From: urcat@mcl.ucsb.edu (Eilidh Swan)
Newsgroups: rec.music.christian
Subject: Talbots' Music <was What About These Christians?>
Date: 26 Sep 92 18:49:47 GMT


In <25561@oasys.dt.navy.mil> gifford@oasys.dt.navy.mil (Barbara Gifford) writes:


>I have a pretty good collection of Christian music and notice that my
>favorites are not discussed too much.  Like, Steve Fry, Steve Green
>(a little bit), Joe Wise, Terry Talbot, John Michael Talbot, Don Fransisco,
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>Rory Cooney, and Scott Wesley Brown.

Oooo, goody!  I love Talbot music!  <runs to her collection to pull out
her favorites, including the one in the tape deck from last night...> :)

Among my favorites of John Michael Talbot are:
	No Longer Strangers
	The Lord's Supper
With his brother, Terry:
	The Painter
Speaking of Terry Talbot:
	Terry Talbot Sings Stories of Jesus
And Terry's wife, Wendy Talbot, formerly of Wendy & Mary:
	People of Promise

I saw Terry in Santa Barbara CA back in 1988 or 89, and Terry and Wendy
again traveling with Barry McGuire (of "Frogs and Butterflys") in 1991.
They're wonderful in concert (if you ever get a chance) -- very acoustic
and very personal with the audience.  Wendy's album, _People of Promise_
was a project in acoustic guitar and vocals only, and character studies
of Old Testament figures and is absolutely wonderful.

>Maybe this newsgroup is mostly Protestant music as opposed to Catholic
>Christian music, however, if you have an interest, e-mail me.  I'm looking
>for some pieces to round out my collection.

Hhmmmm....I don't know about "Protestant/Catholic" music dichotomies...
The concert in 1988 was held in a Catholic church in Santa Barbara, and
we spoke with the Father afterwards who'd organized bringing the Talbots
(oh, Terry's wife was with him, too.)  He said it was about time to shake
up a few things in the Catholic community to show that serving Jesus was
a *joyous* occasion, and that the youth especially shouldn't find it
boring, but incredibly exciting.  (I believe he had shaken up a few of
the "white-hairs" -- but the teenagers absolutely *loved* it!)

I grew up (Protestant) in a predominantly Italian Catholic neighborhood,
and never understood most of the Church traditions (when schoolmates left
for services and came back with ashes on their foreheads, etc....) and was
always enamoured with the the rich histories of the Catholic orders,
cathedrals, etc....  For this, I love some of John Michael Talbot's 
music, for the way he protrays a personal experience with some of
the traditions which most people can't explain.  (I'm thinking of a
song which completely employs one of the creeds, Apostle's or Nicene,
I'm not sure which.)  He's been an important figure for helping me
understand that the "gap" between Catholics and Protestants is
*completely* a man-made gap.  I'm involved in the InterVarsity Christian
Fellowship at UCSB, and love pointing out to people, when asking if
they are Christian and they answer "No, I'm Catholic" -- that most
Catholics I know *are* Christians!  :)  Always makes 'em laugh.

Hope you enjoy adding to your music library....the Talbots are *all* 
a fine choice!

Happy listening!

Eilidh Swan
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