Phil Keaggy

Phil keaggy，1951年出生于美國俄亥俄州，10歲便開始彈吉他，1970年僅19歲的Phil keaggy開始出唱片，至今天為止已經(jīng)出了超過50張唱片已經(jīng)精選集，還有很多單曲已經(jīng)電吉他，木吉他的教學(xué)video…… 　　十幾歲時Phil keaggy開始組建搖滾樂隊，他的樂隊叫Glass Harp，在此期間Phil keaggy在各種場合進行了表演，包括酒吧，學(xué)校，教堂，舞廳，以及參加一些音樂節(jié)……也許是年少輕狂，使他心里產(chǎn)生一些消極的東西，Phil keaggy在組樂隊期間染上了毒癮開始吸毒，1970年的某一天由于吸毒過量差點導(dǎo)致死亡，而就在這一天他的父母出了嚴重的車禍，母親因為傷勢過重而去世，突然其來的打擊使Phil keaggy變得成熟了，他認真悔改了自己的罪過，開始戒毒，在此期間成為了一個虔誠的基督教徒，并且Phil keaggy的音樂風(fēng)格也隨之變化了，他做的音樂不再是早期的搖滾風(fēng)格的東西了，而是偏向福音音樂以及new age風(fēng)格的東西. 　　同年改過自新的Phil keaggy實現(xiàn)了多數(shù)音樂家的夢想—-在紐約著名的卡耐基音樂廳進行演出，此后Phil keaggy的事業(yè)一帆風(fēng)順，多次得到格萊美提名并獲得7次Dove Awards，多次獲得一些權(quán)威雜志和機構(gòu)評選出的年度最佳吉他手……同時他充滿個性的演奏也影響了一些更加年輕的吉他手……他的最常用的吉他是世界超頂級的手工吉他品牌Olson吉他(著名的吉他大師Leo Kottke,Chet Atkins,James Taylor也是這個牌子的愛用者),而且他還是個效果器大師,做出的效果估計會讓很多電吉他手傻眼,而且唱歌超好聽.
Phil Keaggy is an excellent all-around guitarist who has been a part of the CCM scene for over two decades. Born and raised in Ohio in a Catholic family of ten, Keaggy always loved music and spent hours listening to such singers as Johnny Ray and Elvis Presley. He began imitating the latter as young as age four. Keaggy was also exposed to other kinds of music and became well versed in classical. His first guitar was a late-'50s Gretsch Anniversary model; at age ten his father bought him a Sears Silvertone, and by the end of fifth grade, he was playing in front of his entire school. Three years later, Keaggy was playing professionally with the Squires. He and his longtime friend, drummer John Sferra, founded Glass Harp in the late '60s when he was in the eleventh grade. They soon became known as one of the most innovative power trios around, even though they were never together long enough to break through commercially. They had a contract with Decca, toured the country several times, and had a growing base of devoted fans, many of whom were knocked out by Keaggy's lightning-fast guitar riffs and experimental sounds. At their pinnacle, Glass Harp was opening for such major acts as Iron Butterfly, Yes, Traffic and Chicago.
It was a lot of fame to be heaped upon such young musicians, and it being the late '60s, Keaggy was exposed to and partook of his share of drugs. His life changed dramatically on February 14, 1970. While lying in a hotel room suffering from a bad LSD trip, his parents were involved in a head-on auto crash back in Ohio. His mother died soon afterward, and this spawned a crisis for Keaggy that led to his becoming a born-again Christian. In the early '70s, Keaggy took to testifying before bewildered Glass Harp listeners after their concerts.
He left Glass Harp in 1972 and the following year recorded his first solo album, What a Day. He then spent many years working with a Christian fellowship and married. Since then, Keaggy has released well over thirty albums earning critical acclaim for both his virtuosity on guitar and his songwriting, which ranges from the Beatlesque pop of Sunday's Child to more subtle intrumentals. He occasionally gets back together with the other members of Glass Harp for reunion concerts and continues to release solo projects including Roundabout in 2006.