Artist:Rachel Rachel
Song:Carry On Wayward Son
Album:Way to My Heart
The all girl CCM band Rachel Rachel had brief success with this 1991 cover of the Kansas classic Carry On Wayward Son. They only recorded two albums so they weren't around for very long. They seemed to have a close relationship with the popular CCM band White Heart. The idea for this band came from bassist Jennifer York. She started out playing bass in seventh grade. In the 80s she worked as a talent coordinator for awards show producer Pierre Cossette Productions and as an assistant producer at Good Morning America. Then she worked at CCM radio station WWDJ in Hackensack, NJ. and that gave her the inspiration to get into music. So she moved to Los Angeles and played bass in an all girl band at Disneyland. When that job ended, she decided to form Rachel Rachel with Cheryl Jewell on lead vocals, Heli Sterner on guitar, Brynn Beltran on keyboards and Jennifer "Sparky" Sparks on drums. A demo got the attention of White Heart guitarist Billy Smiley and he got them a record deal with Word's Dayspring label. He also produced Rachel Rachel's 1991 debut album Way to My Heart. The band wrote most of the songs on the album. But they did a video for their cover of the Kansas classic Carry On Wayward Son. And that got them a lot of attention. I know what you're thinking. Kansas is not CCM. Well, actually they were CCM before it was marketable. And Kansas members have gone on to produce CCM bands. The guitar solo is by Dann Huff of White Heart. He appears in the video too. And he has gone on to have a career as a Nashville producer and studio musician. Way to My Heart is available as a digital download. Rachel Rachel toured with White Heart. They recorded a second album. But they were urged to move to Nashville but they wanted to stay in Los Angeles. Jennifer left Rachel Rachel and went on to be a traffic reporter for Los Angeles TV station KTLA. Then she formed an all female jazz band that played Los Angeles clubs. They released an album in 2006. Brynn Beltran married White Heart's Mark Gersmehl and they have released four albums as Soulbreather. Here's the video for Carry On Wayward Son by Rachel Rachel.
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