Artist:Tree63
Song:Treasure
Album:Blessed Be Your Name: The Hits
Tree63 is a South African CCM band that moved to the US when they signed with one of the major CCM labels in 2000. After some success, they split up in 2008 and reunited in 2014. A new version of Tree63 was formed last year. Tree63 is from Durban, South Africa led by lead singer, songwriter and guitarist John Ellis. The other members were Martin Engel on bass and Darryl Swart on drums. The band didn't have a name when they formed in 1996. They decided to call themselves Tree. After releasing a couple of albums in South Africa, they moved to Nashville and signed with the CCM label Inpop. That label was owned by Australians so the move to the US was likely their idea. Ellis found that there was already a band called Tree. So he changed it to Tree63 after Psalm 63. Treasure is from their 2000 debut album Tree63. It did well on the Christian charts and so did the album. The album won a Dove award for Rock Album of the Year. Ellis wrote most of the songs including Treasure. The album was produced by Andrew Philip who played keyboards for Matt Redman at the time. Their other big hit was a 2004 cover of Matt Redman's Blessed Be Your Name from the album The Answer to the Question. By this time, Tree63 was Ellis, Daniel Ornelles on bass and Theunis Odendaal on drums. Frequent personnel turnover is never a good sign. And after two more albums, Tree63 split up and this comp was released. It's available as a budget CD. Ellis returned to South Africa and released a couple of solo albums. Tree63 reunited in 2014 for a music festival in South Africa. Ornellas and Swart returned and that version of the band self released an album in 2015. Ellis released a solo album in 2017. He has now reformed Tree63 with two new guys. They are currently on tour with plans to record after the tour is over. Here's the video for Treasure by Tree63.
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