The Master and the Musician

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The Master and the Musician
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Studio album by Phil Keaggy
Released 1978
Recorded June-August 1978
Hedden West Studio
(Shaumberg, Illinois)
Genre Instrumental music, Christian music
Label NewSong
Producer Phil Keaggy
Phil Keaggy chronology
Emerging
(1977)
The Master and the Musician
(1978)
Ph'lip Side
(1980)
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The Master and the Musician is the title of the first entirely instrumental album by guitarist Phil Keaggy, released in 1978, on NewSong Records. It was later reissued, with a bonus track, on Myrrh Records in 1989.

Phil Keaggy American musician

Philip Tyler "Phil" Keaggy is an American acoustic and electric guitarist and vocalist who has released more than 50 albums and contributed to many more recordings in both the contemporary Christian music and mainstream markets. He is a seven-time recipient of the GMA Dove Award for Instrumental Album of the Year, and was twice nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Rock Gospel Album. He has frequently been listed as one of the world's top-three "finger-style", as well as "finger-picking", guitarists by Guitar Player Magazine readers' polls.

Myrrh Records US music record label; imprint of Word Entertainment

Myrrh Records, also known as Myrrh Worship, was an American Christian music record label. According to Encyclopedia of American Gospel Music, the label was instrumental in developing a popular following for contemporary Christian music as the label that first published music by Barry McGuire, 2nd Chapter of Acts, Randy Matthews and Nancy Honeytree. The label is also known for serving as the first label for popular Christian crossover singer Amy Grant, who joined the label in 1977. She stayed with Myrrh until 1999.

Contents

Track listing

All songs written by Phil Keaggy, unless otherwise noted.

Side one

  1. "Pilgrim's Flight" – 2:22
  2. "Agora (The Marketplace)" – 3:26
  3. "The Castle's Call" – 0:47
  4. "Wedding in the Country Manor" – 3:20
  5. "Suite of Reflections" – 5:45
  6. "Golden Halls" – 5:13
  7. "Mouthpiece" – 1:18
  8. "Follow Me Up" – 4:05
  9. "Jungle Pleasures" – 0:55
  10. "Deep Calls Unto Deep" – 3:52
  11. "Medley: Evensong / Twighlight / Forever Joy" – 7:05
  12. "The High and Exalted One" – 1:48
  13. "Epilogue / Amazing Grace" (bonus track on 1989 reissue) – 8:56

Personnel

Production notes

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