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unreferenced|date=October 2007Infobox musical artist|name = Jacob's Trouble|image =|caption =|image_size =|background = group_or_band|origin = Atlanta, Georgia , United States|USA |genre = Rock music|Rock |years_active = 1989–1998|label = ˇAlarma& #33; Records |associated_acts = Janah sideways8|Also Known As =|website =|past_members = Jerry Davison Mark Blackburn Steve Atwell Ron Cochran Keith Johnston|notable_instruments ='''Jacob's Trouble was an United States|American , Christian , rock music|rock band formed in Atlanta, Georgia area in the 1980s. The group originally consisted of members Jerry Davison (drums), Mark Blackburn (guitar), and Steve Atwell (bass), with Davison and Blackburn handling the lead vocals.
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In 1989, Jacob'sTrouble released their debut Terry Scott Taylor|Terry Taylor -produced album, The Door Into Summer , a mixture of original numbers and cover version s of songs by The Beatles and The Monkees .
A year later the band released their second album, Knock, Breathe, Shine . The band received notice at the time for the song "About Sex", a song about the proper role of sex in society from a Christian perspective. Fearing a fundamentalist label, the band opted to remove the song from the album and replaced it with the more ambiguous "About Sex, Part 2".Citation needed|date=October 2007 Despite this, the album was the group's best-selling record. They performed "About Sex" during a concert at Dellinger Park in Cartersville, GA.
One of Jacob's Trouble's songs, These Thousand Hills, was given much wider exposure when Third Day performed a cover of the song on their album Offerings. Jacob'sTrouble was referred to as "being a band ahead of its time."
After their second album the group added two new members (Ron Cochran on drums and guitarist Keith Johnston), allowing Davison to become the band's principal singer. The new line-up recorded the album ...let the Truth Run Wild! . After the album's release Blackburn left the band. The band went on to record one more record, the album ''Jacob's Trouble .
Jacob's Trouble split after their fourth album and its subsequent tour. A collection of "rarities" was released in 1994 entitled ''Diggin' Up Bones , which featured the long lost "About Sex". The group reunited briefly in 1998 to record a new song, "Step By Step," for a best of disc called The Jacob'sTrouble Sampler Pak. .
Atwell, Johnston, and Cochran continue to record together under the name Janah.
Jerry Davison recorded one CD under the name sideways8 in 1998 and occasionally releases songs via such internet music sites as garageband.com and IUMA.com. He currently resides in Atlanta, Georgia where he serves as Creative Arts Pastor for Church at the Ridge in Hiram, GA.
Mark Blackburn released 2 solo CDs "Flowerchild" (1996) & "The Continuing Adventures of...." (1997). Mark is pastor of a new church start in his hometown of Dallas, Georgia. Area251/Reallife Church is an Americana music venue and church located in the historic district of downtown Dallas, GA. http://www.area251reallife.org www.area251reallife.org
