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BLP sources|date=September 2009Infobox musical artist|image = | | | name = Todd Agnew| background = solo_singer| birth_name = Todd Wilson Agnewcite web|url= http://www.ascap.com/ace/search.cfm? requesttimeout=300& mode=results& searchstr=1644276& search_in=c& search_type=exact& search_det=t,s,w,p,b,v& results_pp=25& start=1|title=Agnew Todd Wilson|last=Agnew|first=Todd|publisher=American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers|accessdate=May 2, 2012| alias =| birth_date = birth date and age|1971|3|15| birth_place = Dallas , Texas cite web|url= http://www.christianmusicreview.org/toddagnew.html|title=Artist Proflie Todd Agnew|author=Christian Music Review|publisher=Christian Music Review|accessdate=May 3, 2012| death_date =| origin = Memphis, Tennessee , United States|U.S. | instrument = Guitar Piano | genre = Contemporary Christian music|CCM , Rock music|Rock , pop music|Pop | occupation = Singer-songwriter | years_active = 2002–present| label = Ardent Records | associated_acts = Big Daddy Weave , Joy Whitlock , Rebecca St. James , J. J. Heller | website = Official| http://toddagnew.com| notable_instruments = Todd Wilson Agnew (Born March 15, 1971 in Dallas, Texas) is a Contemporary Christian music ian and songwriter.
Musical career
Agnew's best-known song is a version of the hymn " Amazing Grace " called " Grace Like Rain (song)|Grace Like Rain " that was featured on his first album, Grace Like Rain , released in June 2003. Agnew wrote this song with his friend, Chris Collins. Since then, Agnew has released four label albums. 2005's Reflection of Something introduced the popular songs "My Jesus" and "Unchanging One", which are often featured on Contemporary Christian radio stations. In late 2006, after the two highly acclaimed studio projects, he wrote a retelling of the Christmas story on his album entitled Do You See What I See? . His fourth studio project, Better Questions , was released in 2007 and featured the hit single “Our Great God” (a duet featuring Contemporary Christian music|CCM artist Rebecca St. James ).
Agnew's current label is Ardent Records . He was among the twelve artists selected to be a part of the Big Shiny Planet UP Bible study (Christian)|Bible study released through LifeWay Christian Resources|LifeWay and Family Christian Stores . http://bigshinyplanet.com/UPvol4.php Paralleling his song "Still Has a Hold" with Epistle to the Romans|Romans 7 , Agnew elaborates on the subject of the faithfulness of God.
Agnew is known for performing his concerts barefoot.
Personal life
Agnew was born in Dallas, Texas to a Native American mother. He was adopted at birth by a white couple (which was legal at the time in 1971, before the Indian Child Welfare Act|ICWA was instituted), and thus, did not grow up being influenced by his cultural heritage. http://www.randybrandt.net/contend/interviewAgnew.html He was raised in Dallas, TX . Agnew began traveling to Memphis to help with a city wide Bible study for college students and singles called Metro Bible study in the fall of 1999 at Germantown Baptist Church. During this time he began writing and introducing songs to the group which would later become songs on the record "Grace Like Rain." He would eventually move to Memphis to help plant a church, which developed through the Metro event, called Highpoint Church. After a number of years touring out of Memphis, Agnew moved back to Texas after marrying his longtime girlfriend Jenny in the spring of 2008, whom he proposed to 18 September 2007 at the final concert of his Better Questions Tour in Memphis, TN. He currently lives in Austin, TX with his wife and two children.
Live Band Members
Current
Sam Weaver - guitar
Brian Wilson - drums
Cody Spriggs - bass
Chris Farnsworth - road manager/sound man
Former
Jonathan Chu - violin (last performance with band August 30, 2008)
Rob Ramsey - guitar (last performance with band August 30, 2008)
Discography
The Blue CD (1997)
Breath of God (2001)
Grace Like Rain (2003)
Reflection of Something (2005) - http://christianmusic.about.com/od/trivia/a/agnewBTSreflect.htm "Behind the Songs"
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