Big Tent Revival

Big Tent Revival

Big Tent Revival was a Christian blues rock band. They began in 1991 and disbanded in 2000. They did extensive touring in the U.S. and abroad and they were featured at the Harvest Crusades. Their music was known for catchy riffs, distortion, and softer acoustic ballads.

Their most popular songs were "Two Sets of Joneses" and "Choose Life". The former told a story about two different couples. One trusted in Jesus through the storms of life and the other didn't. The latter was used as an invitational for people to get saved at the Harvest Crusade.

"What Would Jesus Do?" was also one of the band's popular songs. It complimented the WWJD movement that encouraged people to consider what Jesus would do in real-life situations.

Randy Williams now tours with Jeremy Camp as one of his guitar players along with Camp's younger brother, Jared.

Steve Wiggins is on staff with Harvest Christian Fellowship, as Artist In Residence/Minister of Music. He also founded and runs the Living Room Study [http://www.livingroomstudy.org] . With sites in Riverside CA, Orange County, and Redlands CA, the Living Room Study is a chapter-a-day approach to learning the bible, with weekly music & teaching events in public coffeehouses. Steve also writes songs for Pastor Greg Laurie, along with Hanz Ives and Bill Batstone. www.harvest.org/praiseworthy.

Spence Smith works for Compassion International in Artist Relations and has a popular blog called Spence Smith - Connecting People To Life. http://www.spencesmith.com

Band members

*Steve Wiggins - vocals and guitar
*Spence Smith - drums
*Randy Williams - guitar
*Steve Dale - bass
*David Alan - keyboards

Former members

*David White - Bass (first) 1993-94
*Mike Foster - Bass (second)1994-95
*Rick Heil - Bass (Third) 1996-1998

Discography

:Each of BTR's albums has been nominated for a Grammy Award. The band has also been nominated for several Dove Awards.
* "Greatest Hits" (2002)
* "Big Tent Revival Live" (2001)
* "Choose Life" (1999)
* "Amplifier" (1998, Review: " [http://web.archive.org/web/20010713013634/www.hmmagazine.com/issue72/72Albums.htm HM Magazine] "cite journal |last=McGovern |first=Brian Vincent |year=1998 |month=July/August |title=Album Reviews: Big Tent Revival "Amplifier" |journal=HM Magazine |id=ISSN|1066-6923 |issue=72 |pages= ] )
* "Open All Nite" (1996)
* "Big Tent Revival" (1995)

References

External links

* [http://www.bigtentrevival.net Official Website]


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