Glenn Kaiser

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Glenn Kaiser
Glenn Kaiser playing at Cornerstone Festival (2004)
Glenn Kaiser playing at Cornerstone Festival (2004)
Background information
Born January 21, 1953 (1953-01-21) (age 55)
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S.
Genre(s) Blues-rock, Heavy Metal, Rock, R&B (Early Days)
Occupation(s) Musician, Pastor
Instrument(s) Guitar, Harmonica, Lap steel guitar
Years active c. 1965 – Present
Label(s) Grrr Records
Associated acts Resurrection Band
Glenn Kaiser Band
Website Glenn Kaiser Official site
Notable instrument(s)
Fender Stratocaster
Epiphone Sheraton
Gibson Les Paul

Glenn Kaiser (born January 21, 1953[1]) is a Chicago-based Christian blues musician, singer-songwriter, and pastor. He was the leader of Resurrection Band and Glenn Kaiser Band.

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[edit] Personal life

[edit] Childhood

Kaiser's older brother and sister left the house while he was still young[2], and his parents divorced when he was nine years old. Kaiser was active in Milwaukee's music scene, starting at the age of twelve, and was a member of more than twelve bands, leading two, before reaching nineteen years of age[3].

Glenn Kaiser was raised as a nominal Lutheran, and experimented in drugs before he became a born-again Christian, around the time of his eighteenth birthday[2][3]. He was quoted in saying: "Nothing else gave me so much happiness or sense of purpose until I asked Jesus Christ to come into my heart and become absolute Lord of my life[2]".

[edit] JPUSA

Kaiser joined and got involved in The USA Traveling Team of Jesus People Milwaukee (later renamed Jesus People USA [1]), where he met Wendi, his future wife. Wendi's brother, John Herrin, Jr., and Glenn later became members of the pastoral team before the age of twenty-five[2]. JPUSA is the community that organizes the Cornerstone Festival, at which Glenn Kaiser and Resurrection Band have played.

[edit] Later life

Glenn Kaiser married former Resurrection Band member, Wendi Herrin (born April 8, 1953[1]), in June 1972[4]. Glenn and Wendi have one son, Aaron, and three daughters: Rebecca (husband Matt), Heidi, and Amy (husband Brian)[1]. In 1994, Glenn Kaiser published a book, The Responsibility of the Christian Musician[5].

[edit] Resurrection Band

Main article: Resurrection Band

Glenn Kaiser's most successful, and prominent band is Resurrection Band, which included his wife Wendi, Wendi's brother John Herrin, Roy Montroy, and Stu Heiss. It began in mid-December 1971 as a band of the Jesus People of Milwaukee's (part of The USA Traveling Team). It was first known as "Charity" (the King James Bible term for "love"). It was a traveling team and was a mobile outreach of Jesus People of Milwaukee until the ministry disbanded in the summer of 1972. "Charity" changed it's name to "Resurrection Band" around March, 1972, and the band, as part of The USA Traveling Team left Milwaukee for the last time in early June of 1972. They performed on the road, loosely-based in Florida for a few months, and eventually calling Chicago home in early 1973 with Jesus People USA Though many considered it "the devil's music[2]," Resurrection Band helped transform Contemporary Christian music toward blues and rock music. The band ended, after nearly thirty years, in 2000.

[edit] Discography

[edit] Resurrection Band

[edit] Independent Cassettes

[edit] Studio Albums

[edit] Live Albums

[edit] Compilation Albums

[edit] Glenn Kaiser Band

  • Winter Sun (2000)
  • Carolina Moon (2001)
  • Ripley County Blues (2002)
  • Blacktop (2003)
  • GKB Live (2005)

[edit] Solo and other albums

  • Trimmed and Burnin' (1990, as Kaiser/Mansfield)
  • Slow Burn (1993, as Kaiser/Mansfield)
  • All My Days (1993)
  • Spontaneous Combustion (1994)
  • Into The Night (1995, as Kaiser/Mansfield/Howard)
  • Throw Down Your Crowns (1997)
  • You Made The Difference in Me (1998, Review: HM Magazine[6])
  • Time Will Tell (1999, Review: HM Magazine[7])
  • Blues Heaven (1999)
  • No Greater Love (2002, as "Glenn Kaiser and Friends")
  • Trimmed and Burnin' & Slow Burn (2002, as Kaiser/Mansfield)
  • Bound For Glory (2006)
  • Blues Heaven II (2006)

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b c Resurrection Band Website biographies. Retrieved on 2007-03-23.
  2. ^ a b c d e Powell, Mark Allan [August 2002]. Encyclopedia of Contemporary Christian Music. Hendrickson Publishers, pp. 467-469. ISBN 1-56563-679-1. 
  3. ^ a b Glenn Kaiser Biography. Retrieved on 2007-03-23.
  4. ^ Wendi Kaiser Biography. Retrieved on 2007-03-23.
  5. ^ Kaiser, Glenn (1994). The Responsibility of the Christian Musician. Chicago, Illinois: Cornerstone Press Chicago. ISBN 0-940895-22-6. 
  6. ^ McGovern, Brian Vincent (July/August 1998). "Album Reviews: GLENN KAISER You Made the Difference in Me". HM Magazine (72). ISSN 1066-6923. 
  7. ^ Van Pelt, Doug (July/August 1999). "Album Reviews: Glenn Kaiser time will tell". HM Magazine (78). ISSN 1066-6923. 

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Persondata
NAME Kaiser, Glenn
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION Blues musician, singer-songwriter, pastor
DATE OF BIRTH January 21, 1953
PLACE OF BIRTH Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH