The next year Keaggy released It's Personal, an album in which he set poetry by Keith Moore to music.

* Prayer of Jabez ; Sarah Sadler, Margeret Becker, Geoff Moore, Steve Reischl, Erin O ' Donnell, Adrienne Liesching, Jamie Rowe, Phil Keaggy, Rebecca St. James, Michael Tait, Jill Phillips, Kevin Max ; John Hartley, David Zaffiro ; ForeFront

* Prayer of Jabez ; Sarah Sadler, Margaret Becker, Geoff Moore, Steve Reischl, Erin O ' Donnell, Adrienne Liesching, Jamie Rowe, Phil Keaggy, Rebecca St. James, Michael Tait, Jill Phillips, Kevin Max ; John Hartley, David Zaffiro

Christian rock was often viewed as a marginal part of the nascent Contemporary Christian Music ( CCM ) and contemporary gospel industry in the 1970s and ' 80s, though Christian folk rock artists like Bruce Cockburn and rock fusion artists like Phil Keaggy had some cross-over success.

Keaggy had met Laura Eastman, sister of Linda McCartney, while the former worked at CBN.

His son Ian Keaggy is the bass player for the band Hot Chelle Rae, which had a Top 10 hit on the Billboard Hot 100 in 2011.

In 2006, Keaggy and Stonehill released a live concert on DVD and CD in support of the Compassion International Christian relief agency with which both men had long been associated.

Jerry Garcia, Rudy Sarzo, Chet Atkins, Bob Dylan, David Lindley, Garry Nutt, John Fogerty, Tom Fogerty, Joan Jett, Jack White, Mikee Plastik, James Hetfield, Dave Grohl, Phil Keaggy, Mark Knopfler, Brad Paisley, and countless others had a Silvertone for their first electric, bass, or acoustic guitar.

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

The album features Jimmy Hall of Wet Willie and Jeff Beck, plus appearances by members of The Kentucky Headhunters, Phil Keaggy, Darrell Mansfield ( for whom Martin has previously played ) and others.

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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:

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

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.

Keaggy also appeared as a guest singer on the Ragamuffins ' " All the Way to Kingdom Come ," on his friend Rich Mullins ' last original work, The Jesus Record ( which contained demo tracks recorded by Mullins just before his 1997 death, and renditions of those songs by the Ragamuffins and other artists ).

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.

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

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.

Keaggy returned to the studio in 1976 with Love Broke Thru, an album which included his version of a song that would eventually be considered a classic in Christian Music: " Your Love Broke Through.

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

") The song " All Our Wishes " is a story about Phil and Bernadette Keaggy losing a baby.

The song was written, musically, in 1967 when Keaggy was in ninth grade.

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

1984's Celebrate This Heartbeat teamed Stonehill with longtime friend Phil Keaggy for the song Who Will Save The Children?

* True Believer ( Phil Keaggy album ), or the title song, " True Believers "

In 1982, Keaggy released Play Thru Me, noted for its upbeat classic, " Morning Light " as well as the slide-guitar instrumental workout entitled " Happy.

In addition, Daniel Pecchio and John Sferra occasionally appear with Phil Keaggy for an electric set during the guitarist's solo performances in or around Ohio.

Phil Keaggy, Phil's last vocal album of the decade, came out in 1998.

* 1998: Special Event Album of the Year for God With Us: A Celebration of Christmas Carols and Classics ( along with Michael W. Smith, Twila Paris, Sandi Patty, Steven Curtis Chapman, Chris Willis, Steve Green, Cheri Keaggy, Avalon, Out of the Grey, Ray Boltz, Clay Crosse, CeCe Winans, Larnelle Harris ; Norman Miller )