Big Tent Revival
Big Tent Revival was a Christian rock band. They were formed in 1991 and disbanded in 2000, toured extensively, and were featured at the Harvest Crusades. Their most popular songs were "Two Sets of Jones'" and "Choose Life". The former told a story about two different couples. One trusted in Jesus through the storms of life and the other didn't. The latter was used as an invitational for people to get saved at the Harvest Crusade. "What Would Jesus Do?" was also one of the band's popular songs. It complimented the WWJD movement that encouraged people to consider what Jesus would do in real-life situations.
Guitarist Randy Williams now tours as a guitarist with Jeremy Camp.[1]
Steve Wiggins is on staff with Harvest Christian Fellowship, as Artist In Residence/Minister of Music. He also founded and runs the Living Room Study, a Bible study group, using a chapter-a-day approach to learning the bible. It also incorporates weekly music and teaching events in public coffeehouses. Wiggins also writes songs for pastor Greg Laurie, along with Hanz Ives and Bill Batstone.[2]
Spence Smith works for Compassion International in Artist Relations and maintains the blog Spence Smith - Connecting People To Life.[3]
David Alan is Creative Director at Brentwood Baptist Church and continues to do studio work with Zodlounge Music, a music production studio in Nashville. He also does freelance graphic design with Dromma Design and electro-instrumental music tracks distributed through Pump Audio.[citation needed]
The band has plans for a new recording project during 2012.[citation needed]
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[edit] Band members
- Steve Wiggins - vocals and guitar (has, since the band's breakup, produced at least one solo album)
- Spence Smith - drums
- Randy Williams - guitar
- David Alan - keyboards
- Steve Dale - bass
[edit] Former members
- David White - bass (first) 1993-94
- Mike Foster - bass (second)1994-95
- Brent Milligan - bass (third) 1995-1996
- Rick Heil - bass (fourth) 1996-1998
[edit] Discography
- Each of BTR's albums has been nominated for a Grammy Award. The band has also been nominated for several Dove Awards.
- Steve Wiggins (1991) (Solo album, 4 years prior to forming BTR)
- Big Tent Revival (1995)
- Open All Nite (1996)
- Amplifier (1998)
- Choose Life (1999)
- Big Tent Revival Live (2001)
- Greatest Hits (2002)
[edit] References
- ^ DiBiase, John (April 10, 2007). "An Evening with Jeremy Camp and Band Live Unplugged, with special guest Mainstay". http://www.jesusfreakhideout.com/concerts/AnEveningwithJeremyCampandBandLiveUnplugged07.asp. Retrieved December 5, 2009.
- ^ Laurie, Greg. "Harvest Online - Praiseworthy". http://www.harvest.org/praiseworthy/pw_pop.php. Retrieved December 5, 2009.
- ^ Smith, Spence. "Spence Smith — About". http://www.spencesmith.com/about/. Retrieved December 5, 2009.
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