Song:Alarma
Album:Our Personal Favorite World Famous Hits
The pioneering CCM band Daniel Amos have been around since the 70s because they are adept at changing their sound to reflect musical trends. This 1981 song Alarma sounds like New Wave music from that era. So they are very durable. Daniel Amos are from Los Angeles. Terry Taylor is the lead singer and main songwriter. Taylor was in several Jesus Music bands in the early 70s. One of them Jubal's Last Band auditioned for Marantha! Music. There was a band with a similar name at the audition. Both bands agreed to change the name to avoid confusion. Daniel Amos got that record deal. Other members were Jerry Chamberlain on lead guitar, Steve Baxter on keyboards, Marty Dieckmeyer on bass and Ed McTaggart on drums. Daniel Amos released their debut album in 1975. The band's early albums were a mix of country and rock. Baxter was replaced by Mark Cook. Marantha dropped Daniel Amos after two albums. They decided they didn't want to be in the Jesus Music business and stick to easy listening music. They signed with Larry Norman's Solid Rock label in 1978 but the album Horrendous Disc wasn't released until 1981. Meanwhile Daniel Amos toured with singer songwriter Randy Stonehill. Taylor produced several Stonehill albums. The 1981 album Alarma was on Gary Paxton's NewPax label. It was the first of a series of albums known as The Alarma Chronicles. By 1984 Daniel Amos was a trio with Taylor, McTaggart and Greg Flesch. That's the band today. They released several albums on Frontline in the 80s. And when things slowed down in the late 80s, Taylor formed the spinoff band The Swirling Eddies. Taylor also recorded solo. Daniel Amos returned in 1991 and since then they have released albums on their own label. Frontline released this comp in 1998. The band is still around. They last recorded in 2013 but Taylor has been releasing their back catalog as special edition CDs. Here's Daniel Amos performing Alarma at Cornerstone C2K in 2000. The video quality is OK but it's poorly directed.
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