![]() The latest song to hit the airwaves is featured on both What I Was Made For and the compilation Absolute Modern Worship. It's great to be able to bring in that element and still sound like Big Daddy Weave." We're trying to find new ways to feature it, like with the bass sax, which has such a cool addition to what he's able to do with some of the heavier rock and roll stuff. We're definitely trying to figure out ways to use the same elements, like Joe and the sax. "In some ways it is a little more guitar driven, a little bigger, more rock and roll. "Musically I think as a band we've just grown," Jeremy says. He knows how to really bring out the best in us." In so many ways, he already knows what is inside my head. "When songs come to me, they come to me with things already in place-not just a chord progression and when the songs come, they already sound like Big Daddy Weave," says Mike. Working together was natural, say the two, and the band agrees that it was a perfect fit. Having produced together previously, Mike and Jeremy again took the helm as producers for What I Was Made For. In this case, something miraculous manifests itself in the soul-searching lyrics and dynamic musical performances on the band's latest release. In the middle of the abundant life He's promised, in the middle of even the worst parts of that, honestly, He can turn disaster into something miraculous." We can see how God drew communities together in our area. "At the end of the storm, making the album-I feel like all of us are at a better place than when we went into it. "But God is faithful," Mike says passionately. "It definitely put a halt on things-our worlds kind of went upside down there for a little while, in good ways and bad ways." "From a recording side, there were a lot of things that all came together at once that allowed our album to be postponed past our deadline, including the hurricane," says Jeremy. ![]() There, amidst the chaos, the band finished writing the songs for What I Was Made For, and laid down the tracks for the project. Rather than heading to Nashville to work on the album, Big Daddy Weave brought recording engineers down to their hometown. Unharmed, the Weavers' parents went to live with Jay and his new wife as they rebuilt, and the rest of the members of Big Daddy cleaned up damage to their own homes after the devastation. ![]() The violent storm leveled the Weavers' family home in Mobile, Alabama, stealing photos and memories and even ravaging the home office of Big Daddy Weave, which their parents maintain. They came up against a few obstacles-more specifically, one large obstacle that went by the name of Hurricane Ivan. Fields of Grace was the band's 2003 follow-up album, as the radio success continued with the hit title track from the project.īut when it came time to work on the band's third project, the five young men in Big Daddy Weave were really tested in the "trust and obey" category. A 2002 Gospel Music Association Dove Award nomination for New Artist of the Year started their career off with a bang, with hit singles like the upbeat "In Christ" and the worshipful "Audience of One," the band's first number one song (Christian Radio Weekly CHR chart). Their debut project, One and Only, quickly became a fan favorite, debuting in SoundScan's Christian Top 5, the highest debut for a new artist in 2002. With Jeff Jones on drums, Joe Shirk on sax and keyboards and Jeremy Redmon on guitar, Big Daddy Weave has found nearly seven years of touring and recording that have bonded them in a way that is just as close as brothers can be. The five guys from Big Daddy Weave have formed a family of their own, extending past the blood brotherhood of Mike and bassist Jay Weaver, who are the basis for the band's name. Their sold-out, committed relationship with God has carried them far, as has their bond with each other. We were made, not just to go do our own thing, but we were made for Him." The reason why we're walking and breathing and living on this earth is because of Him. "We were created-from Adam, in the beginning-to know and have a relationship with God. We write about all aspects of relationship with God," says Mike Weaver, lead vocalist and primary songwriter for the band. "Over the past few years and the other two Big Daddy Weave records, all of the subject matter is based on our relationship with God. ![]() Sure, it may be easy enough when things are going great-just witness the last few years of the band's career. Learning to "simply trust and obey" is a lot harder than it sounds, as the guys from Fervent Records' band Big Daddy Weave can tell you. ![]() Big Daddy Weave Bibliography: (click on each album cover to view tracks and Big Daddy Weave lyrics) ![]()
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