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Biography

David Crowder Band (stylized as David Crowder*Band and The David Crowder Band ) was a six-piece Christian contemporary worship|modern worship band from Waco, Texas .

Name

Prior to the album Church Music , the band preferred not to be referred to as " The David Crowder Band". They explained that they preferred to omit the article, and stated that they "may revisit this issue if other groups named 'David Crowder Band' begin performing," and may in fact, should that eventuality occur, insert "The Original" in front of the band's present appellation. As of the release of Church Music , however, the band has begun referring to themselves using the article, and explained "we’ve been at for a while now without incident, so we felt justified in its formal inclusion."

The band's name is sometimes rendered with an asterisk, as "David Crowder*Band". In a faux-documentary while recording Church Music , Crowder joked that the asterisk meant, "David Crowder band."

Band history

The band began when Crowder realized that almost half of the students at Baylor University , a Christian university , were not attending church. Finding this very surprising he and Chris Seay started University Baptist Church (Waco, Texas) in 1995, while he was still a student. Crowder became Pastor of worship at the church and led Christianity#Weekly worship services|worship 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 Indie (music)|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 when Louie Giglio talked to Crowder about the music and how it could be used more then just at UBC and more world-wide. Although the band toured extensively, they made it a point to be back at their home church UBC in Waco Texas for most Sundays.
Kyle Lake , University Baptist Church's former pastor and also longtime friend of the band, had a strong influence on the band's music in terms of content and inspiration both during his life and after Lake's death.
With their September 2005 release, A Collision , David Crowder Band explored a new realm of musical diversity. The album houses a mix of Bluegrass music|bluegrass , folk music|folk , Alternative rock|alternative , and Christianity#Weekly worship services|worship , woven together with a touch of Ambient music|electronic ambience . This release landed them the No. 2 spot on the iTunes Music Store and the No. 39 spot on Billboard 200 the second day after its release. The same day as the release of A Collision , their song "Turkish Delight" was released on the Music Inspired by the Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe|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.

March 19, 2007, the band officially started recording Remedy (David Crowder Band album)|Remedy ; the band also revealed the album's website, http://www.remedyiscoming.com/, which allows fans to follow the band via live webcams, and discover more about the album. Famously controversial rock musician Ted Nugent made a special guest appearance on the album, on the song "We Won't Be Quiet". Remedy was released on September 25, 2007. The day after its release, it reached No. 4 on the iTunes Music Store . When Mark joined the band as the album Remedy was released, his sidekick Rupert came with him. Rupert is a gnome. During the Remedy Tour the band had up a live web feed on Crowder's Xanga account. The feed had a chat room where fans chatted live with the band and their tourmates. It showed more then half of the tour stops live which included their tour bus, live stage feeds of shows, places the band went, etc. Much of the time the video feed would be on Rupert at different stops. On the final night of the tour Phil Wickham and The Myriad came on stage for a hoe down for the song "I Saw the light". The camera for the feed was on the lid of a ball-cap and was wired into a laptop the band had in a backpack; this equipment was provided by Xanga. The band also used the feed for some time after their Remedy Tour.
July 16, 2008, the band announced it would releasing a live album and DVD titled Remedy Club Tour - Live , The DVD was filmed In NYC and GA.

Crowder's Xanga entry from January 31, 2009, mentioned the preproduction of the band's next studio album. Also on Mike Hogan's MySpace entry from March 4, 2009, he confirmed that actual recording and production had commenced and provided directions for getting to the live webcam feed, which is in a page simply titled "Church Music". http://dcb01.com/churchmusic/cams.php4 The album was titled "Church Music" and was released on September 22, 2009. The first single off the album was a cover of John Mark McMillan 's song "How He Loves". Crowder received permission from McMillan to change the words "So heaven meets earth like a sloppy wet kiss" to "So heaven meets earth like an unforseen kiss".

The band hosted Crowder's Fantastical Church Music Conference September 30 through October 2, 2010 at Baylor University in Waco, TX . http://www.davidcrowderband.com/fantastical/ Other presenters at the conference included Louie Giglio , Rob Bell , Israel Houghton , Hillsong London , Matt Redman , Jars of Clay , Matt Maher , Leeland , David Dark , Gungor , Derek Webb and others. Mark recorded a Rap song for the band titled Bwack Be Creepin for the bands YouTube

February 5, 2011 the band announced the official start to recording of Give Us Rest (A Requiem Mass in C ) . On May 21, 2011, the band announced through their website that the band will end after the completion of the Fall 2011 "The 7 Tour" and the release of their sixth album. At the same time the band also announced that they planned to disband after the release of their sixth album.

Later, on July 21, 2011, the band announced that a Christmas album, Oh for Joy , would be released on October 4, 2011. The band stated that they began to record Give Us Rest and subsequently Oh for Joy came out. Some of the songs in the albums Give Us Rest and Oh for Joy were recorded in greenrooms and restrooms during the band's last tour.

The band played their final show at the Passion 2012 Conference on January 3, 2012 at the Georgia Dome.

Parker, Dodson, Bush, and Waldrop are in the process of forming a new band and are opening a recording studio in Waco, Tx. Many of the members have rejoined UBC's worship team leading worship.

Unusual instrumentation

The band often incorporated unconventional instruments and elements into their music which were created by the band's drummer Jeremy Bush. He modified a Speak & Spell (toy)|Speak & Spell for the song "I Can Hear the Angels Sing", a guitar-shaped controller for the Guitar Hero game to be used in "...Neverending...", and a robot drummer, named Steve 3PO, for use in "Church Music", a silver box with blue lights and switches for "Can You Feel It? ", and a MOTM modular synthesizer used by Hogan. He also manufactured a seven square-foot MPC style-MIDI controller for the band Family Force 5 . Hogan often played turntables and played electric violin with guitar effects. A Smule "I Am T-Pain" iPhone app is used on "The Nearness".
The band often recorded their albums in a barn behind Crowder's house.

Members

Current members

David Crowder – vocals , Steel-string guitar|acoustic guitar , piano , Programming (music)|programming , theremin , keytar , electric guitar

Jack Parker – electric guitar , Singing|background vocals , Rhodes piano , mandolin , and banjo

Mike Dodson – bass guitar , Keyboard instrument|keyboard , cello ,

Mike Hogan – violin / String instrument|strings , Phonograph|turntables , guitar, keyboard

Jeremy "B-Wack" Bush - drums , percussion , Bell (instrument)|bells , programming

Mark Waldrop – electric guitar, mandolin, background vocals

Former members

Jason Solley – electric guitar , vocals|background vocals and mandolin (1996–2006)

Taylor Johnson – electric guitar , mandolin (2006–2007)

Discography

;Albums

Pour Over Me (1998)

All I Can Say (1999)

Can You Hear Us? (2002)

Illuminate (David Crowder Band album)|Illuminate (2003) U.S. No. 84, Billboard.com

A Collision (2005) U.S. No. 39

Remedy (David Crowder Band album)|Remedy (2007) U.S. No. 22

Remedy Limited Edition (2008)

Remedy Club Tour – Live (2008) U.S. No. 88

Church Music (album)|Church Music (2009) U.S. No. 11

Give Us Rest or (A Requiem Mass in C ) (2012) U.S. No. 2

;EPs

The Lime CD (2004)

Sunsets & Sushi (2005)

B Collision (2006) U.S. No. 118

Summer Happiness (2010) , Sparrow Records

Oh for Joy (2011)

Collaboration

Thoughts of You - Robbie Seay (2000)

Passion: The Road to One Day - Passion Conferences|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)

Live from Austin Music Hall - Chris Tomlin (live, 2005)

Everything Glorious - Passion Worship Band (live, 2006)

Music Inspired by the Chronicles of Narnia (2005)

Ultimate Music Makeover: Michael W. Smith (compilation, 2005)

X Worship 2006 (compilation, 2005)

X Worship 2007 (compilation, 2006)

When the Storm Comes - Minister RMB (When the Storm Comes, 2006)

WOW Christmas: Green (compilation, Christmas)

Music Inspired By the Motion Picture Amazing Grace (compilation, 2007, Sparrow Records )

Glory Revealed (compilation by Mac Powell , 2007)

Passion: Live from Passion07, Part 2 - Passion Worship Band (2007)

God of This City (Passion album)|God of This City - Passion Worship Band (2008)

Passion: Awakening - Passion Worship Band (2010)

The Shelter (album)|The Shelter - Jars of Clay (2010) – on song "Lay It Down"

Passion: Here for You - Passion Worship Band (2011)

Seven Swans Reimagined (compilation, 2011) , On Joyful Wings

The band also created the theme music for Dr. James MacDonald's radio program Walk in the Word .

Crowder also wrote the song "Rise Up" for Baylor University football team.

Mark Waldrop recorded the song "Bwack Be Creepin'". The band's Rap song.

Awards

; GMA Dove Awards

Year	Award	Result
2006
	Rock/ Contemporary Song of the Year ("Here is Our King")	won
	Rock/ Contemporary Album of the Year ( A Collision )	won
Dove Awards of 20072007
2008
	Everything Glorious ")	won
	Remedy )	nom
	Worship Song of the Year ("Everything Glorious")	nom
	Praise & Worship Album of the Year ( Remedy )	won
	Recorded Music Packaging of the Year ( Remedy )	won
	Short Form Music Video of the Year ("Foreverandever, etc.")	nom
2009
2009	Remedy Club Tour Edition )	nom
2010
	Church Music )	nom
	Praise & Worship Album of the Year ( Church Music )	won
Dove Awards of 20112011

; Grammy Award s

Year	Award	Work	Result
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David Crowder Band is also featured in other compilation albums that were either nominated or won Dove Awards for Special Event Album of the Year:

2006: Special Event Album of the Year - Music Inspired by the Chronicles of Narnia

2007: Special Event Album of the Year - Everything Glorious|Passion: Everything Glorious

2009: Special Event Album of the Year - God of This City (Passion album)|Passion: God of This City

Others

The band was named MSN's Artist of the Month for July 2006, and later won Artist of the Year for 2006.

Books

David Crowder has authored two books:

David Crowder, Praise Habit: Finding God in Sunsets and Sushi , NavPress , 2005 .

David Crowder with Mike Hogan, Everybody Wants to Go to Heaven, but Nobody Wants to Die or (The Eschatology of Bluegrass) , Relevant Books , 2006 .

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