He also wrote and produced a tribute to surf music entitled Surfonic Water Revival, which featured performances by Phil Keaggy, Smalltown Poets, Chuck Girard, Paul Johnson, Havalina Rail Co., Rick Altizer, Plumb, The Supertones, All Star United, Skillet, Silage, Rebecca St. James, The Insyderz, and others.

Keaggy sang the majority of songs, but Pecchio and Sferra also sang lead on several numbers.

Lewis, Keaggy also included an arranged version of the author's poem " As the Ruin Falls.

" That same year also saw the formation of the Phil Keaggy Band.

A longtime fan of Lewis ' work, Keaggy also referenced the author in several song titles (" Brother Jack ", " Addison's Walk " and " County Down ").

" Majesty and Wonder would also win Keaggy a Dove Award.

" The year also saw the release of What Matters, a nine song compilation drawing mostly from the albums Phil Keaggy and Crimson and Blue.

Primarily a collection of classic hymns, the album also includes a Keaggy original composition that is centered around the Lord's Prayer.

The album consisted primarily of Keaggy originals and also featured a re-recording of " Here and Now " from 1986's Way Back Home, as well as covers of the Beatles tune " When I'm 64 " and Elton John's " The Greatest Discovery.

Phil also released two live DVDS: Phil Keaggy in Concert: St. Charles IL, and Philly Live!

In July, Keaggy also released an expanded edition of Uncle Duke.

Keaggy also toured in support of the album's anniversary with a band that featured Glass Harp drummer John Sferra.

" The year also saw Keaggy contribute a soaring re-recorded version of " Passport " on the album CPR 3 ; a compilation of musicians from the Christian Progressive Rock ( CPR ) scene.

The tour was in support of Stonehill's Can't Buy A Miracle and Keaggy's all-star tribute to ' 60s rock and roll, Phil Keaggy and Sunday's Child ( which also featured Stonehill, Steve Taylor, Derri Daugherty, Mark Heard and others lending a hand ).

Keaggy and Stonehill would also team up with singer Margaret Becker, drummer Joe English ( former member of Paul McCartney and Wings ) and others, in 1988 for the Compassion All Star Band's album One by One.

Phil Keaggy and the Glass Harp are also from Ohio.

Contemporary Christian performer Phil Keaggy is also a prolific user of the EBow, more notably in his 1979 instrumental release The Master & The Musician, which features many different sounds created with the EBow.

After the Keaggy job, Gaskill and Pinnick ( who had also been jamming with Tabor ) decided to try getting their own band together.

Keaggy and Moore had previously collaborated on the song " A Little Bit of Light " that appeared on the guitarist's 1998 self-titled album.

In 2004 Keaggy guest performed with the indie band Dispatch for several songs during The Last Dispatch.

" Keaggy later guest performed on two songs of Rufus Tree's album Dying To Live.

This tape was released as disc 1 of The Jesus Record, which featured new recordings of the songs on disc 2 by the Ragamuffin Band, with guest vocalists Amy Grant, Michael W. Smith, Ashley Cleveland, and Phil Keaggy.

Many guest artists appear as well, including Phil Keaggy and Linda McCrary.

Guitar virtuoso Phil Keaggy made a guest appearance on guitar and vocals.

Also in 1988, Keaggy and Stonehill would team up with singer Margaret Becker, former Wings drummer Joe English and others as the Compassion All Star Band.

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

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Phil Keaggy ( born Philip Tyler Keaggy, in Youngstown, Ohio on 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.

Reflecting on the incident, Keaggy says,

Phil Keaggy was a member of a mid-1960s garage rock band called the Squires ; one of their songs, which he co-wrote, appears on the compilation album Highs in the Mid-Sixties, Volume 9.

Reflecting on 1970, Keaggy recalls:

The songs were written while Keaggy was still with Glass Harp Keaggy performed all the instruments on the album.

During the summer of 1977 Keaggy went on an eighteen-city tour of the western United States with 2nd Chapter of Acts and " a Band called David.

" This would begin a trend in which Keaggy would frequently feature a hymn on his albums.

Keaggy would later re-record two of the album's songs: a rearranged version of " I Will Be There " appears on 1993's Crimson and Blue while " Passport " received an update for the 2009 Christian Progressive Rock compilation album CPR 3.

Reflecting on the music of the project, Keaggy says,

These recording sessions reunited Keaggy with former Glass Harp bandmate John Sferra on drums.

Shacklock's production work on the album was a departure in style and sound for Keaggy ; this would prove to be Keaggy's lone work with Shacklock.

Years later, in reflecting on the album, Keaggy would say that True Believer " is really the most unlike me of any album I ’ ve ever done, in my personal opinion.

Keaggy would then go on to sign with Word Records.

Lights of Madrid would go on to win Keaggy a Dove Award for best instrumental album.

Also in 2003 Keaggy released Special Occasions, an eclectic collection of music focusing on birthdays, weddings and graduations.

In 2008, Keaggy received the Gold Level Award as the " Best Spiritual / Worship Guitarist ", as voted by readers of Acoustic Guitar Magazine, as well as appearing in the form of vocals and lead guitar on the Richard Cummins CD, Moments, which was nominated for " Best Pop / Contemporary Album of the Year " by the Canadian GMA's, Covenant award.