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Ep. 147 - MAC POWELL of Third Day ("Call My Name")
Ep. 147 - MAC POWELL of Third Day ("Call My Name")
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Length:
70 minutes
Released:
Aug 18, 2020
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Podcast episode
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ABOUT MAC POWELLMac Powell is best known as the lead singer of the contemporary Christian band Third Day, which sold more than 12 million albums in the US, earned two dozen Gospel Music Association Dove Awards, and won four of the eleven Grammy awards for which they were nominated. Powell was a writer on most of Third Day’s singles, nearly 20 of which hit #1 on Billboard’s Christian charts. These include “Nothing At All,” which was also a Top 40 hit on the rock charts; “Alien,” “Sky Falls Down,” “40 Days,” and the gold-certified single “Cry Out to Jesus”—all of which won Dove Awards for rock song of the year; as well as the church standard “Your Love Oh Lord,” “Sing a Song,” “Mountain of God,” “Revelation,” “Born Again,” I Need a Miracle, the gold-certified “Soul on Fire,” and “Call My Name,” which was subsequently covered by Keith Urban. In addition to his work with Third Day, Powell has released four albums, either solo or with his group Mac Powell and the Family Reunion. He is an inductee into the Georgia Music Hall of Fame alongside fellow Songcraft guests including Mac Davis, Bill Anderson, William Bell, and Emily Saliers of Indigo Girls. American Songwriter Podcast Network
Released:
Aug 18, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode
Titles in the series (100)
Ep. 5 - JEFF SILBAR ("Wind Beneath My Wings"): Though best known as the Grammy-winning co-writer of the contemporary standard “Wind Beneath My Wings,” Jeff Silbar has appeared in the Top 40 on Billboard’s Pop, Country, and Adult Contemporary charts a total of 28 times. With deep roots as both a songwriter and a music publisher in Nashville and Los Angeles, his songs have been recorded by a diverse range of artists, including John Cougar Mellencamp, Fleetwood Mac, Kenny Rogers, Alabama, Dolly Parton, Gregg Allman, Leon Russell, Lou Rawls, Reba McEntire, Willie Nelson, and many others. In addition to winning Song of the Year awards from the Academy of Country Music, the Country Music Association, and the Recording Academy, he has received more than thirty ASCAP performance awards. by Songcraft: Spotlight on Songwriters