Jacob's Trouble

Infobox musical artist
Name = Jacob's Trouble


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Origin = Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Genre = Rock
Years_active = 1989 - 1998
Label = ¡Alarma! Records
Associated_acts = Janah
sideways8
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Current_members = Jerry Davison
Mark Blackburn Steve Atwell
Past_members = Ron Cochran Keith Johnston
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Jacob's Trouble was an American, Christian, rock and roll band formed in Atlanta, Georgia area in the 1980s. The group originally consisted of members Jerry Davison (drums), Mark Blackburn (guitar), and Steve Atwell (bass), with Davison and Blackburn handling the lead vocals.

Biography

In 1989, Jacob's Trouble released their debut Terry Taylor-produced album, "The Door Into Summer", a mixture of original numbers and cover versions of songs by The Beatles and The Monkees. A year later the band released second album, "Knock, Breathe, Shine". The band received notice at the time for the song "About Sex", a song about the proper role of sex in society from a Christian perspective. Fearing a fundamentalist label, the band opted to remove the song from the album and replaced it with the more ambiguous "About Sex, Part 2".fact|date=October 2007 Despite this, the album was the group's best-selling record.

The group added two new members (Ron Cochran on drums and guitarist Keith Johnston) allowing Davison to become the band's principal singer. The new line-up recorded the album "...let the Truth Run Wild!". After the album's release Blackburn left the band. The band went on to record one more record, the album "Jacob's Trouble".

Jacob's Trouble split after their fourth album and its subsequent tour. A collection of "rarities" was released in 1994 entitled "Diggin' Up Bones", which featured the long lost "About Sex". The group reunited briefly in 1998 to record a new song, "Step By Step," for a best of disc called "The Jacob's Trouble Sampler Pak.".

Atwell, Johnston, and Cochran continue to record together under the name Janah.

Jerry Davison recorded one CD under the name sideways8 in 1998 and occasionally releases songs via such internet music sites as garageband.com and IUMA.com. He currently resides in Las Vegas, Nevada where he serves as Creative Arts Director for Hope Baptist Church.

Mark Blackburn released 2 solo CDs "Flowerchild" (1996) & "The Continuing Adventures of...." (1997) which are available from CD Baby as well as Mark's web site- http://web.mac.com/monkeeman -as well as iTunes. He is worship leader/director of media for Burnt Hickory Baptist Church in Powder Springs, GA. He leads a contemporary worship service called "The Gathering".

Discography

* "Jacob's Trouble" cassette only EP (1988)
* "The Door Into Summer" (Aug. 1989)
* "Knock, Breathe, Shine" (Aug. 1990)
* "...let the Truth Run Wild!" (March 1992)
* "Jacob's Trouble" (May 1993)
* "Diggin' Up Bones" (1994)
* "The Jacob's Trouble Sampler Pak" (1998)

All material out of print.

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External links

* [http://www.janah.org] - band featuring former Jacobs Trouble members