Daniel Amos

    Daniel Amos

    Portland, Oregon13 reviews across 9 releases

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    Daniel Amos is a Southern California Christian rock band that took shape in 1974-75 from Jubal's Last Band, entering the Calvary Chapel Jesus Music scene as a country-oriented group. Early records moved from country to country-rock, while Terry Scott Taylor's songwriting kept faith, humor, and criticism in the same frame. By the time Horrendous Disc was issued in 1981, its guitar rock had absorbed Beatlesque pop, Beach Boys harmonies, horns and early new-wave rhythms; the album's delayed release made its transition seem out of sequence. The Alarma Chronicles then pushed the band toward eccentric new wave, electronic pop and alternative rock, with satire aimed at commercial habits inside the church and the technological world. Later guitar-rock records became more direct, while Songs of the Heart replaced much of that attack with a restrained narrative about a couple's life and death.

    After a six-year hiatus, Daniel Amos reconvened in 2001 for Mr. Buechner's Dream, a 33-song double album made after the death of Gene Eugene and other losses close to the members. The quartet toured that year, though Tim Chandler missed several dates and substitute musicians were used. Daniel Amos also performed at Cornerstone in 2002, then mounted a longer tour in 2011; original members reappeared intermittently, including Mark Cook for several songs at one show. No formal breakup followed. Later activity centered on occasional concerts and reissues, while Taylor continued recording as a solo artist and working with the Lost Dogs and the Swirling Eddies. In 2025, the official site marked fifty years since Jubal's Last Band became Daniel Amos.

    9 releases reviewed