Tag: Paul Q-Pek

Paul Q-Pek – Touch The Ground – 1996

One of the great crimes of 1996 or any other year for that matter was the fact that this amazing record went relatively unnoticed in Christian Music circles. Paul, after leaving his ground breaking band, One Bad Pig, went in a whole new direction musically and one that should have afforded him great success. As the initial release for Dez Dickerson’s (Prince) Absolute Records, Touch the Ground is filled with Peter Gabriel like ethereal whirlwinds of sheer sonic pleasure. It was right smack in the middle of modern music at the time and was easily safe enough even for Christian radio. Paul’s gravelly voice is a pure delight and the content is spot on both musically and lyrically. This album is still in my Zune and the title track and cover of Howard Jones’ “Things Can Only Get Better” have worn extremely well with age. Was it the album cover of a shaved head Paul in a casual suit that threw people? I understand his One Bad Pig following not coming for the ride, but really! Anyway this is a serious AYSO and it’s not too hard to find if you look.

Contributor David Lowman – https://legacyccmsgreatestalbums.wordpress.com/

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Tracklist
1 – Touch The Ground – 4:03
2 – Things Can Only Get Better – 4:15
3 – Bring Jesus To Me – 4:49
4 – I (Surrender) – 4:51
5 – All Over You – 6:01
6 – Sea Creature – 9:08
7 – If I Were President – 4:36
8 – Capitol Hill – 5:16
9 – Blessed Are The Broken – 4:35
10 – Open The Door – 5:07
11 – Phileo – 6:52
12 – There Is No One Like You – 6:07

Credits
Backing Vocals – Dan Hatcher, Donna Lee, Doug Beiden, Jimmy Marks, Mark Pogue, Mike Bottello, Steve Gruber, Tina Keil, Troy Johnson
Bass – Brent Milligan, Paul Chapman
Bass, Guitar, Backing Vocals – Dez Dickerson
Choir – The BC & M Singers
Drums – Chester Thompson, Dan Needham
Guitar – Brian Wooten, David Zaffiro, Kirk Henderson
Piano – Roger Ryan
Producer – Mark Townsend, Paul Q-Pek, Tedd T
Producer, Executive-Producer – Dez Dickerson
Programmed By [Programming] – Dan Muckala, Mark Townsend
Programmed By [Programming], Organ – Tedd T
Saxophone – Mark Townsend, Marty Paoletta
Trumpet – Eric Beck
Vocals, Backing Vocals – Paul Q-Pek

Companies, etc.
Distributed By – Diamante Music Group
Recorded At – 9070 Studios, Brentwood, TN
Recorded At – Channeland Studio, Nashville, TN

The Paul Q-Pek Band – Demo – 1987

Now I’m going to preface this “review” is that I have always had questions about the sincerity of the Piglets. I still don’t know if they were serious or were mocking the entire industry. This demo is part of my evidence. Paul Q-Pek obviously had a love for alternative music as indicated by this demo before One Bad Pig and his solo album later on. In both of these albums he leaned more to alternative. It should also be noted that piglet drummer Phillip Owens was also on this album. While this demo was incredibly rare one of the tracks made it onto Doug Van Pelt Cool Tunes album. As I understand it this track, Kingdom Come, was extremely well liked. Anyway I absolutely love this demo. It ha a great sound for 1987 and I would have eaten it up back in the day. Apparently there are more demos out there and I hope we can find them. I apologize in advance for the sound quality or lack thereof. I did my best to clean up this copy of a copy of a cassette.

Tracklist
1 – Truth Be Told – 4:05
2 – Kingdom Come – 3:47
3 – Mrs. Lowery – 0:31
4 – Tear Down The Walls – 4:26
5 – Boxes – 2:04
6 – The Healing – 6:12

Credits
Paul Q-Pek – Lead vocals, guitar, keyboards
Sam Nunes – Bass, vocals
Michael Willoughby – Keyboards, vocals
Phillip Owens – Drums, vocals
Maury Millican – Guitar on “Tear Down the Walls”
A bunch of strange people taking up space in the studio – The “Hey, Hey, Hey, Hey!” Chorus