Tag: Steven Soles

Soles is well known as a member of Dylan’s Rolling Thunder Review. Us in the Christian music scene probably know him best as a member of The Alpha Band. When the Alpha Band broke up in 1979 Stephen started a solo career. This album is the first of two solo albums from him. I’ll be honest when I sat down to listen to this one I wasn’t very excited about listening to it. The opening track “Touch The Power” really sucked me in and got me excited. I would say the album is evenly split between up tempo and low tempo tracks. I actually really liked this album and I didn’t expect to. Fellow Alpha Band member David Mansfield provides electric guitar for the album and if you want to hear his skills and hear the best track on the album listen to “Shake The Dust”. It has a great 70’s Dylan feel. Anyway this is a definite must hear. If your likes lean very early 80’s I’m pretty sure this one will enter your regular rotation.

Tracklist
1 – Touch The Power – 2:34
2 – The Healer – 3:50
3 – Lead Me To Water – 3:21
4 – The Witness – 3:49
5 – The Promise – 3:59
6 – Shake The Dust – 3:07
7 – Can I Get An Amen – 2:33
8 – Heartbroke And Happy – 5:23
9 – I Found A Love – 2:58
10 – If You Believe – 2:14

Credits
Acoustic Guitar, Vocals – Steven Soles
Backing Vocals – Jude Johnstone, Wendy Matthews
Bass Guitar – Jerry Scheff
Drums – Ron Tutt
Guitar, Violin, Dobro – David Mansfield
Percussion, Handclaps – Geoffrey Hales, Jude Johnstone, Larry Hirsch, Ray Vaughn, Wendy Matthews
Photography By – Ray Vaughn
Producer – Steven Soles
Recorded By, Engineer, Mixed By – Larry Hirsch

Companies, etc.
Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Sangre Productions
Copyright © – Sangre Productions
Copyright © – Specific Gravity Music
Published By – Bug Music Group
Distributed By – Word, Inc.
Recorded At – City Recorders Studios
Recorded At – Reggie Fisher Recording Studio
Recorded At – Paramount Recording Studios
Mixed At – Paramount Recording Studios
Lacquer Cut At – Kendun Recorders

Steven Soles may be the most accomplished artists in CCM that very people had ever heard of. Soles was member of Bob Dylan’s famous “Rolling Thunder Revue” tour in 1975 and, along with a few friends were one of those who shared the Gospel with Dylan. Two other band members, T-Bone Burnett and David Mansfield, started the famed Alpha Band and released three amazing albums. He has also gone on to perform on albums by Dylan, T-Bone Burnett, Peter case and Elvis Costello. After The Alpha Band disbanded he recorded two solo projects for the Christian market. Both were widely critically acclaimed if not necessarily widely received. The better of those two is Walk By Love. Using a light reggae rhythm throughout the world music influence set him apart from anything else in the Christian Music world. Lyrically straight forward and yet very smart and original. The title track should have been a hit if not for the suspicious nature of Christian radio and refusal to play music that didn’t fit the normal scheme of things even if it was directly commercial.

Contributor David Lowman – https://ccms500bestalbums.wordpress.com/

Tracklist
1 – Walk By Love – 3:44
2 – Shepherd Of The Valley – 3:29
3 – The Last Round Up – 5:07
4 – Joy In All – 2:43
5 – The Talents – 4:32
6 – Let Him In – 3:17
7 – Standing In His Power – 3:35
8 – Love Come To You – 3:59
9 – Light Of Lights – 3:20
10 – Walk By Love (Reprise) – 1:29

Credits
Bass, Vocals – Jerry Scheff
Engineer – Bobby Macias, David Goldstein
Flute, Saxophone – Marco Macisso
Guitar, Mandolin – David Mansfield
Guitar, Vocals – Steven Soles
Keyboards, Vocals – Danny Timms
Photography, Art Direction, Design – Herbert Wheeler Worthington III
Producer – Steven Soles
Recorded By, Percussion – Larry Hirsch
Vocals – Jude Johnstone, Tommy Funderburk, Wendy Matthews
Vocals, Drums – Ron Tutt

Companies, etc.
Distributed By – Word Records (2)
Published By – Good News Records
Phonographic Copyright (p) – Good News Records
Printed By – Shorewood Packaging
Made By – Shorewood Packaging
Copyright (c) – Specific Gravity Music
Copyright (c) – Dunamis Music
Copyright (c) – Nophir Music
Copyright (c) – Arthur Buster Stahr Music
Recorded At – Monterey Sound Studios
Mixed At – Paramount Recording Studios