording in Nashville. Welcome Inn, the guitarist's third Christmas album, was released in December. Welcome Inn also includes the hit song "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen" and an acoustic instrumental version of "In the Bleak Midwinter," as well as a strictly original compositions such as the title track. The project also includes a new recording of "On the Day," a song co-written by Glass Harp drummer John Sferra for Keaggy's True Believer album in 1995.

Glass Harp Live at the Beachland Ballroom 11.01.08. "Sign Came Through a Window" and "John the Revelator" were among Phil's solo projects included material from his solo career. The album is a recording of a benefit concert that Glass Harp headlined for Roots of American Music (www.rootsofamericanmusic.org), "an organization dedicated to the preservation, presentation, and education of traditional American music in our schools."

Keaggy did some session work with former Monkees member Micky Dolenz for Dolenz' solo album King for a Day in late 2010. On Steve Clark's album Save The Day, he played guitar, and he appeared on the song "Rushing Wind" on his album Save The Day.

The Phil Keaggy Trio's first album, Inter-Dimensional Traveler, was released in the fall of 2010. The project is a collaboration between keyboardist Jack Giering and Glass Harp drummer John Sferra. It's been described as a unique blend of ambient jazz and funk, as well as being acknowledged with making some of the best jazz-funk licks to come out of Music City in a long, long time.

Keaggy is currently working on a project with former Living Sacrifice and P.O.D. in addition to recording and touring regularly. Jason Truby, a guitarist, is a member of the cyphetonic band.

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