| The Wind and the Wheat | ||||
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| Released | January 1987 | |||
| Genre | Christian, new-age, instrumental | |||
| Label | Colours, A&M | |||
| Producer | Phil Keaggy | |||
| Phil Keaggy chronology | ||||
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The Wind and the Wheat is the title of a 1987 instrumental album by guitarist Phil Keaggy, released on Maranatha! Music's Colours imprint. The album won the 1988 GMA Dove Award for Instrumental Album of the Year. [2] It was remastered and re-issued in 2013. [3]
All songs were written by Phil Keaggy, unless otherwise noted.
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