Album Of The Day: True Believer by Phil Keaggy

Album Art of Phil Keaggy's True Believer album - A photo of a middle-aged white man holding a shiny, silver guitar in an embrace, his arms around the body of the guitar and the neck up next to and above his head. The man is looking at the camera with a pretty blank expression and is wearing a brown jacket over a black turtleneck and a black beret on his head. He is bathed in a warm, orange-ish light, and behind him can be seen a beige wall which might be rusting in places or something, as there's dark brown marks in many places. At the top, the artist's name is printed in large letters, first name in orange and last name in blue. At the bottom, in much smaller letters, is the album name, first word in blue and the second word in orange.

Released on this day 30 years ago, this is Phil Keaggy's 18th studio album. Keaggy is one of the most talented guitarists in the world. In addition to beautiful instrumental acoustic and electric guitar albums, he also has recorded many rock/pop albums like this one, which is one of my favorites. The whole album is great, but my favorite part is the last 3 tracks: electric guitars and bagpipes on “Be Thou My Vision”, the all-out blues rock jam of “Have Mercy Lord”, and a celebration of life in “The Survivor”, including an epic coda jam. (Phil Keaggy remastered the anlbum and edited out the end jam from his version a few years ago, but that’s only on Bandcamp and the original is still widely available.) I’ve been loving this album for decades and continue to enjoy what Phil Keaggy puts out today.

Release Year: 1995
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