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September 16, 2005
Black Eyed Sceva and Model Engine........no one was like them!
This post on this site has brought back a lot of memories.
In 1995 I was standing in the cleared out sanctuary of a church waiting for the headlining Christian band to come up and play. Christian music, at least in the small band, alternative format, was in its prime, and there didn't seem to be one weekend that went by where there weren't Christian alternative bands playing in my hometown of Phoenix, AZ. But this night was different. Everyone came out to see the opening band, a local favorite, and between their set and the headlining act, almost everyone went home. Hundreds of kids left, and there were only a handful of us in the room. And I mean, probably 50-60 people.
We were waiting for this band that we had never heard of before, and we figured, well, we might as well stay around. Three guys walk up to the stage, and as they began to play, we knew that we had never heard anything like them before...from the music...and especially to the lyrics. It was a transformative show. And who was this band. Black Eyed Sceva, who went on to become Model Engine.
Their first album,
Way Before The Flood
was absolutely brilliant. I have played that album thousands of times. And Jeremy Post's lyrics are unbelievable.
That album was followed by,
5 Years 50000 Miles Davis
was also unbelievable.
And then that was followed up by,
The Lean Years Tradition
Obviously I am not giving you much as far as each album and what type of music it was, but I'm not much of a writer when it comes to talking about music. All I know is that this band, and these guys were unbelievable. They transformed the lives of many people through their music, and I have yet to find a band such as them. And Jeremy Post's lyrics...a course in Church history, theology, philosophy, literature and more. All I know is that they disappeared to soon, and I wish they were still playing.
Why am I writing this? Mainly because this link was sent to me by my good friend Aaron, and apparently I wasn't alone in my admiration of this band, or of Jeremy Post.
Posted by rhett at September 16, 2005 01:10 PM
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I found your link from Hugh Hewitt's site, impressive!
Posted by: Gregory Baron at September 16, 2005 04:09 PM
Rhett- I'm totally with you on this one. I was a "huge" BES fan. Brad and I (the bass player) had a few great conversations up at Forest Home where he visted a number of times when I was on staff. They and "Toad the Wet Sprocket" are two of my favorite things that came out of Santa Barbara. I'm going to flip it on Itunes right now.
Posted by: Lars Rood at September 16, 2005 04:58 PM
Don't forget blackeyedsceva.blogspot.com !!!
Posted by: Joe Webb at September 16, 2005 05:03 PM
thanks for the link. we're amazed not only at how many responses that post has elicited but also at how long that post has elicited responses. if i remember correctly, it was a post birthed from pulling out 50,000 miles davis on a night when i had some extra time on my hands. if i'd known so many BES/ME fans were going to come across it, i would have spent more time on it.
Posted by: eric at September 16, 2005 05:39 PM
Oh, Rhett!
How I remember that concert with you! Hands down, BES was the BEST Christian band around. Truly, the Christian market needs a rebirth of BES! Aaron, Sean, up to it? Rhett, how about being the manager?? :)
Wade
Posted by: Wade Myers at September 17, 2005 08:22 PM
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