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DeGarmo and Key
DeGarmo & Key was a Christian rock band/duo formed in 1977 by Eddie DeGarmo and Dana Key.
The group is notable for having the first Christian rock album nominated for a Grammy award and the first American Christian group to have a video entered into MTVs rotation. They are also noted as being among the first groups to raise the level of technical excellence to match general market releases of the time.
While the group played blues based rock with a minor British progressive rock influence, they migrated to a more pop and rock style as time went on.
Some of their more notable hits include: "Destined to Win", "Let the Whole World Sing", "Six, Six, Six", "Boycott Hell", "Every Moment" and "Casual Christian". The group is also noted for their albums Streetlight (1986), D&K (1987), and The Pledge (1989). The group was nominated for seven Grammy Awards and five Dove Awards.
DeGarmo and Key disbanded in 1995.
DeGarmo played keyboards and sang background vocals (and occasionally lead), while Key played lead guitar and did the majority of the lead vocals. The other musicians at the time of formation in the late 70s were John Hamptone, David Spain, Max Richardson and Terry Moxley (drums) along with Joe Hardy and Ken Porter (bass). Later members included Tommy Cathey on bass (1982), Greg Morrow on drums as well as Tony Pilcher on rhythm and second lead guitar. Other musicians who have recorded or toured with DeGarmo & Key include Kenny Porter (bass), Kevin Rodell (drums), Chuck Reynolds (drums), Steve Taylor (guitar) (not related to another Steve Taylor, who is also a contemporary Christian artist) and Mark Pogue (guitar).
Eddie DeGarmo and Dana Key grew up in Whitehaven, Tennessee; a large neighborhood in South Memphis which is also home to Graceland. Key indicated in an interview that Elvis Presley was one of his earliest musical influences. Key and DeGarmo met in first grade at Graves Elementary. There is disagreement among sources as to when the pair formed their first band, Globe. It may have been during their fifth- sixth- or seventh- grade year at Graves or Hillcrest. While at Hillcrest High School, Globe had signed with Hi Records which was owned by Willie Mitchell at that time.
In 1972, DeGarmo - responding to an altar call from David Wilkerson at a Dallas Holm concert -and Key - witnessed to by DeGarmo in a janitor's closet - became Christians while seniors at Hillcrest High. They approached the other members in Globe wanting to change the direction of the band to Christian music. After much discussion, Key and DeGarmo parted with their bandmates as friends, leaving Globe at some point in 1972. The two put music on hold for a time and chose to do ministry work for Youth for Christ, along with opening a storefront coffeehouse. Influenced by Larry Norman's 1972 album, Only Visiting This Planet, they saw in Norman's work what they believed God could do through Contemporary Christian music. A decision was made to put together a trio which they called The Christian Band before changing their name to The DeGarmo and Key Band before their first commercial release. Youth for Christ loaned the band money to record a demo tape which contributed to them securing a contract with Lion & Lamb and releasing their debut album, This Time Thru, in 1977. The Straight On album, which showed a prog rock influence, followed in 1979, later making the critic's poll of the 100 best albums list published by CCM in 2001. The group's third album, This Ain't Hollywood released in 1980, became the first Christian rock album to be nominated for a Grammy for best Gospel performance, contemporary or inspirational. The album included a duet with Amy Grant, "Nobody Loves Me Like You Do".
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DeGarmo and Key
DeGarmo & Key was a Christian rock band/duo formed in 1977 by Eddie DeGarmo and Dana Key.
The group is notable for having the first Christian rock album nominated for a Grammy award and the first American Christian group to have a video entered into MTVs rotation. They are also noted as being among the first groups to raise the level of technical excellence to match general market releases of the time.
While the group played blues based rock with a minor British progressive rock influence, they migrated to a more pop and rock style as time went on.
Some of their more notable hits include: "Destined to Win", "Let the Whole World Sing", "Six, Six, Six", "Boycott Hell", "Every Moment" and "Casual Christian". The group is also noted for their albums Streetlight (1986), D&K (1987), and The Pledge (1989). The group was nominated for seven Grammy Awards and five Dove Awards.
DeGarmo and Key disbanded in 1995.
DeGarmo played keyboards and sang background vocals (and occasionally lead), while Key played lead guitar and did the majority of the lead vocals. The other musicians at the time of formation in the late 70s were John Hamptone, David Spain, Max Richardson and Terry Moxley (drums) along with Joe Hardy and Ken Porter (bass). Later members included Tommy Cathey on bass (1982), Greg Morrow on drums as well as Tony Pilcher on rhythm and second lead guitar. Other musicians who have recorded or toured with DeGarmo & Key include Kenny Porter (bass), Kevin Rodell (drums), Chuck Reynolds (drums), Steve Taylor (guitar) (not related to another Steve Taylor, who is also a contemporary Christian artist) and Mark Pogue (guitar).
Eddie DeGarmo and Dana Key grew up in Whitehaven, Tennessee; a large neighborhood in South Memphis which is also home to Graceland. Key indicated in an interview that Elvis Presley was one of his earliest musical influences. Key and DeGarmo met in first grade at Graves Elementary. There is disagreement among sources as to when the pair formed their first band, Globe. It may have been during their fifth- sixth- or seventh- grade year at Graves or Hillcrest. While at Hillcrest High School, Globe had signed with Hi Records which was owned by Willie Mitchell at that time.
In 1972, DeGarmo - responding to an altar call from David Wilkerson at a Dallas Holm concert -and Key - witnessed to by DeGarmo in a janitor's closet - became Christians while seniors at Hillcrest High. They approached the other members in Globe wanting to change the direction of the band to Christian music. After much discussion, Key and DeGarmo parted with their bandmates as friends, leaving Globe at some point in 1972. The two put music on hold for a time and chose to do ministry work for Youth for Christ, along with opening a storefront coffeehouse. Influenced by Larry Norman's 1972 album, Only Visiting This Planet, they saw in Norman's work what they believed God could do through Contemporary Christian music. A decision was made to put together a trio which they called The Christian Band before changing their name to The DeGarmo and Key Band before their first commercial release. Youth for Christ loaned the band money to record a demo tape which contributed to them securing a contract with Lion & Lamb and releasing their debut album, This Time Thru, in 1977. The Straight On album, which showed a prog rock influence, followed in 1979, later making the critic's poll of the 100 best albums list published by CCM in 2001. The group's third album, This Ain't Hollywood released in 1980, became the first Christian rock album to be nominated for a Grammy for best Gospel performance, contemporary or inspirational. The album included a duet with Amy Grant, "Nobody Loves Me Like You Do".