I saw this guy live ,just him and an acoustic guitar and a bass player I think in the early eightys. It was at the Evangel Cathedral in Spartanburg SC. He got the whole place in tears! Including me. It was some of the most beautiful, powerful music I've ever heard. His name has stuck in mt head and now I just found him again while looking up Alex Degrassi! Awesome . What a talent this man is!
Thanks for posting this...it was fun to see this again. I'm the bass player in the video and Phil and I still see each other occasionally, and he's better than ever. A real nice man as well with a lot of integrity. Lee Nashville, Tn
One of the greatest finger stylist of all time...I haven't listened to him for years...dragged out some stuff....and then started searchin youtube today...this man is a monster...such a gift!!!
i saw phil keaggy about a year after this video was shot ... very much an excellent live performer had he been more secular in his music probably be on rolling stones top ten with clapton and hendrix and page but im sure he doesn't care about that sort of thing ...all true musicians know and respect him.
Yeah actually Keaggy won a grammy for guitarist of the year back in the day. He is highly respected among guitarists. As many know he is a very good classical player to boot. ~cg5
If there wasn't a video, I could still tell it was Phil Keaggy, even before the lyrics started. His style is unmistakable. I could sit and listen him all day. (..and I have quite a few times).
Hey everyone. I recall meeting Phil in his hometown and he had a superband with him then-Rick Kua (Cua?) on bass, Mr English on drums, awesome! Rick and Phil shared a solo where they interchanged and it was seemless and flawless. The drumwork was no less virtuous! Talking to him afterwards was a great blessing, he is as humble as he is good. God Bless You, Phil and thanks for all you have shared with us.
This is Phil with the 'Crossection' band he toured with in the fall of 1980 to promote his new release 'Ph'lip Side' on Sparrow Records. The bandmembers are: Curt Bartlett - guitar Jim DeLong drums Lee Jones - bass and Dan Murdoch - keyboards, and woodwinds (flute etc) The band was based in Kansas City, KS at the time and part of a growing fellowship there called Crossroads. They ended up being Paul Clark's band & backed him on records (A New Horizon etc) and on tours as well.
Thank you for posting this video! This is a treasure! Phil is a treasure! I thank God for artists who purposely use their talent not just for entertainment, but to direct our thoughts toward God's truth and light. He is skillful and glorifies God with his guitar and his words. Waiting for that "twinkling of an eye moment"....
Keaggy was the best guitarist of all time. I saw him in concert many times. Unlike anything I had EVER seen. Hendricks would have bowed to him if he had seen him. I am old obviously.
Man I look up to you, and all the things you guys did together. You are a wonderful bass player. I have followed you guys since I was 8 years old. I love Phil, and Mathew Ward
Had the great honor of working with Phil on a couple of items and must say he is the sweetest, most humble guy you can imagine. And he had his hair back then. :-)
Thanks for yor kind remarks. As for this video, it was almost certainly taped on Dec 9 1980 for the PTL Club. I played in the Orchestra for the show for several years and remember coming back to do the show with Phil while we on tour in the area. The quality is good because the gear at PTL was state-of-the-art for it's time. We had just got word the night before of John Lennon's murder and it was a bummer for all of us, especially Phil.
Flat out amazing!!! Time is one of my favorite Keaggy songs of all time, and to see it as it was performed live was quite the treat...thanks for posting, I don't think I'll get any work done today...replay...replay...replay!
Besides being one of, if not the most tallented guitarists ever, Phil is one of the nicest and most humble men you'd ever meet. I worked for a time at a little radio station in Orange County California when he came by with some record company folk for an album release event at the station. Phil took time out to roll on the floor and play with his young child right in the office, in the midst of the suits.
I haven't seen this video in a LONG time. I was born in '71 & seeing this video was my introduction to Phil. I'd love to find more. Music today just don't have the same feel. I was first into Amy Grant, Carman, Dallas Holm, Imperials, etc.
Not only the greatest guitar virtuoso who ever lived, but what an arranger, conductor, and choreographer! For a little man missing his middle finger, he is a giant.
Sheesh! When did the message of Christianity change from Jesus will be returning--better get ready....... to.....Jesus has a great plan for your life. Love the lyrics and musical integrity. And the chocolate brown turtleneck.
Phil is a humble man who doesn't want to be "known" Most of the people I talk to have absolutely no idea who he is and he wants it that way. In fact I applaud him for that. I believe the reason God has blessed him so is because he chose and chooses to remain a humble musician who chooses not to conquer the world with his guitar in the name of reaching the lost. But he chose not to go that route.
The drummer is Jim DeLong. Amazing now to see this and realize we had never played together with Phil until about 2 months earlier when we jammed with Phil in Jim's garage!
mfstew, you're right about the time and location. I was the bassist in the video, and this was recorded the morning after John Lennon was murdered, December 9th, 1980, Phil was very upset, as were all of us....I had played for about a year and a half in the orchestra on the PTL Club, and this was a bit of a homecoming for me, but a sad one because of the circumstances.
Sweet footage. I say this in Traverse City, Michigan, surely this same bunch. '77-'78 I believe, maybe earlier but I don't think. The local rock radio station carried an ad for the show for weeks prior, which featured a clip from TIME. As an old Keaggy fan, I never expected to hear Keaggy near my new town. He came back at least once again, with Rick Cua. Sure would love to hear him playing to those Cua tunes again. Now THAT'D be RARE!
I wish you would....I'm the bassist in the video and although I've got some great footage of 2nd Chapter of Acts and Matthew Ward when I played with them, I don't have any of Phil except a thing that came from a recent Master and The Musician date I did with him back in July. I'd love to see more! Lee Jones
I wish that a video of Phil Keaggy playing with a Band Called David and Second Chapter of Acts existed. I listen to that version of Time (on CD), and it still blows me away.
I just remember, mostly because I view the V H S tape often an interview of sorts that the host, Tom somebody had with the mixer of sound about that day. He said it was magical. I agree ty for the post. Quite possible on of the top favorite songs (10) of mine.
One of my most favorite Phil Keaggy songs, from the album "Love Broke Through". I also like his song "Little Ones", which speaks forcefully against the evil of abortion.
saw him play this last night at mountain christian here in md. it was the last night of the master and musician anniversary tour. Some old music puts you to sleep but it's still great music.
Phil's still one of the best imo in any genre of rock. i wish the album version didn't have all the horns and sounded like this. Great footage! This is still some of the best stuff by him besides the Glass Harp era imo. Such an awesome raw kinda vibe with a good fusion jazzrock influence in there.
His picking hand looks like a spider! Great inspiration for 9 fingered guitarist.And very probably one of the most gifted influencial muscians ever.Awesome footage! How can it be better than modern video? This video is almost flawless for being that old.Professional quality what,vhs? Thanks
Who is that drummer? Great groove! Keaggy, of course is awesome too. :-) Must have been one of the best live performances of 1980. I was in college then and don't remember anything else this good!
Hey Phil is a master musician, but, check out the rest of the band, they're all fanstastic ! ! complicated song, and they all hit it perfect from start to finish ! This is REAL music, the best ! ! !
Wow, if you've been listening that long, then you are likely aware of his early group called Glass Harp? I still have those functional 8-tracks...and they are awesome! Truly the birth of contemporary rock.
Curt Bartlett....great player. Also played with 2nd Chapter Of Acts in the 80's and worked with a lot of other people including Brenda Lee and Frieda from the group ABBA.
He is definetly a master at the guitar and I've only heard of him playing for Christian sponsors. However I once heard Phil Keaggy himself dispell the Jimmy Hendrix "Urban Legend".
@Jesusfreak7X77 : No I wasn't. I was a TV Master Control Operator who had access to the original videotapes and made a dub before all tapes at the station were ordered to be destroyed.
I think one of the main reason this song has survived and is his most requested is because he never plays it the same way twice. He is the king of improv , and he displays some incredible skills,like the volumes swells at 3:46 and that monster riff at 4:50. SMOKIN!
Whoa, forgot about this one. Love it! Phil was hailed by major Rock guitarists then as better than themselves!
Yeah, he’s sooo good man
I saw this guy live ,just him and an acoustic guitar and a bass player I think in the early eightys. It was at the Evangel Cathedral in Spartanburg SC. He got the whole place in tears! Including me. It was some of the most beautiful, powerful music I've ever heard. His name has stuck in mt head and now I just found him again while looking up Alex Degrassi! Awesome .
What a talent this man is!
WHOA! "Time" remains one of my all-time favorite Keaggy songs, and this rocks!
Thanks for posting this...it was fun to see this again. I'm the bass player in the video and Phil and I still see each other occasionally, and he's better than ever. A real nice man as well with a lot of integrity.
Lee
Nashville, Tn
One of the greatest finger stylist of all time...I haven't listened to him for years...dragged out some stuff....and then started searchin youtube today...this man is a monster...such a gift!!!
+poekneegurrl Not bad for a guy who partially lost one finger when a water pump severed it.
Best musician and singer I have ever seen or heard! Love you Phil, God Bless!
i saw phil keaggy about a year after this video was shot ... very much an excellent live performer had he been more secular in his music probably be on rolling stones top ten with clapton and hendrix and page but im sure he doesn't care about that sort of thing ...all true musicians know and respect him.
Yeah actually Keaggy won a grammy for guitarist of the year back in the day. He is highly respected among guitarists. As many know he is a very good classical player to boot. ~cg5
If there wasn't a video, I could still tell it was Phil Keaggy, even before the lyrics started. His style is unmistakable. I could sit and listen him all day. (..and I have quite a few times).
Hey everyone. I recall meeting Phil in his hometown and he had a superband with him then-Rick Kua (Cua?) on bass, Mr English on drums, awesome!
Rick and Phil shared a solo where they interchanged and it was seemless and flawless. The drumwork was no less virtuous!
Talking to him afterwards was a great blessing, he is as humble as he is good.
God Bless You, Phil and thanks for all you have shared with us.
Cua
This is THE MOST AMAZING guitar work I have ever heard. In my opinion, this man is simply the best guitarist ever. Listen for yourselves.
Always by far my favorite all time guitarist !!!!!!!
This is Phil with the 'Crossection' band he toured with in the fall of 1980 to promote his new release 'Ph'lip Side' on Sparrow Records. The bandmembers are: Curt Bartlett - guitar Jim DeLong drums Lee Jones - bass and Dan Murdoch - keyboards, and woodwinds (flute etc) The band was based in Kansas City, KS at the time and part of a growing fellowship there called Crossroads. They ended up being Paul Clark's band & backed him on records (A New Horizon etc) and on tours as well.
I went to high school with you and went to a few of your shows. You were amazing then and much more amazing now.
Thank you for posting this video! This is a treasure! Phil is a treasure! I thank God for artists who purposely use their talent not just for entertainment, but to direct our thoughts toward God's truth and light. He is skillful and glorifies God with his guitar and his words. Waiting for that "twinkling of an eye moment"....
TIME IS RUNNING OUT.....WHERE ARE YOU HEADED??
You are so awesome, Phil. I love this song.
The lyrics are deep.When your time runs out you better be ready.Great playing by Phil.I have always been a fan.
Keaggy was the best guitarist of all time. I saw him in concert many times. Unlike anything I had EVER seen. Hendricks would have bowed to him if he had seen him. I am old obviously.
to me, he still IS!
Phil's Les Paul sounds so sweet... I can't seem to get enough of this song.
What can anyone say - one of the finest in our generation!! Love ya Phil!
Truly one of the greatest guitar players ever, and this is one of the best songs ever written.
Man I look up to you, and all the things you guys did together. You are a wonderful bass player. I have followed you guys since I was 8 years old. I love Phil, and Mathew Ward
Great!
Like Keith Green in guitar virtuoso version.
Thanks for publishing this, bud!
Phil Keaggy is one of the best christian musician and guitarist of our time.
Great message and the music was pure. I would love one day to jam with Phil.
Thank you SO MUCH for posting this!! Any rare, older footage of Phil Keaggy is greatly appreciated!
Had the great honor of working with Phil on a couple of items and must say he is the sweetest, most humble guy you can imagine. And he had his hair back then. :-)
Thanks for yor kind remarks. As for this video, it was almost certainly taped on Dec 9 1980 for the PTL Club. I played in the Orchestra for the show for several years and remember coming back to do the show with Phil while we on tour in the area. The quality is good because the gear at PTL was state-of-the-art for it's time. We had just got word the night before of John Lennon's murder and it was a bummer for all of us, especially Phil.
Flat out amazing!!! Time is one of my favorite Keaggy songs of all time, and to see it as it was performed live was quite the treat...thanks for posting, I don't think I'll get any work done today...replay...replay...replay!
Besides being one of, if not the most tallented guitarists ever, Phil is one of the nicest and most humble men you'd ever meet. I worked for a time at a little radio station in Orange County California when he came by with some record company folk for an album release event at the station. Phil took time out to roll on the floor and play with his young child right in the office, in the midst of the suits.
This the all time favorite song from Keaggy... words of truth included :)
I haven't seen this video in a LONG time. I was born in '71 & seeing this video was my introduction to Phil. I'd love to find more. Music today just don't have the same feel. I was first into Amy Grant, Carman, Dallas Holm, Imperials, etc.
Best. Guitar. Player. Ever.
This video should be preserved in the Rock n' Roll Hall of Fame!!!
Not only the greatest guitar virtuoso who ever lived, but what an arranger, conductor, and choreographer! For a little man missing his middle finger, he is a giant.
Sheesh! When did the message of Christianity change from Jesus will be returning--better get ready....... to.....Jesus has a great plan for your life.
Love the lyrics and musical integrity. And the chocolate brown turtleneck.
Steven Rutledg
Phil is a humble man who doesn't want to be "known" Most of the people I talk to have absolutely no idea who he is and he wants it that way. In fact I applaud him for that. I believe the reason God has blessed him so is because he chose and chooses to remain a humble musician who chooses not to conquer the world with his guitar in the name of reaching the lost. But he chose not to go that route.
The drummer is Jim DeLong. Amazing now to see this and realize we had never played together with Phil until about 2 months earlier when we jammed with Phil in Jim's garage!
Thanks for the post; most rare and precious!
Thank you for posting this. I love this song. Thought provoking lyrics to say the least.
Awesome song and Phil is so talented!
mfstew, you're right about the time and location. I was the bassist in the video, and this was recorded the morning after John Lennon was murdered, December 9th, 1980, Phil was very upset, as were all of us....I had played for about a year and a half in the orchestra on the PTL Club, and this was a bit of a homecoming for me, but a sad one because of the circumstances.
The solo in this song is amazing!
I have been playing guitar for 20 years and Keaggy is untouchable. You can feel the alan holdsworh and michael bloomfield in him.
It don't get much better than this!
Sweet footage. I say this in Traverse City, Michigan, surely this same bunch. '77-'78 I believe, maybe earlier but I don't think. The local rock radio station carried an ad for the show for weeks prior, which featured a clip from TIME. As an old Keaggy fan, I never expected to hear Keaggy near my new town. He came back at least once again, with Rick Cua. Sure would love to hear him playing to those Cua tunes again. Now THAT'D be RARE!
one of the most talented and creative guitar players ever!
I wish you would....I'm the bassist in the video and although I've got some great footage of 2nd Chapter of Acts and Matthew Ward when I played with them, I don't have any of Phil except a thing that came from a recent Master and The Musician date I did with him back in July. I'd love to see more!
Lee Jones
I wish that a video of Phil Keaggy playing with a Band Called David and Second Chapter of Acts existed. I listen to that version of Time (on CD), and it still blows me away.
I just remember, mostly because I view the V H S tape often an interview of sorts that the host, Tom somebody had with the mixer of sound about that day. He said it was magical. I agree ty for the post. Quite possible on of the top favorite songs (10) of mine.
One of my most favorite Phil Keaggy songs, from the album "Love Broke Through". I also like his song "Little Ones", which speaks forcefully against the evil of abortion.
Absolutely a Master but also such a humble & Godly man!
man I love this vid and this song this is the best Keaggy footage on UA-cam
Thank you for posting this!!!
Yeah, he is amazing. I saw him a couple weeks ago on his Master and Musician tour. It was awesome!
perhaps the best piece of Phil Phootage I've ever seen
saw him play this last night at mountain christian here in md. it was the last night of the master and musician anniversary tour. Some old music puts you to sleep but it's still great music.
Phil's still one of the best imo in any genre of rock. i wish the album version didn't have all the horns and sounded like this. Great footage! This is still some of the best stuff by him besides the Glass Harp era imo. Such an awesome raw kinda vibe with a good fusion jazzrock influence in there.
This song is always tight!!!! I grew up on the vinyl album that my dad loves to smithereens
I think 3 or 4. I'll have to upload the others when I get a chance. This one was my favorite.
Thanks for posting! Its great to see some excelent video of PK on here.
:)
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he plays for the Lord phils an anointed guitar player he praises God with his instrument God is awsome Halleljah!!!!!!!1
His picking hand looks like a spider! Great inspiration for 9 fingered guitarist.And very probably one of the most gifted influencial muscians ever.Awesome footage!
How can it be better than modern video? This video is almost flawless for being that old.Professional quality what,vhs? Thanks
Absolutely Brilliant!!!!!
Talk about a stroke of luck, getting Phil Keaggy to your hometown on your birthday. I couldn't wish for a better birthday present :)
Who is that drummer? Great groove! Keaggy, of course is awesome too. :-) Must have been one of the best live performances of 1980. I was in college then and don't remember anything else this good!
Phil is far from being a terrible lyricist. Practically every single lyric he wrote is masterfully composed and very poetic as rudegurl20 pointed out.
Phil is the best! Great video.
Hey Phil is a master musician, but, check out the rest of the band, they're all fanstastic ! ! complicated song, and they all hit it perfect from start to finish ! This is REAL music, the best ! ! !
so great, i love the lick. and the second guitar palyer is also cool.
I'd love to see more 2nd Chapter of Acts and Keaggy videos!
Wow, if you've been listening that long, then you are likely aware of his early group called Glass Harp? I still have those functional 8-tracks...and they are awesome! Truly the birth of contemporary rock.
Thanks for posting.
Great post! Thanks for sharing!!!
Curt Bartlett....great player. Also played with 2nd Chapter Of Acts in the 80's and worked with a lot of other people including Brenda Lee and Frieda from the group ABBA.
He is definetly a master at the guitar and I've only heard of him playing for Christian sponsors. However I once heard Phil Keaggy himself dispell the Jimmy Hendrix "Urban Legend".
Paul's singing, John's lyricism, George's lead riffs, Ringo's Rhythm!
@Jesusfreak7X77 : No I wasn't. I was a TV Master Control Operator who had access to the original videotapes and made a dub before all tapes at the station were ordered to be destroyed.
I would have tried to buy some 1” tape and swap it out to save the original from destruction
this is one of phils best songs
Oh Man This is a great song.
Excellent...Thanks!!!
this dude can play! How great he uses it to God's glory!
Phil is a great guitarest!!!!!!!!!!!
I wore out "How The West Was Won" one of my all time favorites
I like the synth sound in the very beginning ... very cool.
Quite a nasty tone on the guitar!
The video was made in December 1980. I had a VHS tape made from the master video which was destroyed. I was surprised too how good it still sounded.
AWESOME!
God bless Phil
Nik
Is the drummer Jim DeLong ? You can hear future echos of the song " Sounds " hear in parts. Great performance !!!!!!!!!!
From Glass Harp up until present his talent amazes!
My favorite version of Time is on the How the West was One album, that version owns even this one!!!
I think one of the main reason this song has survived and is his most requested is because he never plays it the same way twice. He is the king of improv , and he displays some incredible skills,like the volumes swells at 3:46 and that monster riff at 4:50. SMOKIN!
It's an E-bow.
You hold it right above the strings and it makes the strings resonate eliminating picking and giving an almost bow sound to the guitar.
@Copterdl I am not entirely sure, but I believe it is him. The drummer is Jim Delong a personal acquaintance of mine.
Love the Kegster!!! especially in the early to mid 80s.
man,dude really rocks that flute.
Very nice, Take heed from this song. He will come in the twinkling of an eye. Are u ready. No one knows the hour.
AWSOME... Phil is simply superb... can someone lemme know where do I get some of his music?
django and phil...great examples of complee mastery of ones work due to limitations...i efin love it
the intro riff is so freakin sick.
Awesome guitarist worshipping the most Awesome God!