Early 1977
- The Maranatha Music Show sends out a sample promo album to radio stations. The record contained a description of what the show was going to be and included live recordings of "Don't Light Your Own Fire" and "Shotgun Angel".
January 1, 1977
- Daniel Amos performs at the Assembly of God Church in Salinas, CA.
January 6, 1977
- Daniel Amos performs at Camden High School in Camden, CA.
January 7, 1977
- Daniel Amos performs at San Jose High School in San Jose, CA. with Chuck Starnes.
January 8, 1977
- Daniel Amos performs at the Carpenters Union Hall in San Rafael, CA.
January 9, 1977
- Daniel Amos performs at Alameda Valley Christian Church in San Jose, CA.
January 10, 1977
- Daniel Amos performs at Oak Grove High School in San Jose, CA.
January 11, 1977
- Daniel Amos performs at Leland High School in San Jose, CA.
January 12, 1977
- Daniel Amos performs at Santa Teresa High School in San Jose, CA.
January 14, 1977
- Daniel Amos performs with Randy Stonehill at the De Anza College Flint Center in Cupertino, California.
January 17, 1977
- Daniel Amos spent the day scouting studios to record their next album. They end up using Martinsound Studioes in Alhambra, CA.
January 19, 1977
- Daniel Amos rehearses the first side of Shotgun Angel with producer Jonathan David Brown.
Terry, on JDB: "He was a young guy, funny, knowledgeable, adept beyond his years in terms of his technical skills and his ear for music. He had engineered the Daniel Amos self-titled record and we had picked up on creative he could be and how easy he was to work with. He wasn't imposing, there were so many qualities that we picked up on the first time around. He loved Daniel Amos and we really liked him a lot. And his wife Tammy, she was a sweatheart."
January 25, 1977
- Sessions begin for Daniel Amos' second album, which would eventually be called Shotgun Angel. In this first session which lasted from 1PM-6PM, basic tracks were recorded for "Black Gold Fever" and "Praise Song" at Martinsound Studios in Alhambra, CA.
"Black Gold Fever" was recorded with 24 tracks - the first six tracks being bass and drums. There are two tracks of piano, four tracks of electric guitar, two tracks of steel guitar, one track for the clock noises, one track for whistling, two tracks of percussion, two tracks of clapping, voices and additional bass overdubs, two tracks of BGVs, and one track of lead vocals. The tapes end with an impromptu jam.
"Praise Song" was recorded with 24 tracks - the first five tracks being drums. There are two tracks of Rhodes, two tracks of electric guitars, four tracks of chimes, celeste, and sitar, two tracks of an electric guitar with a Leslie amp, six tracks of strings, two strings tracks also include Tambourine, and there are three tracks of vocals.
Jonathan David Brown: "Speechless, humble servant ... privileged to work on this recording with every band member of DA, and all side-men,
during that era. We had major fun. But I do seem to remember that we were all trying to emulate and out-do everything we liked. So we kinda went
over the top. The thing that probably made this recording happen is the deal I made with Joe Martinson at his family owned and operated studio in Alhambra, CA, 'Martinsound.' Joe was constantly experimenting with gadgets, and console modifications. He told me he could use the DA project as "guinea pig" while he performed mods on the MCI JH-400 series console and fixed other bugs in his new 'Studio B.' We probably used up, I recall, over 515 hours of time with this deal - for what probably was only about 250 actually billed. That was a God-thing. Time = better recording. But I, and we, got chastised (read: ridiculed) by M!M staff for spending so much time."
JDB: "(To Jerry) Remember your phase shifter? I mis-spoke it once as 'shaze phister' - which you or Terry turned into 'shaved sister...' which somebody then turned into 'Shaved Fish.' At that time, I was not aware that John Lennon's 7th album was entitled Shaved Fish, and wondered how we had morphed into such madness after seeing his album cover later. THEN, I found a drawn picture in Rolling Stone or something of a guy walking and whistling - whose head was a fish with a crew-cut! That really weirded me out. - it was like we were all tapped into some "channel." I just remember laughing constantly. The endorphins really enhanced the creativity.
Jerry: "Thanks for that story. I had forgotten that it all started with my MXR Phase Shifter! Haha! I remember that we hung the Shaved Fish character on the wall outside of The Rebel Base, where it was proudly on display for all to enjoy..."
Marty: "That's why we all worked so well together....we we're all very well connected to each others ideas and CRAZINESS!!! I don't think anyone was shot down for any idea during those sessions. Studio B was so cozy. I remember doing some overdubs one day in Studio A, it was so huge and cold feeling."
JDB: "Studio A was kinda 'swooshy' and large. I remember I had to re-mix 'Father's Arms' in there because I couldn't get back into Producer's workshop to re-do it. Sonically it was great, but studio B was more like Producer's ... as you said, 'cozy.'"
January 26, 1977
- Sessions continue for Daniel Amos' second album. This session, which began around 1PM and lasted until around 10PM, the band records basic tracks for "Shotgun Angel," "Days and Nights," "Father's Arms," and "Meal" at Martinsound Studios in Alhambra, CA.
"Shotgun Angel" was recorded with 24 tracks - the first five tracks being bass and drums. There are two tracks of piano, two tracks of acoustic guitar, two tracks of drum and other overdubs (CB radio, Diesel, etc), two tracks of steel guitar, three tracks of electric guitars, four tracks of BGVs, and two tracks of lead vocals.
"Meal" was recorded with 24 tracks - the first five tracks being bass and drums. There are two tracks of piano, four tracks of vocals, one track of a "can opener," one track of a "blender," on track of "gurgles," one track of an Alarm Clock, two tracks of munching sounds (which also include the "Oh, what a meal" line), one track of a water jug and crunching, one track of a water pan, two tracks of various mouth noises, and two tracks of knives and water.
"Days and Nights" was recorded with 23 tracks - the first five tracks being bass and drums. There is one track of electric piano, four tracks of electric guitar, two tracks of electric guitar overdubs, one track of percussion, six tracks of BGVs, two tracks of lead vocals.
"Father's Arms" was recorded with 24 tracks - the first five tracks being bass and drums. There is one track of electric piano, two tracks of piano, three tracks of electric guitar, two tracks of electric guitar solo, two tracks of percussion, two tracks of strings, one track for a gong, four tracks of BGVs, and two tracks of lead vocals. The tapes end with an improvised jam.
January 26, 1977
- Sessions continue for Daniel Amos' second album. This session, which began around 1PM and lasted until around 5PM, the band records basic tracks for "Father's Arms" at Martinsound Studios in Alhambra, CA.
January 29, 1977
- Daniel Amos performs for the Christian Athletes Association in Sunnymead, CA.
January 31, 1977
- Daniel Amos rehearses with producer Jonathan David Brown.
February 1, 1977
- Sessions continue for Daniel Amos' second album. This session, which began around 1PM and lasted until around 10PM, the band records basic tracks for "Posse In The Sky" at Martinsound Studios in Alhambra, CA.
"Posse In The Sky" was recorded with 24 tracks - the first five tracks being bass and drums. There are two tracks of electric piano, three tracks of electric guitar, two tracks of acoustic guitar, two tracks of steel guitar - which also include some chimes and additional acoustic guitar, three tracks shared by 12 string guitar and strings, tqo tracks of drum overdubs, four tracks of BGVs, and one track for the lead vocal.
February 2, 1977
- Sessions continue for Daniel Amos' second album. This session, which began around 1PM and lasted until around 8PM, the band records some overdubs and scratch vocals at Martinsound Studios in Alhambra, CA.
February 3, 1977
- Sessions continue for Daniel Amos' second album. This session, which began around 1PM and lasted until around 9PM, the band records tracks for "Shotgun Angel," "Black Gold Fever" and "Posse In The Sky" at Martinsound Studios in Alhambra, CA.
February 4, 1977
- Sessions continue for Daniel Amos' second album. This session, which began around 11AM and lasted until around 4PM, the band records rough vocal tracks for "Meal" at Martinsound Studios in Alhambra, CA.
February 5, 1977
- Daniel Amos performs for the Christian Reform Church in Buena Park, CA. with Bruce Herring and John Byron.
February 7, 1977
(Producer Jonathan David Brown)
- Daniel Amos rehearses with producer Jonathan David Brown.
February 8, 1977
- Sessions continue for Daniel Amos' second album. The band records overdubs for "Praise Song," "Father's Arms," and "Posse In The Sky" at Martinsound Studios in Alhambra, CA.
February 9, 1977
(The Carrot Choir and Celery Symphony)
- Sessions continue for Daniel Amos' second album. The band records overdubs for "Meal" at Martinsound Studios in Alhambra, CA.
- John Benson, whom the band had met previously after a show at Calvary Chapel, is brought in to perform the gibberish Popeye-like "Eefin'" sounds in the background of the song. Some of these sounds are also reversed and played backwards.
February 10, 1977
- Sessions continue for Daniel Amos' second album. The band records overdubs for "Shotgun Angel" and vocals for "Praise Song" at Martinsound Studios in Alhambra, CA.
February 12, 1977
- Daniel Amos performs at Saturday Night Concerts at Calvary Church.
February 14, 1977
- Daniel Amos rehearses with producer Jonathan David Brown.
February 15, 1977
- Sessions continue for Daniel Amos' second album. The band records overdubs for "Black Gold Fever" at Martinsound Studios in Alhambra, CA.
February 16, 1977
- Sessions continue for Daniel Amos' second album. The band records additional tracks for "Shotgun Angel" at Martinsound Studios in Alhambra, CA.
February 17, 1977
- Daniel Amos rehearses with producer Jonathan David Brown.
February 18, 1977
- Daniel Amos performs at Calvary-Fallbrook in Fallbrook, CA.
February 19, 1977
- Daniel Amos performs at Banning High School, in Banning, CA. (with Muscle Man)
February 21, 1977
- Sessions continue for Daniel Amos' second album. The band records overdubs for "Fathers Arms" and "Shotgun Angel" at Martinsound Studios in Alhambra, CA.
February 22, 1977
- Sessions continue for Daniel Amos' second album. The band records overdubs for "Posse In The Sky" and "Shotgun Angel" at Martinsound Studios in Alhambra, CA.
February 23, 1977
- Daniel Amos rehearses "Lady Goodbye," "The Whistler," and "Number On You" with producer Jonathan David Brown at Dennis Baxter's studio.
February 24, 1977
- Daniel Amos rehearses Side 2 of Shotgun Angel with producer Jonathan David Brown at Dennis Baxter's studio.
February 25, 1977
- Daniel Amos rehearses Side 2 of Shotgun Angel with producer Jonathan David Brown at Dennis Baxter's studio.
- Daniel Amos performs at Disney Land's Night of Joy with Randy Stonehill, Andrae Crouch, Larry Norman, The Archers, Mustard Seed Faith, Children of the Day, Bob Ayala, Chico Holiday and Gentle Faith.
February 26, 1977
- Daniel Amos performs at Conservation Camp in Twin Peaks, CA.
February 27, 1977
- Daniel Amos performs at Raincross Square in Riverside, CA. with Tom Stipe.
February 28, 1977
- Sessions continue for Daniel Amos' second album. The band records overdubs for "Father's Arms" and "Shotgun Angel" at Martinsound Studios in Alhambra, CA.
March 2-3, 1977
- Daniel Amos performs at the Maranatha musicians Conference.
March 11, 1977
- Daniel Amos begins a tour of the SouthWestern US with a performance at the Northern Arizone University Auditorium in Flagstaff, AZ.
March 12, 1977
- Daniel Amos performs at the Wharf in Albuquerque, NM.
March 14, 1977
- Daniel Amos performs at the Christian Center in Albuquerque, NM.
March 17, 1977
- Daniel Amos performs at a College in Houston, TX with Erick Nelson.
March 18, 1977
- Daniel Amos performs at First United Methodist Church in Colorado Springs, CO with John Michael Talbot.
March 19, 1977
- Daniel Amos performs in Denver, CO with John Michael Talbot and Tom Stipe. Steve Baxter sat in.
March 21, 1977
- Daniel Amos performs in Vail, CO.
- The Albuquerque Journal publishes an article on rock music with religious themes and includes an interview with Terry Taylor and a large photo of Daniel Amos in concert.
Terry: "Before I found a relationship with Jesus," said Terry Taylor, member of Daniel Amos, "I wouldn't listen to Christian music. When I found Him, I still wouldn't listen to it because I couldn't relate to it. Christian radio is 50 years behind the times. They are living the past and are reaching out only to Christians. We are reaching out to those that don't know Him."
March 22, 1977
- Daniel Amos performs at Calvary Chapel in Boulder, CO.
March 24, 1977
- Daniel Amos performs at a Rehabilitation Center in Wichita, KS.
March 25, 1977
- Daniel Amos performs in Arkansas City, KS.
March 27, 1977
- Daniel Amos performs at Putnam Auditorium in Oklahoma City, OK.
March 28, 1977
- Daniel Amos performs at Beverly Hills Baptist Church in Dallas, TX.
March 30, 1977
- Daniel Amos performs at Fort Bliss in El Paso, TX.
March 31, 1977
- Daniel Amos performs at Fort Bliss in El Paso, TX.
April 1, 1977
- Daniel Amos performs at Liberty Hall in El Paso, TX. with Revelation.
April 3, 1977
- Daniel Amos performs at Mt. Zion Church in AZ. (Above article appeared in the April 1, 1977 edition of the Yuma Daily Sun.)
April 8, 1977
- Daniel Amos performs as part of the Harvest Crusade with Mustard Seed Faith and Children of the Day at the Swing Auditorium in San Bernardino, CA. Advertisements for the event note that Daniel Amos is hard at work on their second major album.
April 9, 1977
- Daniel Amos performs at Saturday Night Concerts at Calvary Chapel with Chuck Girard.
April 8 & 9, 1977
- Daniel Amos performs at the Swing Auditorium in San Bernardino, CA. for the Harvest Crusade with Mustard Seed Faith, Children of the Day, Chuck Smith and Greg Laurie.
April 10, 1977
- Daniel Amos rehearses Side 2 of Shotgun Angel with producer Jonathan David Brown at Martinsound Studios.
April 11, 1977
- Sessions continue for Daniel Amos' second album. In this session, which began around 1PM, the band records basic tracks for "The Whistler," and "Number On You" at Martinsound Studios in Alhambra, CA.
"The Whistler" was recorded with 24 tracks - the first five tracks being bass and drums. There are two tracks of electric piano, four tracks of "weird cymbals," wind and other sound effects, two tracks of strings and crowd noises, two tracks of a choir, two tracks of electric guitar, two tracks of BGVs, and two tracks for the lead vocal.
"Number On You" was recorded with 24 tracks - the first five tracks being bass and drums. There are two tracks of piano, three tracks of electric guitar, one track of percussion, two tracks of claps, two tracks of crowd noises, two tracks of claps, jungle drums and voices, three tracks of BGVs, and two tracks of lead vocals.
April 12, 1977
- Sessions continue for Daniel Amos' second album. In this session, the band records basic tracks for "Better" and "Sail Me Away" at Martinsound Studios in Alhambra, CA.
"Better" was recorded with 24 tracks - the first five tracks being bass and drums. There are two tracks of piano, three tracks of electric guitar, two tracks electric guitar through a Leslie amp, five tracks of marching sound effects, four tracks of BGVs, and two tracks of lead vocals.
"Sail Me Away" was recorded with 23 tracks - the first five tracks being bass and drums. There are two tracks of electric piano, one track of electric guitar, two tracks of acoustic guitar, four tracks of strings and sound effects, one track of harp and accordion, two additional tracks of accordion and sound effects, one track with a french horn, one track of steel overdub and an oboe, two tracks of BGVs, and two tracks of lead vocals. (Track 5 was used in 1986 for Rob Watson's lead guitar line when side 2 of Shotgun Angel was revisited for The Revelation release.)
April 13, 1977
- Sessions continue for Daniel Amos' second album. In this session, the band records basic tracks for "Lady Goodbye" at Martinsound Studios in Alhambra, CA.
"Lady Goodbye" was recorded with 24 tracks - the first five tracks being bass and drums. There are two tracks of piano, two tracks of acoustic guitar, two tracks of organ, six tracks of electric guitar, two tracks of strings, three tracks of lead vocals and oboe.
Jerry: "The bulk of the solo was played on my '69 Gibson ES335. The mellow middle section was a vintage Fender Strat. As far as I can recall, on SA, I mostly
played through a '60s black face Fender Tremelux head and a 2 x 12 Fender cab. I may have also used other '60s black face Fender amps (heads w/closed cabs or
open back combos) with either two 12" custom Eminence speakers or possibly one 12" in some instances. I also played through a Leslie speaker on 'Praise Song'
and 'Better.' I was doing a lot of trading at the time with a great guitar store in Long Beach, CA called Guitars Afire. I borrowed several guitars and amps
(and bought a few) from them to use on Shotgun Angel."
Jerry: "Well, yeah, everything WAS built around my solo, since the guitar was recorded first. But the way the orchestration weaves
in and out in the mix and the choices (JDB) made to feature the orchestration in parts (instead of the guitar) make the solo work even better
to me. Hence, my complements to (JDB) and to Mr. Stipech (aka James Gabriel) for enhancing the solo..."
April 14, 1977
- Sessions continue for Daniel Amos' second album. In this session, the band records overdubs for "Lady Goodbye" and "The Whistler" at Martinsound Studios in Alhambra, CA.
April 15, 1977
- Daniel Amos performs at the Fiesta Plaza in Knotts Berry Farm in California.
April 16, 1977
- Daniel Amos performs at First Baptist Church in Downey, CA.
- Terry, Jerry and Mark perform at a friends wedding.
April 17, 1977
- Daniel Amos performs at Immanuel Baptist Church in Long Beach, CA.
(Studio Reels for Shotgun Angel)
April 18, 1977
- Sessions continue for Daniel Amos' second album. In this session, the band records overdubs for "Number On You," "Better" and "Lady Goodbye" at Martinsound Studios in Alhambra, CA.
April 19, 1977
- Sessions continue for Daniel Amos' second album. In this session, the band records vocal tracks for "The Whistler" and "Sail Me Away" at Martinsound Studios in Alhambra, CA.
April 20, 1977
- Sessions continue for Daniel Amos' second album. In this session, the band records vocal tracks for "Sail Me Away" at Martinsound Studios in Alhambra, CA.
April 21, 1977
- Sessions continue for Daniel Amos' second album. In this session, the band records vocal tracks for "Sail Me Away" at Martinsound Studios in Alhambra, CA.
April 22, 1977
- Sessions continue for Daniel Amos' second album. In this session, Alex MacDougall records percussion overdubs at Martinsound Studios in Alhambra, CA.
Alex remembers: "I had already played on the first album, and they had asked me to play on Shotgun. I remember coming into the studio for percussion/sound fx overdubs on Shotgun and crying when I heard the tracks. It was overwhelming. It still holds up, in many ways, even today."
- In Santa Clarita, CA, The Canyon Band Boosters Club's Annual Multi-Drawing takes place. Tim Chandler performs as part of Canyon's Jazz Combo and entertained a large growd before raffle winners were drawn. Tim would later become DA's bassist.
April 23, 1977
- The Band takes part in a photo session with Scott Lockwood at 7:00
April 25, 1977
- Sessions continue for Daniel Amos' second album. In this session, the band records basic tracks and overdubs for "Days and Nights" at Martinsound Studios in Alhambra, CA.
April 26, 1977
- Sessions continue for Daniel Amos' second album. In this session, the band records overdubs for "Days and Nights" at Martinsound Studios in Alhambra, CA.. Bill Hoppe of Aslan visits the studio.
April 27, 1977
- Sessions continue for Daniel Amos' second album. In this session, Strings and percussion are recorded at Martinsound Studios in Alhambra, CA.
April 28, 1977
- Sessions continue for Daniel Amos' second album. In this session, Harp, Woodwinds, and Accordion are recorded at Martinsound Studios in Alhambra, CA.
April 29, 1977
- Sessions continue for Daniel Amos' second album. In this session, various sound effects are recorded at Martinsound Studios in Alhambra, CA.
(DA's Mark Cook and Bill Hoppe of Aslan)
- Bill Hoppe of Aslan records overdubs for "Sail Me Away" at Martinsound Studios in Alhambra, CA.
Bill Hoppe of Aslan remembers: "I had the distinct pleasure of performing on Shotgun Angel, though my name was mistakenly excluded from the album's credits (note: this omission was corrected on the Deluxe 2CD Reissue). I was recruited by DA and their producer, Jonathan David Brown, to create the "bomb whistle" sound effects at the end of "Sail Me Away" with my ARP Odyssey synthesizer. I also added a spur-of-the-moment synthesizer percussion effect in the middle of "He's Gonna Do A Number On You." At roughly the same time as Shotgun Angel was in production (early 1977), Jonathan David Brown also produced Aslan's recording debut, the song "Who Loves The Lonely," for the Maranatha 6 LP.
I still remember sitting in the studio's control room (we just plugged the synthesizer directly into the recording console) with Jonathan and some of the DA guys and trying to produce the sounds that they wanted. After a bit of patience-trying trial and error (remember, this was long before digital keyboards--everything had to be patched manually), we succeeded.
Afterwards, the guys were so excited about the entire project that they asked me to stay at the studio for awhile to listen to it from start to finish. When it was over, I felt as if I'd heard what was perhaps the Christian equivalent of the Beatles' Sgt. Pepper. Yes, of course I was overwhelmed, but this was 1977, not 1999. Truly nothing like it had ever been done. I could only hope that Aslan's planned recording project would sound half as good--alas, we didn't get the chance, and that never happened."
(Session Player Frank Marocco)
Terry: "On 'Sail Me Away,' we needed an accordion player. Jonathan was the guy that would hire outside musicians, so it wasn't our job to do that. We had some pretty well known Hollywood/LA people come in that did different things on the record, percussion and some things like that, the harp. He brought this guy in, Frank Marocco to play accordion on the song 'Sail Me Away.' And he was an older guy. We got to talkin' while he was in the studio, and we come to find out that the guy had played as part of the Wrecking Crew and had played on the Beach Boys stuff - 'Wouldn't it Be Nice,' and some of those things where you hear accordion, which really excited us. And we found out that he was THE accordion player in Southern California - almost anything you heard on television that had an accordion, it was Frank that was playing it. He's the guy that played on The Godfather theme."
Mid 1977
- Alex MacDougall meets Randy Stonehill at a festival in Lincoln, NE. while touring with Terry Talbot. Stonehill asks Alex if he'd like to join his band. The next day, Alex also meets Larry Norman while leaving his hotel. Larry also asks Alex to join his band.
April 30, 1977
- Daniel Amos performs at Calvary Chapel in Thousand Oaks, CA.
May 3, 1977
- Mixing begins on Shotgun Angel at the Producer's Workshop. "Days and Nights" and "Black Gold Fever" are mixed on this date.
May 4, 1977
- Mixing continues for Shotgun Angel at the Producer's Workshop. "Praise Song" and "Father's Arms" are mixed on this date.
May 5, 1977
- Mixing continues for Shotgun Angel at the Producer's Workshop. "Lady Goodbye" and "Better" are mixed on this date.
May 6, 1977
- Mixing continues for Shotgun Angel at the Producer's Workshop. "The Whistler" and "Number On You" are mixed on this date.
May 7, 1977
- Mixing continues for Shotgun Angel at the Producer's Workshop. "Posse In The Sky," "Meal," "Sail Me Away" and "Bershith: Overture" are mixed on this date.
May 8, 1977
- Daniel Amos performs at an Army Base in Barstow, CA.
May 9, 1977
- Mixing continues for Shotgun Angel at the Producer's Workshop. "Fathers Arms" and "Praise Song" are re-mixed on this date.
May 10, 1977
(Masters for Shotgun Angel
- Masters are prepared for Shotgun Angel by producer Jonathan David Brown at the Producer's Workshop.
May 11, 1977
- Daniel Amos performs at Calvary Chapel in San Diego, CA.
May 12-29, 1977
- Daniel Amos leaves for a tour of the Northwestern United States with performances in Washington, Northern California and Oregon.
May 16, 1977
- Daniel Amos performs at the Faith Center Auditorium in Eureka, CA.
May 28, 1977
- Daniel Amos performs at the Bethel Temple Assembly of God in Redding, CA. This show marks the first known recording of "Hound of Heaven."
Set List: Walking On The Water, Meal, Rejoice, Jesus Is Jehovah To Me, Fade, Black Gold Fever, Don't Light Your Own Fire, Losers & Winners, Skeptic's Song, William, Shotgun Angel, Hound Of Heaven, Ain't Gonna Fight It, Praise The Lord
May 1977
- Campus Life Magazine reviews Shotgun Angel
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June 4, 1977
- Daniel Amos performs at Calvary Chapel in Costa Mesa, CA . One song from this performance - a very early version of "Hound of Heaven," shows up on The Deluxe Horrendous Disc Box Set.
Partial Set List: Walking On The Water, Don't Light Your Own Fire, Black Gold Fever, Hound of Heaven and Salvation Wings
- Tim Chandler performs as part of an improvisational musical performance during Canyon High's "Sounds of Spring" concert. Tim would later become DA's full time bassist.
June 5, 1977
- John Styll played the entire Shotgun Angel album on KPOL 94 FM.
June 8, 1977
- Daniel Amos performs at Maranatha! Musicians Conference.
- Daniel Amos performs at Marina High School in Huntington Beach, CA.
June 10, 1977
- Parts of Shotgun Angel are previewed on KYMS Radio.
June 11, 1977
Shotgun Angel
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Album Info & Lyrics
- The band's second album, Shotgun Angel is released. The album went on to become something of a landmark album for the band, becoming very popular with their established fans, and bringing in many new fans, as evidenced by the ever-growing crowds attending their concernts. 'Side One' of the album, with only a couple of exceptions, stayed closer to the country-rock style that DA fans had been used to up to this point. 'Side Two,' which could be called a rock-opera based on Calvary Chapel's teachings of the "End Times" and the second coming of Christ, took listeners into a more creative and experimental - and even sometimes edgy - territory musically. For the band, it was a welcome and much expected change. For some of the fans, it probably would have been far more jarring had the message not been so comfortable and appealing.
Terry: "I appreciate Shotgun Angel now today, not because of its theology, but because of its musical vision and the execution of it. One of the people that really contributed to that was Jim Stipech who did the string arrangements. We talked to him about what our vision was in that we wanted it to be sort of an 'I Am The Walrus'/ELO-ish kind of thing. And that was his deal and he brought it full on. And for me, one of the most cherished memories that I have - one of the most moving memories that I have was being in the studio once Jonathan, who I had mentioned was the 'splice king.' Here's all of this orchestration and bits and pieces that need to go together to form this narrative - to get the continuity and all of that happening and making it work. And then, at that point, we were ready to listen to it when it was all edited together, and we turned the lights off in the studio and we sat back and let it unfold. I was in tears. There were a lot of people responsible for it, it wasn't just Daniel Amos, it was Jonathan, it was Jim.. there was so many people that contributed to it."
Terry: "An expression of all the places we wanted to go as artists. That was the seed from which all the branches are now growing. I wanted to be the Beatles, not the Eagles. I wanted to do all kinds of music. I wanted people to love to go into the record store and buy our record because they were going to be surprised by what they heard."
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- The Maranatha Music Show radio show airs a special on the making of Shotgun Angel. The show includes interviews with the album's producer, Jonathan David Brown, and Maranatha's Tom Coomes.
The show also featured the following cuts from the album: "Days and Nights", "Posse In The Sky", "Black Gold Fever", "Father's Arms", and "Shotgun Angel." Interestingly, the show also features studio out-takes of the making of "Black Gold Feaver" and "He's Gonna Do A Number On You."
(The Maranatha! Music Family)
- View Maranatha! Records Daniel Amos Bio
- Billboard magazine runs an article about a Los Angeles based distributor that puts music into Macy's and Tower Records stores in the Bay area. The distributor mentions that his top sellers are artists like Evie, The Bill Gaither Trio, Andre Crouch and Daniel Amos.
- Alex MacDougall plays drums on Larry Norman's Something New Under The Sun (which was later released in 1981).
June 12, 1977
- Terry is interviewed by John Styll on 94FM Radio.
June 17, 1977
- Daniel Amos performs at the House of Fire and Rain in Van Nuys, CA.
June 18, 1977
- Daniel Amos performs at Pacific High School in San Bernardino, CA.
June 25, 1977
- Daniel Amos performs at Grace Bible Church in Southgate, CA.
June 26, 1977
- Jerry Chamberlain goes to see Star Wars at the movie theater.
June 30, 1977
- Daniel Amos performs in Panorama City, CA.
July 1977
- Contemporary Christian Acts Magazine (Vol 1, No 5) lists their top 20 "Top Sellers." The #1 Top Seller is Shotgun Angel by Daniel Amos. #2 is For Him Who Has Ears to Hear by Keith Green, #3 is Home Where I Belong by B.J. Thomas, #4 is Love Broke Through by Phil Keaggy, and #5 is Mirror by Evie. Also on the list is Andrae Crouch, Michael Omartian, Second Chapter of Acts, Mustard Seed Faith, Parable, Randy Stonehill's Welcome to Paradise, and Chuck Girard.
The same issue includes a review of Shotgun Angel.
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July 9, 1977
- Daniel Amos performs at a Picnic in Puddingstone Park in Las Dimas, CA.
- Daniel Amos performs at Calvary Chapel in Covina, CA
July 13, 1977
- Daniel Amos performs at Covenant Church in Rolling Hills, CA.
July 16, 1977
- Daniel Amos performs two concerts at Calvary Chapel in Downey, CA. with Jim Stipech.
July 22, 1977
- Daniel Amos performs at Bethel Baptist Church in Escondido, CA.
July 23, 1977
- Daniel Amos performs at Church on the Way in Van Nuys, CA.
July 24, 1977
- Daniel Amos performs at Raincross Square in Riverside, CA with Greg Laurie. A string section joins the band for the performance.
July 29, 1977
- Daniel Amos performs at the Sawdust Festival in Laguna, CA
- Channel 40 taping with Chuck Smith
July 31, 1977
- Daniel Amos performs at St, Angela Catholic Church in Brea, CA. ("No permission to have concert.")
Late 1977
- New songs were continuing to show up in DA's live shows including "Happily Married Man" and "After All These Years".
- A young Steve Taylor used to go see Daniel Amos perform at Calvary Chapel.
Terry: "I've been told that Steve used to come to Calvary Chapel and sit in the crowd and watch DA perform - the young whippersnapper."
August 5, 1977
- Daniel Amos performs at Calvary Chapel in Saddleback, CA. with Don Castle.
August 6, 1977
- Daniel Amos performs at Vandenburg Air Force Base in Vandenburg, CA.
August 12, 1977
- Daniel Amos performs at Calvary Chapel in Brea, CA.
August 20, 1977
- Daniel Amos performs two concerts at The Warehouse in Sacramento, CA.
August 22, 1977
- Daniel Amos meets with Jimmy Kempner.
August 23, 1977
- Marty's Surprise Birthday Party.
August 24, 1977
- Daniel Amos performs at Calvary Conference Center.
August 25, 1977
- Daniel Amos attends a Maranatha! Music Board Meeting.
August 26, 1977
- Daniel Amos performs at Calvary Chapel in Dana Point, CA.
August 27, 1977
- Daniel Amos performs at the Redlands Bowl in Redlands, CA.
August 28, 1977
- Daniel Amos performs at the Church of the Nazarene in Tujunga, CA.
August 5, 1977
- Channel 40 taping with Greg Laurie.
September 1977
- Group Magazine reviews Shotgun Angel
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September 1, 1977
- Daniel Amos performs at Calvary Chapel as part one of the Last Days message with Pastor Chuck Smith.
September 3, 1977
- Daniel Amos performs in Anahiem, CA at the Anaheim Convention Center as part of the Everlasting Life Concert with Sweet Comfort Band and Gentle Faith. More than 18,000 people attended the show and 4000 were turned away because there wasn't enough room.
- Terry: "People loved the Shotgun Angel thing. We did the Anaheim Convention Center, in which we had a full orchestra, and Chuck Smith spoke after the band played. And we did that all over, in Sacramento and at Riverside, so there had been a lot of acceptance."
(Source: "The HRS-Terry Taylor Interview Part One")
(Above article appeared in the Santa Ana Orange County Register September 2, 1977)
September 4, 1977
- Daniel Amos performs in Fresno, CA. as part of Jamboree 77. Other performers include Children of Light, Limpic and Tayburn and others.
September 5, 1977
- Daniel Amos performs in Fresno, CA. as part of Jamboree 77. Other performers include Children of Light, Limpic and Tayburn and others.
September 7, 1977
- Daniel Amos, in a session that began at 1PM, records "Happily Married Man" at MartinSound Studios in Alhambra, CA.
September 8, 1977
- Daniel Amos performs at Calvary Chapel as part two of the Last Days message with Pastor Chuck Smith.
September 9, 1977
- Daniel Amos performs at Emmanuel Church in Downey, CA.
September 10, 1977
- Daniel Amos performs at Calvary Chapel in Fallbrook, CA.
September 13, 1977
- Daniel Amos performs in Oahu, Hawaii with Greg Laurie, Chuck Smith and Parable.
September 14, 1977
- Daniel Amos performs in Oahu, Hawaii with Greg Laurie, Chuck Smith and Parable. Ed & Jerry get sunburned.
September 16, 1977
- Daniel Amos performs at the Waimea Community Center in Waimea Falls, Hawaii with Greg Laurie, Chuck Smith and Parable.
September 17, 1977
- Daniel Amos performs at the Waimea Falls Park in Waimea, Hawaii with Greg Laurie, Chuck Smith and Parable.
- Daniel Amos performs at Kahuku High School in Waimea, Hawaii with Greg Laurie, Chuck Smith and Parable.
September 18, 1977
- Daniel Amos attends church at Kapi'olani park in Honolulu, Hawaii.
- Daniel Amos performs at Kinuki Church in Hawaii with Greg Laurie, Chuck Smith and Parable.
September 19, 1977
- Daniel Amos performs for High School Students in Hawaii.
September 20, 1977
- Daniel Amos performs at a High School in Hawaii.
September 21, 1977
- Daniel Amos performs at a High School in Hawaii.
September 22, 1977
- Terry, Jerry & Mark play at Hospital in Hawaii.
September 23, 1977
- Daniel Amos performs at Blue Max in Maui, Hawaii with Greg Laurie, Chuck Smith and Parable.
- Oil City, PA Newspapers report that the Cranberry High School school board approved the use of the school auditorium for an upcoming concert with Daniel Amos after some debate about the appropriateness of the concert on school grounds.
September 24, 1977
- Daniel Amos performs in Lahaina, Maui with Greg Laurie. The show was filmed and broadcast on CHannel 40.
September 25, 1977
- "The Harvest Celebration," featuring performances from Daniel Amos, Oden Fong and Sweet Comfort Band, is broadcast on the local KGMB-TV in Hawaii.
September 27, 1977
- Daniel Amos performs at a Military Base in Hawaii with Chuck Smith.
September 28, 1977
- Daniel Amos performs at McKinley High School in Hawaii with Greg Laurie.
September 29, 1977
- Daniel Amos performs at the Waikiki Shell in Waikiki, Hawaii with Parable and Greg Laurie. Over 1000 people attended the show.
September 30, 1977
- Daniel Amos performs at the Waikiki Shell in Waikiki, Hawaii with Parable and Chuck Smith. Over 4000 people attended the show.
October 1, 1977
- Daniel Amos performs at the Waikiki Shell in Waikiki, Hawaii with Parable and Greg Laurie. On the final night of "Harvest Celebration," over 6000 attended the show.
October 2, 1977
- Daniel Amos performs on the beach in Waikiki, Hawaii with Greg Laurie.
October 7 & 8, 1977
- Daniel Amos performs at the "Good Time Theater" at Knotts Berry Farm as part of the Sonshine Music Celebration. Other performers include Keith Green, Barry McGuire, Sweet Comfort Band, Karen Lafferty, Randy Matthews, Petra and others.
- The Santa Ana Register Newspaper noted that "Performing both nights will be Daniel Amos, a six-member country rock band noted for its mellow instrumentation and rich blend of vocal harmonies."
October 12, 1977
- Daniel Amos performs at Richard Nixon Park in Yorba Linda, CA.
October 13, 1977
- Daniel Amos spends the morning at MartinSound Studios working on "Happily Married Man." Work had begun on the song on September 7, before the band left for Hawaii.
October 14, 1977
- Daniel Amos performs at Novato High School in Novato, CA.
- Daniel Amos performs at the Civic Auditorium in Novato, CA.
October 20, 1977
- Daniel Amos spends the morning at MartinSound Studios finishing tracks for "Happily Married Man." Work had begun on the song on September 7 and continued on October 13.
October 22, 1977
- Daniel Amos performs at the Church of the Nazarene in Buena Park, CA.
October 23, 1977
- The Rock and Religion radio show airs part one of a special on Shotgun Angel.
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October 28, 1977
- Daniel Amos performs at College Ballroom in Lubbock, TX.
- Randy Stonehill appears on The Midnight Special TV Show as part of Debby Boone's back up band while performing "My Dangerous Heart," which Randy had written for her. Boone also performs "You Light Up My Life."
Randy: "That was really a nice experience. I've known Debby for several years and we had been doing some songwork together, songwriting and sharing ideas. Because we do very different things musically, we though a combination of the two would bring an interesting result. When she came back from New York after recording a film soundtrack, I got her to play it for me. She was so cute. She was a little nervous about letting me hear it because she honestly wasn???t sure about how good she was back then. Even before it was released, she wasn't that pleased with it, but I listened to it and said 'Debby, this could be a hit.' Apparently I was correct in that! About three weeks later her career just skyrocketed. She was doing a lot of television; she did The Johnny Carson Show, in fact, she did every show you could imagine, because the song was such a massive seller and had such a big impact. She came to me and said, 'I'm doing a lot of TV and I always do 'You Light Up My Life', but I'd like to do some songs that show my versatility, my ability to do different kinds of things. I'd like to try something along the lines of Linda Ronstadt.' I told her I'd be happy to write something for her that would fit the bill in that style and she smiled and said that'd be great if I would. So I wrote a song called 'Dangerous Heart'. When she got the invitation to do the Midnight Special, she called me and said, 'I'd like to do your song on the show, but I'd like you to come and do it with me.' She just wanted to work with her friends. She asked me, 'Would you come and sing harmony, play the guitar... you know, be next to me, to support me?' So I said, 'I'm honoured . . . absolutely! I'll be right over.' So we went and did the show."
October 29, 1977
- Daniel Amos performs at the Echo Building in San Marcos, TX.
October 30, 1977
- The Rock and Religion radio show airs part two of a special on Shotgun Angel.
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October 31, 1977
- Terry Taylor performs a rare acoustic solo show at the Christian Chapel (somewhere???) in Arizona.
November 1, 1977
- Daniel Amos performs at the Harbor Playhouse in Corpus Christi Texas.
November 2, 1977
- Daniel Amos performs at Texas Baptist Fellowship in Texas.
November 3, 1977
- Daniel Amos performs at a church in Texas.
November 4, 1977
- Daniel Amos performs at Evangelistic Temple in Texas.
November 5, 1977
- Daniel Amos performs for a Campus Life group in Texas.
November 6, 1977
- Daniel Amos performs an acoustic show at a packed church in Texas.
November 10, 1977
- Daniel Amos performs at a High School Auditorium in Baltimore, MD.
November 11, 1977
- Daniel Amos performs Valley Forge, PA.
November 12, 1977
- Daniel Amos performs in Lancaster, PA.
November 13, 1977
- Daniel Amos performs at the Soldiers & Sailors Hall in Pittsburgh, PA.
November 14, 1977
- Daniel Amos performs in Beaverfalls, PA.
November 15, 1977
- Daniel Amos performs at Cranberry High School in Oil City, PA. This is currently the earliest known recording of "Secret Scripts and 3-D Glasses."
Set List: Abidin', Posse In The Sky, Hound Of Heaven, Meal, Secret Scripts & 3D Glasses, Happily Married Man, Days & Nights, Ain't Gonna Fight It, Shotgun Angel, Don't Light Your Own Fire, Black Gold Fever, Skeptic's Song, Father's Arms, Praise The Lord
(The above clipping was published in the Oil City Derrick in Oil City, PA Nov. 12, 1977)
November 17, 1977
- Daniel Amos performs at the Straughn Auditorium in Mansfield, PA.
November 18, 1977
- Daniel Amos performs an acoustic show in Philadelphia, PA.
November 20, 1977
- Daniel Amos performs in Cleveland, OH.
November 25, 1977
- Daniel Amos performs in Arvada, CO. with Bethlehem.
November 26, 1977
- Daniel Amos performs in Arvada, CO. with Sweet Comfort Band.
December 1, 1977
- Daniel Amos performs at Calvary Chapel in San Jose, CA with Erick Nelson & Karen Lafferty.
December 2, 1977
- Terry & Jerry are interviewed on KYMS Radio.
December 3, 1977
- Daniel Amos performs at Saturday Night Concerts at Calvary Chapel.
December 9, 1977
- Daniel Amos performs at an auditorium in Yuba City, CA.
December 10, 1977
- Daniel Amos performs at the Warehouse in Sacramento, CA.
December 11, 1977
- Daniel Amos performs at the "Bread of Life Concert" at the Nova High School auditorium in Redding, CA.
December 13, 1977
- Daniel Amos performs at the Leslie Junior High Auditorium in Salem, OR. (The above Newspaper Clipping is from the Oregon Statesmen Journal from 11-11-77)
December 16-17, 1977
- Daniel Amos performs at the Veterans Building in Watsonville, CA.
December 16, 18 & 23, 1977
- A Live Concert of Daniel Amos performing at Calvary Chapel is aired on some stations. (Above TV listing from The Valley News in Van Nuys, CA)
December 29, 1977
- Daniel Amos performs for the Campus Crusade in Arrowhead, CA.
December 31, 1977
- Daniel Amos performs at the San Diego Sports Arena in San Diego, CA. with Parable.
That same year, the San Diego Sports Arena hosted concerts from Queen (12/16/77), Led Zeppelin (6/19/77), Kiss and Cheap Trick (8/19/77), Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band (4/29/77), Fleetwood Mac (3/1/77),
Lynyrd Skynyrd, Chicago (11/20/77), Aerosmith (11/23/77), America (3/11/77), Genesis and others. Throughout the history of the popular venue,
performers included Elvis Presley, The Rolling Stones, BB King, Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Rod Stewart, Alice Cooper, Elton John, U2, The Kinks, Van Halen, Styx and many others.
Late 1977/Early 1978
- Rough Mixes of Randy Stonehill's The Sky is Falling are heard by Alex MacDougall, although the album would not be released for several more years.
Alex: "Some of TSIF rough mixes and scratch vocals were shared with me in late '77 or '78. I don't know about the reasons for the delay of the release, but in retrospect, I think that some of the Solid Rock artists' careers, while managed by Larry Norman, were also subordinate to his own release schedule, attention, ego and energies."
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