Songs of the Heart
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| Studio album by Daniel Amos | ||
| Released | 1995 | |
| Recorded | The Green Room (Huntington Beach, California) Desert Moon Studios (Anaheim, California) |
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| Genre | Rock | |
| Label | BAI Records | |
| Producer(s) | Terry Scott Taylor Daniel Amos |
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| Daniel Amos chronology | ||
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| BibleLand (1994) |
Songs of the Heart (1995) |
Mr. Buechner's Dream (2001) |
Songs of the Heart is the title of a 1995 album by rock band Daniel Amos, released on BAI Records.
The album leads listeners on a musical journey traveling down legendary Route 66 with the fictional couple Bud & Irma Akendorf. The concept was partially conceived after discovering an LP hanging on the wall of their rehearsal hall. The LP, which was released in the early 1960s and entitled Songs of the Heart, was by a singing gospel duo by the name of Bob and Elsa Beckendorf. The cover featured the couple pictured in Oak Creek Canyon. The band, inspired by the cover, decided to explore the lives of a fictional couple, which they named Bud and Irma Ackendorf. The released cover of D.A.'s Songs of the Heart is an exact copy of the original LP by the Beckendorf's, with the artist name replaced. In an interesting turn of events, It turned out that the Beckendorf's were from Sedona, Arizona - which happened to be the real life home of Terry's paternal grandparents.
Songs was later re-envisioned in the form of a 3-CD book set, entitled "When Everyone Wore Hats." "Hats" included the entire original release plus, the entire album rerecorded as an acoustic coffeehouse band, three bonus tracks, an interview about the album, new photos, liner notes and a short story by Terry Scott Taylor.
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[edit] Track listing
- "Cant Take My Eyes Off Of You" (Gaudio/Crewe)
- "The Glory Road" (Words by Taylor, Music by Taylor/Flesch/Chandler/McTaggart)
- "Get Into The Bus, Aloha" (Words by Taylor, Music by Taylor/Flesch/Chandler/McTaggart)
- "Evangeline" (Words by Taylor, Music by Taylor/Flesch/Chandler/McTaggart)
- "Uneasy Lies the Head of the Confidence Man" (Words by Taylor, Music by Taylor/Flesch/Chandler/McTaggart)
- "The Organ Bar" (Words by Taylor, Music by Taylor/Flesch/Chandler/McTaggart)
- "Donna Nietche and her Super Race of Kick Boxing Uber Parrots" (Words by Taylor, Music by Taylor/Flesch/Chandler/McTaggart)
- "Our Night to Howl, Time to Go Dancing" (Words by Taylor, Music by Taylor/Flesch/Chandler/McTaggart)
- "Sins of the Fathers" (Words by Taylor, Music by Taylor/Flesch/Chandler/McTaggart)
- "Turn This Off" (Words by Taylor, Music by Taylor/Flesch/Chandler/McTaggart)
- "Loveland" (Words by Taylor, Music by Taylor/Flesch/Chandler/McTaggart)
- "When Everyone Wore Hats" (Words by Taylor, Music by Taylor/Flesch/Chandler/McTaggart)
- "My Hand To God" (Words by Taylor, Music by Taylor/Flesch/Chandler/McTaggart)
[edit] Personnel
- Terry Scott Taylor on rhythm guitars and lead vocals.
- Tim Chandler on bass guitar.
- Greg Flesch on guitar.
- Jerry Chamberlain on guitar.
- Ed McTaggart on drums.
[edit] Additional musicians
- Gene Eugene: keyboards.
[edit] Production notes
- Executive Producers: Ojo Taylor and Gene Eugene.
- Engineered by Terry Taylor and Gene Eugene.
- Recorded at The Green Room, Huntington Beach, California.
- Additional Recording at Desert Moon, Anaheim, California.
- Mixed by Gene Eugene at the Green Room, and the Mixing Lab, Garden Grove, California.
- Cover Photo by George Jordan.
- Art Direction and Layout by Ed McTaggart at the Color Edge, Costa Mesa, California and Tom Gulotta at Patton Brothers, San Diego, California.
| Daniel Amos |
| Terry Scott Taylor | Ed McTaggart | Greg Flesch | Tim Chandler |
| Marty Dieckmeyer | Mark Cook | Steve Baxter | Jerry Chamberlain | Rob Watson | Alex MacDougall |
| Production |
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| Al Perkins | Jonathan David Brown | Mike Stone | Gene Eugene Ojo Taylor | Tom Gulotta | Eric Townsend | Jason Townsend | The Green Room |
| Discography |
| Studio albums: Daniel Amos | Shotgun Angel | Horrendous Disc | ¡Alarma! Doppelgänger | Vox Humana | Fearful Symmetry | Darn Floor - Big Bite Kalhöun | MotorCycle | BibleLand | Songs of the Heart | Mr. Buechner's Dream |
| Live Albums: Live Bootleg '82 | Preachers From Outer Space! |
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