Album Of The Day: Dry Bones Dance by Mark Heard

Album Art of Mark Heard's Dry Bones Dance album - A man in a black cowboy hat and a black jacket is on the left side, playing a guitar. The man is in motion so the photo of him is a bit blurry, He has a brown beard and long brown hair and small circular, wire-rimmed glasses on his nose. Behind him can be seen a blue sky and a landscape of the western US, maybe Devil's Tower being visible off to the right over the top of his guitar neck. Handwriten in the top corner is the artist name in smaller yellow letters and the album title in slightly bigger letters.

Until a few years ago, honestly, I'd only heard of Mark Heard as one of those old-time artists of Christian music, since I only really started listening to music in earnest in 1998 and Heard passed away in 1992. And I'd heard a few covers of his songs by other artists such as Rich Mullins and a recent cover by Chagall Guevara. But a few years ago, I was able to get a copy of the remastered vinyl of this album and give it a listen. From a few listens, it's clear that Mark Heard was a classic folk-rocker. Though his sound is not exactly my favorite; it's a bit too country with lots of fiddle and maybe a bit too zydeco with a lot of accordion as well. But obviously he was a very talented musician and songwriter, mixing his thoughts on life with his beliefs and doing it all with a lot of energy. No wonder CCM Magazine listed this album number 29 in their Top 100 albums of all time list. It's not exactly my favorite album, but it's full of talent and passion and I should listen to more of Mark Heard's albums.

Release Year: 1990
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Album Art of Mark Heard's Dry Bones Dance original album artwork - Much like the original photo shown previously, this version has a more bright aqua blue sky. The handwritten artist name and title is more of a gold color and harder to make out.

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