David Crowder Has Been Known To Use An Instrument Called The Keytar

DAVID CROWDER

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David Crowder Band is a 6-piece electronic rock and worship band from Waco, Texas.

The band began when David Crowder from Waco, Texas, realized that almost half of the students at Baylor University were not attending church, which he found surprising since it is a Christian university.

He and Chris Seay started University Baptist Church in 1995 while he was still a student.

Crowder led worship there and continued to do so throughout the year. The church's congregation grew, as did the band's lineup.

Crowder began writing songs to incorporate into the worship times at the church and eventually the church released an independent CD, Pour Over Me, followed by All I Can Say in 1999.

These CDs brought the band to a wider audience and invitations to festivals and events followed. The band was signed to sixstepsrecords/Sparrow Records and has released six more albums to date.

The band tours the United States continuously, but make it back to their home church in Waco, Texas, almost every Sunday. It has been said that Kyle Lake, University Baptist Church's former pastor and also longtime friend of the band, had a strong influence on the band's music in terms of content and inspiration both during his life and after his tragic death.

With their September 2005 release, A Collision, David Crowder Band explored a new realm of musical diversity. The album houses a mix of bluegrass, folk, alternative, and worship, woven together with a touch of electronic ambience.

This release landed them the #2 spot on the iTunes Music Store and the #39 spot on Billboard 200 only one day after its release.

On the same day as the release of A Collision, their song "Turkish Delight" was released on the Music Inspired by the Chronicles of Narnia compilation CD. This song, which is a reference to the magical Turkish Delight in C. S. Lewis's book The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, has an old-school disco feel.

On March 19, 2007, the band officially started recording its newest album. Titled Remedy, the band also revealed the album's website, http://www.remedyiscoming.com/, which allows fans to follow the band via live webcams, and discover more about the album.

Famously controversial rock musician Ted Nugent made a special guest appearance on the album, on the song "We Won't Be Quiet". Remedy was released on September 25, 2007. The day after its release, it reached #4 on the iTunes Music Store.

According to Crowder himself, it is improper to refer to the band as "The David Crowder Band". The group prefers to omit the article, as they do not want to make the band appear so definitive and concrete as "The David Crowder Band".

The group may revisit this issue if other groups named "David Crowder Band" begin performing and may in fact, should that eventuality occur, insert "The Original" in front of the band's present appellation.

The addition of the asterisk (*) to the name (rendering David Crowder*Band) is a common occurrence evoking much mystery.

However, the band uses this convention only in some logos.

In text on their website and other media, the asterisk is omitted, which only adds to the lore.

It is uncertain what the asterisk denotes reference to, or what metaphorical annotation is intended.

The asterisk, however, can be seen on the David Crowder*Band music video "Foreverandever Etc...". No opinions on the asterisk's purpose are reliable at this point and time, although theories arise from time to time.

One theory is that it helps slow readers find their place if, while reading the name of the band, they must leave and then come back and somehow try to pick up where they left off.

Astute observers concerned with said asterisk have pointed out the similarity of the band's name to Dave Matthews Band, and along with Crowder's Matthews-influenced acoustic guitar riffs, have suggested the asterisk alludes to a long-standing joke about the band's creativity.

This is consistent with the band's writings, which have long-employed witty, subtle, and self-effacing humor. And while somewhat conjectural, yet the most convincing piece of evidence to surface pointing to the truth in this is the fact that the UBC Band's All I Can Say has thirty-four tracks.

With tracks twelve through thirty-three serving as silent filler tracks leading up to an acoustic rendition of "Come Thou Fount," an oft-overlooked mimicry of Dave Matthews Band's album Under the Table and Dreaming, which also has a total of thirty-four tracks, with tracks twelve through thirty-three serving as silent filler tracks leading up to the song known as "#34."

"A Collision" first existed as a Microsoft Word document that Crowder had put together from discussions with Kyle Lake.

David Crowder has been known to use a keytar, an instrument made famous in the 80's by bands like Devo, which has become a point of mention in DC*B's concerts.

During live performances of the hit single "Foreverandever Etc.", David Crowder often prompts the keyboardist to play the theme song from Super Mario Bros. as a nostalgic reference to the 1980's.

In recent live performances of the song ...neverending… from Remedy, Crowder plays a modified Guitar Hero controller, in which the buttons trigger guitar chords for the song. The guitar also has a small button on the side which triggers the Mario coin sound. They have also started to perform "We Won't Be Quiet" by singing through bullhorns.

Members of David Crowder Band are fond of using Wikipedia as a resource and Crowder & Hogan expressed surprise in the book "Everybody Wants to Go to Heaven..." at how accurate the information about the band is found on Wikipedia.

The band has a long-standing relationship with Tom Anderson of Anderson Guitarworks, who made a guitar specifically designed for and named after Crowder, known as the Crowdster.

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	Praise Habit: Finding God in Sunsets and Sushi By David-Crowder / NAV Press
If you think "praise" means singing a couple of songs on Sunday morning, Crowder believes you've missed the point. Reflecting on psalms from The Message Remix he introduces the concept of worship as a lifestyle. Learn to live in constant awe of God-and fulfill the purpose for which you were created.

291916: Everybody Wants to Go to Heaven, But Nobody Wants to Die, Revised and Updated Edition

Everybody Wants to Go to Heaven, But Nobody Wants to Die, Revised and Updated Edition
By David Crowder & Mike Hogan / Zondervan

Updated and expanded! Drawing from personal experience, Christian theology, the science of pain, and the sound of bluegrass music, Crowder and Hogan explore the complex relationship between life, death, grief, and community. Their often hilarious, always inspiring insights reveal that the end of life is not the ultimate calamity---it's the beginning of a greater joy! 256 pages, softcover from Zondervan.

	Feliz Navidad [Music Download] By David-Crowder / Word Records

	Doxology [Music Download] By David-Crowder / Word Records

	Everything Glorious [Music Download] By David-Crowder / Daywind

	To The Only God [Music Download] By David Crowder & Shane & Shane / Sony Music Distribution

	Oh For Joy By David Crowder Band / sixsteepsrecords
You've never heard these Christmas classics sung like this! Known for their creativity and originality, the David Crowder Band reinvents old favorites in their fresh interpretations of "Joy to the World"; "Go Tell It on the Mountain"; "Angels We Have Heard on High"; "O Holy Night"; "Christmas Sarajevo"; "O Come, O Come, Emmanuel"; "The First Noel"; and "Silent Night."

	Church Music CD By David Crowder Band / Sixsteps
An outstanding contribution to the body of hymns and songs believers have sung for 2,000 years! With their trademark energetic style, DC*B adds their voices to those Christians who came before in "Phos Hilaron"; "Alleluia, Sing"; "Eastern Hymn"; "All Around Me"; "What a Miracle"; "God Almighty, None Compares"; "Oh, Happiness"; and other original compositions.

	Give Us Rest (A Requiem Mass in C [The Happiest of All Keys]) By David Crowder Band / Emi Cmg Distribution
* Say goodbye to the old you and be transformed as the the blessed light of Christ leads you to new life! A powerful allegory in music and song, this requiem mass in C (the happiest of all keys) features "Lux Aeternam Shine," "God Have Mercy (Kyrie Eleison),"The Sound of Light," "The Great Amen," "Our Communion," "Because He Lives," and more. Two CDs.

	O For A Thousand Tongues To Sing, Accompaniment CD By David Crowder Band / Word Music
Word Tracks offers this digitally mastered, high quality track featuring a demonstration and performance tracks in three keys, with background vocals. Expertly mastered to sound most like the original artist track. Artist who originally made the song popular is listed for reference only. Lyrics enclosed.