AMY GRANT
Gary Chapman, Michael W. Smith

all images © Chuck Bryant

Through the 1980's I found most of Amy's material enjoyable enough as pop music. For my tastes the 1988 Lead Me On album made a decisive leap upward. More than ever the challenges of maturing faith showed the wear and tear of rubbing up against abrasively complex questions, darker textures, grappling with doubts and ambiguity, fatigue from the struggles of real life. In short it reflected some aspects of how my own faith continued evolving. And thank goodness, Brown Bannister's production finally tried exploring at least slightly beyond the pop format, letting a talented band show their chops occasionally, stretching out here and there.

In concert that December, the Lead Me On tour enjoyed a rich complement in a superb lighting production. The often exquisite enhancements impressed me even more in that they all came forth without relying on the market's growing excess of lasers and extravagant special effects. I even made it a point to tell the lighting director what a great job he'd done. I enjoyed Miami's Thursday night show so much that Friday after work I drove over three hours to Winter Park to see it again.

Gary held center stage for a few tunes from his solo album

Michael and the band did double duty, performing as the opening act
before returning to the stage to back Amy

I'm pretty sure this was the evening's closer, "Say Once More"

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