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| Glenn Kaiser | |
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 Glenn Kaiser playing at Cornerstone Festival (2004)
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| Background information | |
| Born | January 21, 1953 Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S. |
| Genre(s) | Blues-rock, Heavy metal, Rock, R&B (Early Days) |
| Occupation(s) | Musician, Pastor |
| Instrument(s) | Guitar, Harmonica, Lap steel guitar |
| Years active | c. 1965 – Present |
| Label(s) | Grrr Records |
| Associated acts | Resurrection Band Glenn Kaiser Band |
| Website | Glenn Kaiser Official site |
| Notable instrument(s) | |
| Fender Stratocaster Epiphone Sheraton Gibson Les Paul |
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Glenn Kaiser (born January 21, 19531) is a Chicago-based Christian blues musician, singer-songwriter, and pastor. He was the leader of Resurrection Band and is currently the leader of The Glenn Kaiser Band.
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Personal life
Childhood
Kaiser's older brother and sister left the house while he was still young2, and his parents divorced when he was nine years old. Kaiser was active in Milwaukee's music scene, starting at the age of twelve, and was a member of more than twelve bands, leading two, before reaching nineteen years of age3.
Glenn Kaiser was raised as a nominal Lutheran, and experimented in drugs before he became a born-again Christian, around the time of his eighteenth birthday23. He was quoted as saying: "Nothing else gave me so much happiness or sense of purpose until I asked Jesus Christ to come into my heart and become absolute Lord of my life2".
JPUSA
Kaiser joined and got involved in The USA Traveling Team of Jesus People Milwaukee (later renamed Jesus People USA [1]), where he met Wendi, his future wife. Wendi's brother, John Herrin, Jr., and Glenn later became members of the pastoral team before the age of twenty-five2. JPUSA is the community that organizes the Cornerstone Festival, at which Glenn Kaiser and Resurrection Band have played.
Later life
Glenn Kaiser married former Resurrection Band member, Wendi Herrin (born April 8, 19531), in June 19724. Glenn and Wendi have one son, Aaron, and three daughters: Rebecca (husband Matt), Heidi, and Amy (husband Brian)1. In 1994, Glenn Kaiser published a book, The Responsibility of the Christian Musician5.
Resurrection Band
Glenn Kaiser's most successful, and prominent band is Resurrection Band, which included his wife Wendi, Wendi's brother John Herrin, Roy Montroy, and Stu Heiss. It began in mid-December 1971 as a band of the Jesus People of Milwaukee (part of The USA Traveling Team). It was first known as "Charity" (the King James Bible term for "love"). It was a traveling team and was a mobile outreach of Jesus People of Milwaukee until the ministry disbanded in the summer of 1972. "Charity" changed it's name to "Resurrection Band" around March, 1972, and the band, as part of The USA Traveling Team left Milwaukee for the last time in early June of 1972. They performed on the road, loosely-based in Florida for a few months, and eventually calling Chicago home in early 1973 with Jesus People USA. Though many considered it "the devil's music2," Resurrection Band helped transform Contemporary Christian music toward blues and rock music. The band ended, after nearly thirty years, in 2000.
Discography
Resurrection Band
Independent Cassettes
- Music to Raise the Dead (1974)
- All Your Life (1974)
Studio Albums
- Awaiting Your Reply (1978)
- Rainbow's End (1979)
- Colours (1980)
- Mommy Don't Love Daddy Anymore (1981)
- D.M.Z. (1982)
- Hostage (1984)
- Between Heaven 'N Hell (1985)
- Silence Screams (1988)
- Innocent Blood (1989)
- Civil Rites (1991)
- Reach of Love (1993)
- Lament (1995)
- Ampendectomy (1997)
Live Albums
- Live Bootleg (1984)
- XX Years Live (1992)
Compilation Albums
- The Best of REZ: Music to Raise the Dead (1984)
- REZ: Compact Favorites (1988)
- The Light Years (1995)
- Music to Raise the Dead 1972-1998 (2008)
Glenn Kaiser Band
- Winter Sun (2000)
- Carolina Moon (2001)
- Ripley County Blues (2002)
- Blacktop (2003)
- GKB Live (2005)
- Octane (2008)
Solo and other albums
- Trimmed and Burnin' (1990, as Kaiser/Mansfield)
- Slow Burn (1993, as Kaiser/Mansfield)
- All My Days (1993)
- Spontaneous Combustion (1994)
- Into the Night (1995, as Kaiser/Mansfield/Howard)
- Throw Down Your Crowns (1997)
- You Made The Difference in Me (1998, Review: HM Magazine6)
- Time Will Tell (1999, Review: HM Magazine7)
- Blues Heaven (1999)
- No Greater Love (2002, as "Glenn Kaiser and Friends")
- Trimmed and Burnin' & Slow Burn (2002, as Kaiser/Mansfield)
- Bound For Glory (2006)
- Blues Heaven II (2006)
References
- ^ a b c "Resurrection Band Website biographies". Retrieved on 2007-03-23.
- ^ a b c d e Powell, Mark Allan [August 2002]. Encyclopedia of Contemporary Christian Music. Hendrickson Publishers, pp. 467-469. ISBN 1-56563-679-1.
- ^ a b "Glenn Kaiser Biography". Retrieved on 2007-03-23.
- ^ "Wendi Kaiser Biography". Retrieved on 2007-03-23.
- ^ Kaiser, Glenn (1994). The Responsibility of the Christian Musician. Chicago, Illinois: Cornerstone Press Chicago. ISBN 0-940895-22-6.
- ^ McGovern, Brian Vincent (July/August 1998). "Album Reviews: GLENN KAISER You Made the Difference in Me". HM Magazine (72). ISSN 1066-6923.
- ^ Van Pelt, Doug (July/August 1999). "Album Reviews: Glenn Kaiser time will tell". HM Magazine (78). ISSN 1066-6923.
Further reading
- Borden, Timothy (2002). "Resurrection Band", in DeRemer, Leigh Ann, ed.: Contemporary Musicians, Volume 36. Farmington Hills, Michigan: Gale Group, 176-178. ISSN 1044-2197. ISBN 0-7876-6026-4.
External links
- Glenn Kaiser Official website
- Glenn's testimony, from Cornerstone Magazine
- Grrr Records
- Rez Band Official website
- ChristianBlues.net
| Persondata | |
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| NAME | Kaiser, Glenn |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | |
| SHORT DESCRIPTION | Blues musician, singer-songwriter, pastor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 21, 1953 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States |
| DATE OF DEATH | |
| PLACE OF DEATH | |
