David Crowder Band
David Crowder Band is a 6-piece electronic rock / worship band from Waco, Texas.
The band began as a result of David Crowder realizing that almost half of his fellow students at Baylor University, Texas were not attending church, which he found surprising given that it was a Christian college. He and Chris Seay started a church, University Baptist Church in 1996 while he was still a student. Crowder led worship there and continues to lead worship there throughout the year. The the church’s congregation grew, as did the band’s lineup. Tragically, his pastor of seven years, Kyle Lake, was electrocuted in the baptistry while performing a baptism (while handling a partially submerged microphone) during the Sunday morning service of October 30, 2005. He was taken to a nearby hospital and later died.
Crowder began writing songs to incorporate into the worship times at the church and eventually the church released an independent CD, Pour Over Me followed by All I Can Say in 1999. These CDs brought the band to a wider audience and invitations to festivals and events followed. The band was signed to Sixsteps/Sparrow Records and has released five more albums to date (Can You Hear Us, Illuminate, The Lime CD, Sunsets & Sushi, A Collision). The band tours the United States incessantly while still making it back to their home church in Waco, Texas, almost every Sunday.
With their latest release in September 2005, A Collision, David Crowder Band has explored a new realm of musical diversity. It houses a mix of bluegrass, folk, alternative, and worship. All of these genres are weaved together with a touch of electronic ambience. This release landed them the #2 spot on the iTunes Music Store and the #39 spot on Billboard 200 only one day after its release.
