Big Tent Revival

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What Would Jesus Do? 05:10 Tools
Two Sets of Jones' 04:32 Tools
Choose Life 03:16 Tools
The Best Thing 04:45 Tools
If Loving God Was A Crime 04:26 Tools
Mend Me 03:06 Tools
Here With Me 03:56 Tools
Livin' Off Your Love 03:56 Tools
Thief In The Night 03:39 Tools
What I Want For Christmas 02:49 Tools
Personal Judgement Day 02:42 Tools
Star In The Book Of Life 03:09 Tools
Faith Of A Little Seed 03:38 Tools
One More Song 03:59 Tools
Respect Yourself 03:32 Tools
Famine or Feast 03:36 Tools
God Made Heaven 04:22 Tools
Way It Ought To Be 03:10 Tools
Letting Go 03:20 Tools
Psalm 72 03:48 Tools
Live For You 04:20 Tools
Still Breathing 03:39 Tools
Jesus Is Your Friend 04:09 Tools
Thing Called Jesus 03:32 Tools
Fill Me With Your Spirit 03:33 Tools
Count On You 02:50 Tools
The Ballad Of Arlis Richards 04:41 Tools
I Worship You 03:32 Tools
Where's The Passion 03:24 Tools
Message From The King 02:28 Tools
Long Time Comin' 03:14 Tools
Love Me Like You Do 03:38 Tools
Jimmy 03:33 Tools
Lovely Mausoleum 03:58 Tools
Will You Be Mine 03:29 Tools
Now Is The Right Time 03:41 Tools
Wouldn't It Be Cool 04:22 Tools
Someday (Time and Space) 04:52 Tools
Somethin' 'bout Jesus 02:22 Tools
Hope for America 03:59 Tools
Ready, Steady, Go 03:41 Tools
The Word of God 04:08 Tools
Please Forgive Them 03:24 Tools
You Are 04:04 Tools
Real Thing 02:09 Tools
My Guitar 02:32 Tools
West Memphis Lawyer 05:04 Tools
Rivalry 04:00 Tools
Come On People 02:42 Tools
The Great American Novel 04:53 Tools
Thanks 10:32 Tools
Livin' Off Your Love (Live Album Version) 10:32 Tools
The Weight (feat. Mac Powell & Bart Millard) 01:10 Tools
Choose Life (Karaoke Version) 03:12 Tools
Flight 605 04:00 Tools
Chevrolet Away 03:55 Tools
Mend Me (intro) 01:01 Tools
Mend Me (live) 04:21 Tools
Some Day (Time and Space) 04:54 Tools
Under The Moon 03:30 Tools
Mend Me (Live Album Version Intro) 01:01 Tools
Little Good Love 03:27 Tools
Lost Boy (from album "The Way Back Home") 03:41 Tools
The Best Thing (Live Album Version) 07:08 Tools
Lost Boy 03:41 Tools
Open Up Heaven (feat. Vince Gill) 04:18 Tools
Gracefully 04:00 Tools
W.W.J.D. 05:25 Tools
[Untitled Track] 03:55 Tools
Doghouse 02:58 Tools
Bigger Than Love 04:52 Tools
The Weight 04:47 Tools
I'm Letting Go 03:22 Tools
Love Will Make It Strong 03:09 Tools
Revival 04:01 Tools
Mend Me - Live Version 04:19 Tools
Somethin' 'bout Jesus (Live Album Version) 04:19 Tools
Mend Me (Live Version) 04:19 Tools
If Loving God Was A Crime (Live Album Version) 04:01 Tools
Open Up Heaven 05:11 Tools
Choose Life (Live Album Version) 04:19 Tools
Two Sets of Jones' (Live Album Version) 05:11 Tools
Two Sets of Jones' (Karaoke Version) 04:50 Tools
W.W.J.D. (What Would Jesus Do?) 05:11 Tools
Livin' Off Your Love - Live Album Version 03:55 Tools
[Hidden Track] 03:55 Tools
Mend Me - Live Album Version 03:12 Tools
Two Sets of Jones' - Karaoke Version 04:50 Tools
Choose Life - Karaoke Version 03:12 Tools
Two Sets of Jones' - Live Album Version 03:12 Tools
Live For You (Live Album Version) 03:55 Tools
Star In The Book Of Life (Live Album Version) 03:48 Tools
Something 'Bout Jesus 05:11 Tools
Come On People! 02:43 Tools
What Would Jesus Do? - Live Album Version 05:25 Tools
Personal Judgement Day - Live Album Version 02:54 Tools
I Worship You (Live Album Version) 03:12 Tools
What Would Jesus Do? (Live Album Version) 03:12 Tools
Lovele Mausoleum 03:48 Tools
Mend Me (Live Album Version) 03:48 Tools
Something Bout Jesus 05:25 Tools
Star In The Book Of Life - Live Album Version 03:48 Tools
I Worship You - Live Album Version 05:20 Tools
Choose Life - Live Album Version 04:08 Tools
Somethin 'bout Jesus 04:50 Tools
Two Sets Of Jones' (Karaoke) 03:14 Tools
Somethin' 'bout Jesus - Live Album Version 02:22 Tools
Mend Me - Live Album Version Intro 01:02 Tools
Best Thing 04:50 Tools
Two Sets Of Jones' (bonus accompaniment track) 04:50 Tools
Choose Life (bonus accompaniment track) 03:14 Tools
O Come, All Ye Faithful - Live Album Version 01:29 Tools
If Loving God Was A Crime - Live Album Version 04:51 Tools
Live For You - Live Album Version 06:37 Tools
Personal Judgement Day (Live Album Version) 03:14 Tools
Some Day (Time & Space) 01:02 Tools
Somethin' Bout Jesus 03:14 Tools
WWJD 03:14 Tools
This Is The Word Of God 04:47 Tools
What Would Jesus Do- 05:11 Tools
What Would Jesus Do? (Album Version) 05:11 Tools
Big Tent Revival - Thief In The Night 05:11 Tools
Word of God 05:11 Tools
The Best Thing - Live Album Version 07:09 Tools
Somethin' ‘Bout Jesus 07:09 Tools
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(courtesy of Ardent Records) Discography Greatest Hits (2002) Big Tent Revival LIVE (2001) Choose Life (2000) Amplifier (1998) Open All Night (1996) Big Tent Revival (1995) Few bands in any genre can claim a Grammy nomination for every album they have recorded. Big Tent Revival is one such band. But even with three critically acclaimed albums, numerous Dove and Grammy nominations, and a slew of #1 radio hits to their credit, they insist that the accolades, while affirming, are not the reason the band exists. Driven by a desire for musical excellence and spiritual maturity, Steve Wiggins (guitar/vocals), Spence Smith (drums), Randy Williams (lead guitar), Steve Dale (bass), and David Alan (keyboards), hit the road for 200+ dates per year for one single purpose—to tell the world about Jesus. Whether they are speaking to 5000 kids in a packed out concert hall, or having a quiet conversation over coffee at the local Waffle House, inevitably they will challenge their audience to Choose Life. Meeting at the corner booth at Merridee's Restaurant to discuss their recently completed fourth album, Wiggins, Smith, and Williams joke about a variety of "guy things" before settling into a battle of who has the best "scar story". Wiggins wins with a hilarious tale of how he got stitches in his cranium. But, true to their calling, even jokes about scars soon evolve into a discussion about Jesus. "The great thing about scars is that they remind you of what not to do," Wiggins says. "Whatever you did that cut you, it didn't just heal—it left a remembrance. Our scars are defining moments in our lives, and we are often known by our scars. When you think about Christ, we are known by His scars." "We work in an industry where people try to only show the perfect side of all these artists," he continues. "But if we've learned one thing, it's that people don't relate to your perfection. They might admire it and give it a 'golf clap.' They might say, 'Wow, you are so cool. You sure are holy.' But they won't relate to it." People relate to your imperfections, to the struggles you go through in life, to your scars. If we were perfect we wouldn't need a Savior. We, as a band, try to be vulnerable enough to show the world our scars." This is a generation that needs to grow up, and shoulder some responsibility, Wiggins insists, but with close to 50% of marriages failing, they have no paradigm on which to build. On Choose Life, Wiggins draws from his experience as a husband and father to craft songs that speak to the needs of a fatherless generation. "There are a lot of people out there with no father figure," Wiggins continues. "But even if you don't have a father who is prominent in your life, there is a Father in heaven. And you are not bugging Him when you come to him with your problems. He truly loves you and he embraces you—not as a step-child, not as an orphan in need of sympathy, but as His child." Wiggins addresses this lack of a father figure in "Livin' Off Of Your Love," an energetic, acoustic rock number that is all the more memorable because of the seriousness of its message. "I was an orphan/ Alone and wild/ You said come to me just like a child." It is a message Wiggins says he, along with hundreds of thousands of kids can relate to. "I didn't grow up in a broken home," Wiggins confesses. "But I grew up in a breaking home, "Wiggins says of his parents' divorce, which occurred after he was an adult. "My parents stayed together for the kids, which is noble in theory, I suppose. But if you are going to make the commitment to stay together and hate each other for the next 20 years, you might as well make the commitment to stay together and love each other." "The purpose of this disclosure of feelings and information is not to bash my parents," Wiggins insists. "And it is not like God wanted our parents to divorce so we could relate to kids who are going through the same thing. But He can recycle the trash in our lives, and what Satan intends for bad, God will turn for good. And that all leads up to this record. Choose Life. This is serious stuff. It is a choice. It is a decision. Either you follow or you don't." Wiggins and the rest of Big Tent Revival readily admit that hurting and healing are heavy topics to address from a rock 'n' roll platform. So when they went into the studio to record their latest project, they made sure they had plenty of time for prayer and Bible study before each recording session. It was a policy that paid huge dividends in both the spiritual life of the band, and in the emotionally charged lyrics of their album. Choose Life, Big Tent Revival's fourth release, delivers a twelve-song statement of faith wrapped in a rambunctious, acoustic rock that defies you to stay in your seat. And while Choose Life explores some weighty issues—topics like the Fatherhood of God (Livin' Off Your Love), salvation by grace, through faith, as an act of your will (Choose Life), the inspiration of the Bible (This Is The Word Of God), and evangelism (One More Song)—it never lets you forget that rock 'n' roll is supposed to be fun! "That's What I Want For Christmas" features some first-class boogie and "Will You Be Mine" is a sweet, if somewhat raucous, Valentine from Wiggins to his wife, Misti. Although Big Tent Revival thrives on ministering to their audience, they also recognize the necessity of receiving ministry and spiritual authority in their lives. "For me, it was born out of wanting to personally connect with the leaders of my church," Randy Williams adds. "I just felt like I needed to bring my gifts and who I am under their authority." Williams' meeting with the leadership at his church resulted in not only in both a personal grounding and a pastoral covering for his ministry, it also resulted in a group of intercessors that pray regularly for Big Tent Revival. "That's something we have never had before," Williams muses. "But when you think about it, it is kind of frightening to do the things we do and not be prayed over." Wiggins believes this season of both mentoring and being mentored, spills over into Choose Life. "I think there is a reason God brings us through different stages of maturity" he says. "When He talents you as a musician or a songwriter, it is because he wants you to express what He's brought you through. With Choose Life, I believe He wants us to tell people what He has brought us through. We can either encourage them as they go through the same thing or we can warn them so that maybe they don't have to go through it." Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.