MERCYME (AUD-2disc-iRiver)

2007-09-13
USA-Puyallup, Washington-Puyallup Fair Main Stage

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SETLIST:
01 Intro & The Star-Spangled Banner (#)
02 Ted Brown Guitar Giveaway (#)
03 No More No Less
04 Here With Me
05 In The Blink Of An Eye
06 'Nothing is too big for God, Amen. (Ted Brown Fake Winner) (#)
07 Hold Fast
08 Word Of God Speak
09 You Are Holy ('Let it Reign in Washington Tonight' version)
10 Prayer & Talk of the new record: 'All That Is Within Me' (Out November 20) (#)
11 Sanctified
12 Introduction Of 'god With Us' And Baby Crying At The Puyallup Fair (#)
13 God With Us
14 'That Should Blow Your Stinkin' Mind' (#)
15 Bring The Rain
16 I Can Only Imagine
17 ## ENCORE BREAK ##
18 Band Introduction (And The Aweful Off-Beat Clapping Of Puyallup) (#)
19 One Trick Pony
20 I Won't Back Down (Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers)
21 So Long Self

(#) Less Rock... More Talk Track

LENGTH: 87:37
DATE: Thursday, September 13, 2007
RECORDED BY: OasisDouglas (www.oasisdouglas.com | trades@oasisdouglas.com)
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NOTES: This is a state fair recording taped from the (free) grandstands, so please expect lots of talking, laughing, singing, babies crying, and a general vastness in the sound. Also during track #2 there was a autographed MercyMe guitar raffle that people could enter by sending a text message to the local radio station Spirit 105.3. Upon sending the text message, I received an instant reply from Spirit 105.3 that the winner would either be called on the phone or receive a text message if they won. Well... I thought it might be funny to send my wife a text message, so I sent: "Congrats, you won the Ted Brown Guitar from Spirit 105.3". You will hear her reaction on the beginning of track #6 after reading the text message, as well as her reply to me when I tried to point to her phone where it shows the sender. (which was me) I still laugh out loud when I think of it.
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WEBSITE:
http://www.mercyme.org/

MYSPACE URL:
http://www.myspace.com/mercyme

THE PUYALLUP FAIR HOME PAGE:
http://www.thefair.com/

MERCYME ARE:
Bart Millard - vocals
Nathan Cochran - bass guitar
Michael (Mike) John Scheuchzer - guitars
Robin (Robby) Troy Shaffer - percussion
James (Jim) Philip Bryson - keyboards
Barry Graul - guitars

THE MERCYME STORY:
The result of a praise and worship band experience, MercyMe was formed in 1994 by Bart Millard, Jim Bryson, and Mike Scheuchzer. Millard and Bryson met while working on a missions project overseas. The two agreed to start a new band in Oklahoma City with Scheuchzer, whom Millard already knew. It didn't take long for the band to build a solid fan base and they soon found themselves opening up for bands such as Audio Adrenaline.

Following a move to Nashville, Tennessee and then back to Millard's hometown in Texas, the band added bassist Nathan Cochran and percussionist Robby Shaffer to the roster. The band signed with INO Records in 2001 and released their first album, Almost There, which propelled them into the mainstream spotlight with the smash hit "I Can Only Imagine". The album went on to sell more than 2 million records in only three years and earned the band an American Music Award nomination.

In 2002, the band released their popular second album, Spoken For, which produced two more Top 10 hits. The combined success of the band's first two albums garnered a nomination for the Favorite Contemporary Inspirational Artist at the American Music Awards.

In 2004, MercyMe released Undone which produced two Top 10 hits: Here With Me which also hit Bilboard's Top 100 chart that same year, and In The Blink of an Eye which, as of the end of 2005, was at #5 on R&R's top Christian hits. This album also features the song Homesick, which also received notice by Christian and mainstream stations. This song was written in dedication to loved ones that the band had lost that year.

Since then, MercyMe has released one more album Coming Up To Breathe in 2006. While this album keeps to the same style and appeal of its predecessors, Bart Millard wrote that the band was not seeking to meet its previous popularity, but rather a more personal album that was written for God. Despite this conviction, MercyMe's eleventh album has hit no. 13 on the Billboard charts and features the hits So Long Self, Coming Up To Breathe, and Hold Fast.

On November 20 of 2007, MercyMe is expected to release their newest studio project entitled All That Is Within Me[1]. In September of 2007, MercyMe will begin a tour that will feature Shane & Shane, Monk and Neagle, and Aaron Shust.
(MORE at - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MercyMe)

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