Friday, June 14, 2013

Friday, June 14, 2013

WEEKEND!
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ARTIST OF THE DAY
Jars of Clay



Jars of Clay formed in 1994, when Dan Haseltine and Charlie Lowell became friends at Greenville College. By the end of 1995, few had not heard their breakout song Flood. Ever since, this college rock band has pursued their art form with relentless touring, recording and writing.

While Jars of Clay's legacy as great songwriters is cemented, their latest album The Shelter is something a little different. They wanted something new to push their sound and their message past the wall of their own comfort zone. So they grabbed their friends who happen to be amazing song-writers and performers and got some fresh new ideas for song writing and recording. Making cameos as performers and/or song writers on The Shelter: Laura Story, Phillip LaRue, Mac Powell, Amy Grant, Brandon Heath, Leigh Nash, TobyMac, and more!

Blood:Water Mission: Lead singer Dan Haseltine visited Africa in 2002, which in turn inspired the founding of Blood:Water Mission, a non-profit organization created to raise awareness and money for the poverty and AIDS stricken regions of the continent.  The name is derived from, as Haseltine says, "The two things Africa needs most" - clean blood and clean water. B:W kicked off the 1000 Wells project, an effort to have a thousand new wells built throughout Africa and just last year they met their goal of providing clean water to 1,000 African communitiest.  Former Bassist for Jars of Clay Aaron Sands serves as Administrative Director for the project.

Discography:
Jars of Clay
Drummer Boy EP
Much Afraid
If I Left The Zoo
The Eleventh Hour
Furthermore and Who We Are Instead
Redemption Songs
Good Monsters
Christmas
Closer EP
The Long Fall Back To Earth
The Shelter
Under the Weather EP
Inland (Due out August 2013)

Album: Inland (Due out August 27th)

Twitter: @jarsofclay

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Video: Dead Man (Live from Under the Weather)



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