DeGarmo And Key

It was the 80's.....
Jesus rock was in full blast mode...
You had wanna-be's and you had the real-deal guys who were sold out to Jesus.
They wrote songs and played the only way they knew how.
The so called "Big" names in Christian music weren't out to make a name for themselves, they were more intent on lifting the name of Jesus.
Such were DeGarmo And Key.....
High power..
High energy....
They wrote and sang about the hopelessness of Teenage suicide...that Jesus truly was the answer for the emptiness inside.

They sang about the apathy and complacency of the church in "Casual Christian".
"I don't want to be...I don't want to be a casual Christian...I don't want to live...I don't want to live a lukewarm life. SO I want to light up the night....with an everlasting light...I don't want to live a causal Christian's life".

In an era of living for the money...DeGarmo and Key seem to buck the odds and go against the grain (can I use more cliches'?). Their album "ROCK SOLID" was sold "Two for one". In other words if you bought a copy of the Cd, you got another one to give away to a friend, and the price wasn't jacked up to cover the cost either.

You have to remember that the 80's were laying the ground for Worship music to make it's rise. So the songs that DeGarmo and Key wrote were songs of encouragement. Songs that lifted you and turned your mind toward Christ.

I will be forever grateful to Bill Anderson for introducing to DeGarmo and Key's music. Many night, driving home from practicing with our band, I had the windows rolled down and DeGarmo and Key blasting away singing "Every Moment Of My Life."
We are all older now...but the rocker is alive and well inside me.
This morning as I downloaded the video for the blog, I took out my old air-guitar and dusted it off. I wondered if the old man still had the moves. Well, I'm here to tell you that he does....

Be grateful today for every moment of your life....
God on you...
mb