Music Mondays

The Smalltown Poets were part of the mid-90's generation of Christian musicians who were rising up to replace the old guard. Their self-titled first album garnered them two Grammy and multiple Dove award nominations. It was packed with quality songs and a few radio hits, like "Prophet, Priest, and King."

This was the first album I remember having additional features on it. When you popped it into your computer, it had some behind-the-scenes movies on it that seemed high-tech at the time. It also had a hidden track at the end, which became all the rage, at least in Christian music circles. Unfortunately, it appears as if no music videos were made of any of those first album songs.

This video is from their second album, Listen Closely. While they apparently have continued to exist as a band, the height of their success came at the beginning of their careers. Their work has always struck me as being underrated. While in high school, they came and played at Grace College and I had a second row seat at their concert that was essentially an 'Unplugged' event. I remember their keyboardist had a hand keyboard that you had to blow into to play. I remember they seemed like pretty cool people and included a question-and-answer session too.

Weird personal note, on the ride home from attending dc Talk's Supernatural concert in Ft. Wayne in May of 1999, this song got stuck in my head and I remember even singing it to myself. The concert had a great worship aspect to it, and after that personally exhilarating experience, this song felt like it just fit.