Song:You Get Me
Album:The Ultimate Collection
ZOEgirl was a very successful CCM girl group. Their music is standard pop rock except all the lyrics are based on scripture. I think their music blurs the lines between religious and secular music. But there was never an attempt to cross them over to pop. ZOEgirl is from Nashville. Norman Miller who manages Avalon and other CCM acts decided in 1999 he wanted to form a girl group. He knew Alisa Girard's family. She is the daughter of Chuck Girard of the 70s CCM group Love Song. Once Alisa agreed to form a group, Lynn Nichols was hired to help put the group together and produce the album. He was a long time member of Phil Keaggy's band and he has produced plenty of CCM acts. They brought in Kristin Swinford who had been in a jazz group. They wanted a third member. So Kristin called her friend Chrissy Conway and they signed with Sparrow Records. They wanted to call themselves ZOE but that was already taken so they settled on ZOEgirl. All three wrote songs and sang. After topping the CCM chart with the 2001 single With All Of My Heart, they decided to go for a more mature pop sound with the 2003 album Different Kind Of Free. Veteran CCM producer Tedd "Tedd T" Tjornhom was brought in to help. Most of the songs were written by all three girls along with Nichols and Tjornhom. You Get Me reached #2 on the CCM charts. Chrissy wrote the song with her husband James Katina from the CCM group The Katinas. After one more album, ZOEgirl split up. You can get all their hits on this 2CD comp. All three have raised families. Alisa released a 2007 solo album and then formed Girard with her sisters and nieces. They released one album. Chrissy and Kristin formed the group COLMANblue with Kelli Trontel. They released a single and toured with The Katinas. But they split up after Kristin had a difficult but ultimately successful pregnancy. In a 2011 interview on The Brian Mason Show, ZOEgirl announced plans to record a lullaby album. That never happened and it looks like all three are retired from the music business. Chrissy runs a photography business. Here's the video for You Get Me by ZOEgirl.
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