Back to the Rock

After the last week, I know I could use something more fun, and I'll assume that's true of you the faithful reader as well.

So I embedded this YouTube video of the classic Christian rock band Petra, performing on the Beat the System tour, which would eventually become the Captured in Time and Space video/live album. This was before CDs and DVDs you know?

Watching lead singer Greg X. Volz reminded me of the time, a few years after this, while he was touring solo, that he was the feature act at youth camp. One year at youth camp, we got this fresh new act with their first album out called DC Talk. Another year, it was the legendary Volz doing the solo struggle.

Well, Volz was good, as you might expect, though nobody was dancing like they were with DC Talk -- 'round, round, spinning round, round.'

But I have always remembered less about his music and more about him playing frisbee football with us ... He might have had a second career there!

Anyway, in case you haven't heard, Greg X. Volz, Bob Hartman, Louie Weaver, Mark Kelly and John Lawry have reunited, are releasing a CD, going on tour and doing a live TBN show on Nov. 20.

The disc -- Back to the Rock -- are newly recorded versions of classic Petra songs with two new ones mixed in. The track listing is as follows: Adonai, Angel of Light, Back To The Rock, Bema Seat, Clean, Godpleaser, Grave Robber, Let Everything That Hath Breath (PraiseThe Lord), More Power To Ya, Rose Colored Stained Glass Windows, Too Big To Fail, Second Wind. So enjoy the nostalgia.