Glenn Kaiser
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| Glenn Kaiser | ||
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 Glenn Kaiser playing at Cornerstone Festival (2004)
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| Background information | ||
| Born | January 21, 1953 Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States |
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| Genre(s) | Blues-rock | |
| Occupation(s) | Musician, Pastor | |
| Instrument(s) | Guitar | |
| Years active | c. 1965 – Present | |
| Label(s) | Grrr Records | |
| Associated acts |
Resurrection Band Glenn Kaiser Band |
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| Website | Glenn Kaiser Official site | |
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 (later renamed Jesus People USA), 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 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
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
- Music to Raise the Dead (1974)
- All Your Life (1974)
[edit] Studio Albums
- Awaiting Your Reply (1978)
- Rainbow's End (1979)
- Colours (1980)
- Mommy Don't Love Daddy Anymore (1981)
- D.M.Z. (1982)
- Hostage (1984)
- Between Heaven 'N Hell (1985)
- Silence Screams (1988)
- Innocent Blood (1989)
- Civil Rites (1991)
- Reach of Love (1993)
- Lament (1995)
- Ampendectomy (1997)
[edit] Live Albums
- Live Bootleg (1984)
- XX Years Live (1992)
[edit] Compilation Albums
- The Best of REZ: Music to Raise the Dead (1984)
- REZ: Compact Favorites (1988)
- The Light Years (1995)
[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)
- Time Will Tell (1999)
- 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
- ^ a b c Resurrection Band Website biographies. Retrieved on 2007-03-23.
- ^ 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.
- ^ a b Glenn Kaiser Biography. Retrieved on 2007-03-23.
- ^ Wendi Kaiser Biography. Retrieved on 2007-03-23.
- ^ Kaiser, Glenn (1994). The Responsibility of the Christian Musician. Chicago, Illinois: Cornerstone Press Chicago. ISBN 0-940895-22-6.
[edit] External links
| Persondata | |
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| NAME | Kaiser, Glenn |
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| 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 | |
