Dig Here Said the Angel
Dig Here Said the Angel is the fourteenth studio album by Christian alternative rock band Daniel Amos. Issued in 2013, it was the band's first album in twelve years and was funded primarily through a fundraising campaign on the website Kickstarter. Background and Kickstarter campaign. This album marks the first by Daniel Amos for which the band used the popular Kickstarter website to generate its recording budget. The original goal for the project was a bare-bones budget of $14,000. With help from around 500 contributors, the band made its initial goal within  24 hours and quickly surpassed it, eventually raising more than $32,000 before the initial campaign had ended. An extended campaign, partially begun to raise money for a planned vinyl version of the album, quickly raised more than $10,000 to add to the original amount. By February 2013, the band entered the Brown Owl Studios in Berry Hill, TN and later emerged with 11 new songs. The album became a reunion of sorts - bringing in past band members Jerry Chamberlain, Rob Watson, Marty Dieckmeyer and Alex MacDougall to add their musical touches to the album. It also reunited the  band with its 1980s engineer and roadie, Derri Daugherty, who engineered and mixed the project. The entire production of the project - from the original rehearsals and demos, to the studio sessions in Nashville - was filmed for a planned DVD documentary release. Artwork. Contributions from the band's fans did not end with the Kickstarter campaign. Through a request on the band's website and Facebook pages, fans were allowed to contribute dozens of pieces of artwork inspired by the album's title. Those contributions were then merged into collages that were used in every aspect of the album's artwork . Track listing. All lyrics by Terry Scott Taylor, and music by Daniel Amos, except "Waking Up Under Water" by Jerry Chamberlain and Terry Scott Taylor. Personnel. Additional personnel Jimmy A, Scott Anderson, Wayne Barnett, Alen Blazekovik, Charles Bradford, Amy Stone Brown, Cherokee Carr, Jamison Chaleen, Maria Chandler, Jerry Creager, Matt Crosslin, Dave Danglis, Jason Derr, DW Dunphy, Daria Dykhanovska, Paul Estes, Tom Gulotta, Bryce Hendry, Alex Hernandez, Amalia Howard, Sarah Issler, Christian Kuebler, Derek Luptak, David Pence, Ritchie Roesch, Eric Ruhaak, Damian Sawyer, Brian Thomas, Eric Townsend, Jason Townsend, Michael Turkett, Daiv Whaley, Curtis Whittier Production notes. Special Thanks to : S Anderson, Roger W. Basl, Mark D. Cazalas, codedonkey, Thom Granger, Jouni Gronroos, Robert Hawes, Jr, Mike Indest, Wayne "Lobstermuchacho" Kierstead, Alexander William Leitch, Douglas M. McNeill, Adel Meisenheimer, Aaron Metcalfe, Eddie Parrino, Ken "Harpo" Paxton, David & Jackie Quackenbush, Jerry Roberts, Jeff and Ann Sauder, Rich and Suzie Snow, & Tim Soto.