![]() ![]() Their best-known tunes, which also include "I Need You," "Ventura Highway," "Don't Cross The River," "Tin Man," "Lonely People," and "Sister Golden Hair" were cornerstones of 1970's Top 40 and FM rock radio. America's journey has found them exploring a wide variety of musical terrain. Forty plus years later, these friends are still making music together, touring the world and thrilling audiences with their timeless sound. Founding members, Gerry Beckley and Dewey Bunnell (along with former band mate, the late Dan Peek) met in high school in London in the late 1960s and quickly harmonized their way to the top of the charts on the strength of their signature song "A Horse With No Name." America became a global household name and paved the way with an impressive string of hits following the success of their first #1 single. Credit Card sales only.Īmerica, the perennial classic-rock favorite, is continuing to celebrate its 50th Anniversary with their powerful performances. Venue is an outdoor stadium, and the event is rain or shine.Ĭoncessions serves beer, wine, and snacks available for purchase. Now available for groups of 12 or more guests! Loeb Stadium has limited seating for two and four person tables in the beer garden and on the concourse level and Suite 205-Indoor!īuy the whole table or share with another party. ![]() Credit or debit card only for beer and concession sales. He should have stayed in America.TICKETS available online | $29, $49 & $69 plus fees You know what? There is a God - perhaps that is the last thing the Almighty would want to happen to pop music! Still, songs like "Divine Lady" on a record with such an overtly sexual album cover seem a bit crass. The melody and positive-thinking sentiment could have sent the tune to number one and ushered in tons of imitation Christian singer/songwriters. Indeed, one might even venture the opinion that Peek failed the Lord by not staying in the band America and performing this tune with them. It is serious, it is magical, it should have been the biggest Christian rock crossover hit. There is a tremendous track here, the rose among the thorns, and that is the title song, "All Things Are Possible." Co-written by Peek and Christian, it is a moving, sweeping, captivating pop tune. ![]() Producer Chris Christian was being touted as a big deal in the '70s and early '80s, but he never crossed over - the redundant name is a bit cloying. It doesn't feel like his relationship to the Lord is that of a student handing the teacher an apple to get a better grade. One can only wonder what God almighty thinks of some of these sappy tunes written in his honor! Wouldn't these artists glorify Him by utilizing their talents to come up with entertaining records that have thought-provoking lyrics - lyrics that change the world for the better? "I Have to Say Goodbye" works because the God stuff is toned down. "You're My Savior" sounds just like America, it is just that the lyrics are a bit sappy. MCA's Songbird and Firewind Records imprints reissued this album sometime after the original Lamb & Lion release, and the music has merit. Musically it is top-notch "Hometown" could have fit nicely on The Beverly Hillbillies, with its banjo and hoedown snap. The imagery looks better suited to the television program Queer as Folk than a Christian album. Peek appears with open shirt on the front and back covers, a light blue scarf around his neck over the deep-blue mountainous terrain. Here's the problem with this sweet and well-constructed album of pop songs - it seems to lack sincerity in its aim for the mass market. All Things Are Possible was originally released on the Christian label Lamb & Lion Records, after Dan Peek left the safety of hit group America to become a religious artist. ![]()
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