Sweet Comfort Band-Calvary Chapel Costa Mesa Maranatha Concert 1978-1980
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- Опубліковано 30 лис 2016
- Get ready for a trip back to the Saturday night concerts that changed a lot of lives. I was a 21 year cameraguy with big dreams of showing these concerts to the world (still am one after all these years if you need some corporate video done :) Well world, here you go and God Bless you!.
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Bryan Duncan is one of the very best vocalists of all time. So glad he uses it for God’s glory.
Amen. He still was incredible 3 years ago when i met him. Seen him at least 5 times over the years.
He sings at New Creation Church in Perris, CA every Sunday if you want to hear him sing again RC.
Searchin For Love (album version) has THE BEST guitar solo ever. Have never figured out of it splits into a guitar duet or if a Harmonix guitar pedal was used. The song is timeless and could be played on any radio station or at any music venue and still receive lots of luv from the audience!
@@garyr3058 I'll ask him when I see him this coming Thursday and let you know.
Bryan has always been my favorite vocalist who, had he been a secular artist, would have been recognized world-wide. But sadly, as was the truth with most Christian artists - some who spoke openly about this - found the Christian labels and management did very little to promote them and allow them to express their talents beyond the scope of their limited approval requirements. And even still, as new artists came - they no longer saw the light of day.
Think about it this way, in secular music the artists have their songs played perpetually, 50 years later some of them, but some very profound Christian artists - those who impacted lives then - get nothing now.
It's very sad music you are listening to hear is relegated to a free UA-cam channel. I'm thankful for it, but it is still a very sad reality.
I was save walking the isle at Calvary Chapel Costa Mesa in the early 80s on a Friday night at a concert listening to bands like this!!
SCB was so far ahead of their time. Truly one of the greatest bands in the world at the time. Amazing talent.
They'll never be a band like them
Thank you for sharing c: It’s nice to see my dad playing the drums and my uncle jamming on the bass. Wow, my dad was 24 here!
Sara ask your dad about a flute player he was in a band with and with your uncle before sweet comfort.I was honored to be that flute player to play with your dad and your uncle with a lady named Peggy Dave on guitar and Bob probert..I bet he would remember .I saw them 13 years after.our band broke up we were all in in Riverside CA at this Baptist church Dave Spicer on guitar just remembered:)
Please, ask to your family put all the álbuns on streaming!!
How cool to know! SCB was one of my all-time favs. Creative and profound, yet simple lyrics. Truth with talent!
How cool!
Are they still active in the industry it would be cool to hear some of their stuff
Such a phenomenal group that was way ahead of their time musically! So great to see such an amazing visual time capsule.
I'm only 19 years old, but it was last semester at Regent university where I fell in love with this band. Many people at the YMCA across the street appreciate it when I play the Sweet Comfort band on the speakers at the pool. I listen to their music on my way to class, back to my dorm and while I'm working. This is awesome.
Which regent university? Thanks.
Wow, the first live performance I see of my all-time favourite CCM group. They were just way before their time.
Wow, a perm!!!
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I listen to them all time still! In fact, just today! I actually forgot this was Bryan Duncan singing. But WOW, he sounds exactly like he sounds live! What a super talented singer!! Not many can replicate that same sound live. LOL he admitted to not getting along with the band all time. OH Lord.
In the late 70's early 80's, Christian Artists didn't write songs like these. SCB was WAY ahead of their time. They sound like Kansas, Chicago, Eagles all rolled into one, IMO. Bryan Duncan has the greatest tenor voice EVER!
Too true, in my opinion they still are
Holy Shamoly - that is BRYAN DUNCAN!!! Wow... lol he changed his image in the hot 80's heheh
@@donovanphoenixdarkdirk5853 lol! Right?!
I agree. Just a handful are as solid as this band.
This is live-no help from a studio. An amazing gift. We also can claim Matthew Ward & Keith Green. ⭐️
Great performance in every sense. It’s not like they were ahead of time.... the Music of 70 and 80 are by far the best up to 2022. Brian Duncan was a special singer and musician.
A few years after SCB was no more, I saw Brian singing on his own also with Phil Keaggy. I was just a new believer. I had also just seen 2nd Chapter of Acts.
How blessed I was to come into the Kingdom at least on the tail end of the great 70’s. Thank you Jesus.
What a lineup. I saw B. Duncan in Pueblo, CO, long after his SCB era.
I saw second chapter of VAX and Silverwind and Ferrell and Ferrell and I saw Brian Duncan solo one time back in the day. I remember I got to go to the concert to second chapter of acts the very day that Keith Greene died.
I think that was what happened. They announced it at the show.
I just ran into this sweet comfort band a day or two ago. I never heard this. I can’t believe how good this is.
Memories! SCB was awesome and packed the church! I was saved at this church and it was the concerts that got me in the door and exposed me to the gospel and whet my appetite to seek out more about Jesus. Chuck Smith’s Biblical teaching eventually led me to the Lord. Thanks for posting this memory maker.
hello there,how are you doing?
Oh, the memories! March 28, 1981, at Calvary Chapel Costa Mesa. This stokes my fervor for Jesus Christ just listening to it almost 40 years later! The fruit that band produced from using their talents to preach the gospel will not be completely known this side of eternity.
Well, no Spirit infused preaching and its effects will be known this side of eternity, no?
I was at this concert. I taped it, as they used to play it live on the radio. Listened to it for years. Great to stumble across it again.
One of my all-time favs! Bryan Duncan - Kinda of Michael J Fox -ish.... in appearance lol
So many great bands performed at CCCM, I was there most Saturday nights.
A trend setting group and I’d Legendary for that time precious.
Amazing voice and randy thomas one of the best guitarists cant go wrong
I was at Calvary Chapel Costa Mesa in 1978 I'm now 60 got saved by Greg Laurie Monday Night. I may have seen this but can't remember.
I only remember shooting these, maybe I remember Brian's hair, so long ago.
@@Thesyndicate11111 Do you have any footage from this concert that wasn't part of what you posted? My brothers and I were 100% at this concert. I wanted to check the footage, to see if we are in it.
I love the SCB music! It was THE music that helped me in my early christian walk. Thank you for sharing!
@@lightoftruth1095 Wow. I suppose you're entitled to your opinion. You were not there in my life not do you know what was going through at the time. Therefore, you have no right to judge our criticize how I dealt with my new salvation. . God's Word is my only source of life, not music. However, music speaks to each person differently and I believe God can use any method He chooses to minister to a broken heart. SCB was one of those methods. Be careful to judge anything, or any body or any method brother as it is not our place to judge anything, only love!
because
@@lightoftruth1095 This is a joke, right? This is your version of an SNL skit, right?
@@mrgarydunning Don't sweat "Light of Truth." The people who condemn the harshest are the ones who are most unhappy. SCB freakin rocked, and were a blessing to we Christians who weren't cut from the church cookie cutter mold.
Please, please, please ignore "Light of Truth" (which happens to be the biggest misnomer on the internet). The guy is off-the-wall and has serious problems. SCB loved Jesus, and sang to him. And we were all blessed because of it. That is the truth!
Musically...spot on on, sounds just like their studio albums in a time without autotune. Talented.
I didn't even recognize Bryan. Amazing how many phenomenal musicians came through to do concerts.
well, lol he is in "Disguise" - no one would know to look for Bryan Duncan in that look unless they already knew... hehehe.... I knew a very polished and bleach blonde BD in the 90's (not personally). Seeing him in this wave with that signature (perfect) voice is really kind of delightful
Bryan Edward Duncan I will always love you with my life. I really belive you should have played a part in the Jesus Revolution movie. I'm so glad you were a part of the movement many years ago at Calvary Chapel, and are still doing the work of the Lord. So many lives have been changed. Don't ever stop doing what he has called you to do.
I love this band. Awesome musicians fired up for christ. About 4 years before the cutting edge. I can tell Brian Duncans voice. Amazing
i saw brian at saddleback church early 2000's he still had lots of energy.
What's the cutting edge?
I guess he's referring to the Cutting Edge album that came out in 1982. That was my first introduction to them.....blew me away, considering the ultraconservative church I was almost forced to attend.
I had the privilege of seeing SCB on their last tour, in the mid 80s. I had never seen them or heard of them before and someone bought me a ticket. I was blown away. My heart aches that bands such as this, are not ministering in these troubled times. I knew so many who came to the Lord during the 70s and 80s (and 60s) because of these sincere Christians and their wonderful music with a message.
Sharon Vaughan Amen, thanks!
@@Thesyndicate11111 That seemed to be our last big Christian awakening. Generally every 20 or 30 years we used to have a really big one with smaller ones in between but not this generation we are in the darkest period now. The part where the USA will be kicked out of prophecy.
Hard to beat these guys, great music great message. I was at that concert and most of them during the mid to late 70s, early eighties
I love you Bryan❣️❣️❣️
I loved you and Sweet Comfort first.
From the tender age of 18❣️
Kevin- This was awesome to see. I absolutely love it. Rick Thomson, drummer- Sweet Comfort Band. God bless you Kevin Clark.
Rick Thomson Wow, guess we're both still out there pounding away (in our own fashion) haha! Take care sir.
Thanks Kevin. Rick is busy working his day job (as a General Contractor) He wanted me (his wife) to reach out to you to see if you live in California? Sweet Comfort Band has some upcoming concerts April 29 and 30th, 2017. Their set list contains a variety of songs from the old days and some from their latest CD, "The Waiting Is Over." We will also have a surprise guest. We would love to meet you and invite you to the concert. Please email me at ahthomson@scbglobal.net. God bless you!
Almost forgot- The show is at The Upper Room in Mission Viejo, CA
Info is at: www.theupperroompresents.com/
Aww, dang! I'd come out with my crew and shoot for free! (if I weren't going to be in New York from the 28th through 4th. #doubledang!!
Rick Thomson I was at the Upper Room recently and I saw that you guys were coming, such a shame I'll be gone then.
I went to The Church On The Way in The Valley and on Friday Nights we had concerts. At first they were called The Way Inn and then became House Of Fire And Rain. SCB played those gigs a number of times. Best band that would ever come through. They spent time hanging out and chatting afterwards and I always brought extra cash because you knew they had a new album or merchandise.
Always beyond great musically and more importantly completely sincere in the gospel message.
This brings me back quite a few decades!
I love you with my life - this song, I think, will stand the test of time.
After recently seeing The Jesus Music movie in the theater I have been obsessed with listening to SCB! I loved Bryan's music in the 90's and I remember hearing that he was in the SCB, but I kick myself for not looking for their music sooner. I really wish I would have known about these guys when I first started listening to some of the early Jesus music in '79! It was mostly Andre Crouch, Debbie Boone and Evie. I would have loved SCB! So glad I finally checked them out! I haven't looked yet to see if I can buy their music digitally, but I will for sure. Thank you so much for posting this! Love it!!!
You can see him live in Perris, CA at New Creation Church every Sunday!
@@jeffmaas2792 Aw, I wish I could! I'm in WA State. 😁 I listen to my BD Love Takes Time often, as well, I was able to buy a couple of SCB's music digitally. 🥰
Listening to this music took me back in time to when I gave my life to Jesus and this band was one of the bunch of Christian Rock Bands I was shared with into by a friend of mine. Oh what a blessing it was then and today also.
Thanks Kevin, great to see some old friends jamming out!
You're welcome.
I got to see them at the first Cornerstone Music Festival outside Chicago back in 1984.
The absolutely bee-YOU-tah-full song, “I Love You With my Life” at 20:24 used to be my ANTHEM as a young Christian. Thank you for posting this!
Was about 14 or 15 when I went to cccm to see this concert. Was so great to have these concerts as a young believer. Thanks for posting these!
Was Ray Comfort in the band? I always wondered how they got the name
SCB was the first CD I ever purchased...in fact, I bought it before I even had a CD player. I was a poor boy growing up. I wept at some of the songs when I finally did get to hear them. I still sing along today and listen to SCB and Bryan whenever I can. Maybe you could care for someone just like me and Jesus I love you are two songs I sing often when I'm out on the farm working or my office lawyering.
This really shows the stylistic change that took place with Nirvana from the 70s to the 90s. Good stuff!
Anyone here in 2019?
3:10 name Song?
Nope, missed ya by a year. It's now 2020 - lol
Yea. For 2019 & 2020!
No quitters & no whiners.......
Here & Still Looking Up!
Glory!
On est là cousin
@@igorlcss "Isabel" from the Hearts of Fire album
The perm is priceless :)
He was going for a contemporary look, cut him a little Slack.
Back in the beginning, I think they went by Sweet Comfort and added Band later, but they were my absolute favorite band to see at Calvary Chapel Costa Mesa! They were a super tight band and Bryan Duncan's vocals could not be beat! Good memories! Other favorites back then were not bands, but single artists. One singer/one instrument like Oden Fong, Bob Bennett, and Erik Nelson. Kelly Willard too. They were in ministry then. Now it is big business.
hello there,how are you doing?
I love Kelly Willard's music. What an artist.
Pulled up Oden Fongs album that had "Come for the Children" on it. Hadn't heard it in 35 years. It is still very, very, very good.
Thank you again for sharing this Kevin Clark!! God blessings on you always!! Rick Thomson
Amazing, just to hear from you. People really love you guys! Me too!
Rick, thanks for the wonderful memories. I was a teen in the last 70s and early 80s. I was at this concert. We loved watching you guys. Lived in West Covina and watched you guys when you guys played in Southern California. Not only were you guys one of the best bands in the world, but a true inspiration. Thank you. I still occasionally still play your albums. 40+ years later and you guys are still blessing people. By the way, whatever happened to your touring bus? Just curious.
Wow! It's so great to experience this again. I accepted the Lord as a result of attending the Maranatha Saturday night concerts in 1974 when I was 13 years old. They would have these incredible musicians play and then pastors like Greg Laurie would give an evangelistic message. Those were such blessed days. I'm praying and believing for another revival even greater than the one before. Our world is in an even bigger mess and we need another great outpouring of the Holy Spirit.
Boy do we ever need a revival in this country!
@@Thesyndicate11111 I believe it's happening! Do you remember Mario Murillo? He's still going strong and God is using him in this new revival wave coming up. He's been holding revival tent meetings in California and he says the hunger he sees for the Lord is even greater than he saw during the Jesus People Revival. Look him up, you'll be blessed to see what God is doing right now.
One of my all-time favorite bands of all genres! SWC is secure in my top 10! :)
Yep ✊
I'm here in 2021. Thank you so much for posting this video! I'm really enjoying this concert!
The bass player said that he felt like Jesus was coming back soon. Can you imagine what he would feel now about 40 years later??? It does seem that we've lost the urgency that we had back then.
Wow, just finding you on UA-cam. Wish had been sooner. Your band and so many others taught me how to grow closer to God. Deeper. A friend of mine actually told me the song 'Valerie' was a picture of me sharing Jesus with him. Blessings to you!
Isabel is a great song, nice rhythm and melody. Very good band. Jesus rules.
what a great bass line❤
Bedrock song of my birth in Jesus. Thanks for putting this out there 👍
Sure is a blessing for me to see my old.band mates.I was in a band with Kevin and Rick Thompson.Kevin approached me to play flute in the band .I joined ,and ended up doing piano and vocals too.After we broke up Kevin and Rick teamed up with Bryan Duncan.13 years after our band ,I came backstage to see Kevin and Rick . It was a great reunion! Bryan used to come sing at my church where pastor Greg Laurie was preaching:) great memories! Blessings and my music career continues to.this day 💜🎵💜
hello there,how are you doing?
Christian band or otherwise, SCB is truly up there with any band from 70s and 80s. Their musicianship, vocal harmonies, showmanship, is more worthy than many secular bands that are in the Rock & Roll HOF. Thank Jesus for these guys. I'm a musician in my late 50s. These guys were a big influence for me. Thank you.
No doubt. Truly one of the greatest bands in the world at the time.
@@marvelguy8101 and for all time lol
I was at this concert in 1982. Remembered it when I found it because my brother had taped it live off of KBRT and I listened to this concert for years. I looked for myself or my brothers in the crowd shot, but couldn't find us.
Thank you for this. I have seen Phil Keaggy and Bryan Duncan in the 80's and 90's and they impressed me very much!
Same
This is AWESOME. Thank You. Loved playing SCB music as a DJ back in the day.
Wow! Classic! That is awesome! Thank you for sharing.
Uma das melhores bandas que já vi!!!
Thank you Mr. Clark! Very well shot, the sound is great, it shows your professionalism! These Brothers were my favorite Christian band and still are, in retrospect! Thanks for sharing it with all the SCB fans!
Crazy to see Bryan Duncan as he appeared in Jr High School! His voice has always appealed to me but the faces he makes as he contorts to get the sound he is after have always been amusing. Thanks for sharing. Scott
Aristocob can't be easy right?
Got that right! To sing like that I would have to be alone in a dark room! Hats off to Bryan.
I saw them in Memphis back in the early eighties and they were great. Very tight band.
Thanks for this upload!!! Love this band. I saw them in concert so many years ago at Slippery Rock college in Pa.
43:51 "Man, you're just jiving. You can jive everybody else, but you can't jive the Lord". Love these videos! Thx so much!
These Calvary concerts have really blessed me. Thank you from Kentucky,
You're most welcome!
Thank you for this great video - I saw these guys in Calgary around the time they had this concert, and they blew me away, especially Bryan Duncan with his "big" voice, and i love how they're singing "hearts of fire" songs, my very favorite SCB album out of all of them.
You're most welcome. Glad I held on to these old tapes!
Hi Tracy, I was at that concert too.
So sad that Randy Thomas has left us ... but, I'm sure he's happier. Randy had a very unique guitar style and he will be missed. Come to think of it ... there are a lot of "Christian" musicians that were tremendously talented and will be forgotten if we don't remember them. Thanks for remembering & Godspeed, Kevin.
Fistie Splinters I'm sure Randy will be surprised to hear that! SCB just played locally a while back. You're thinking of Kevin Thomson their bass player. g.co/kgs/oNmHfp
Sorry, you're right ... it's all the drugs ;)~
wonderful! A concert with the hearts of fire songs. good find.
9/4/2020 - Wow, that was sooo nice! Needed that this morning. Didn't want it to end. Such great memories of being a new Christian following SCB around when they were in town to see them live. Thank you for that trip back bro. Great camera work by the way. Thank you SCB. Your music means as much to me now as it did back then. Praise God for His love, mercy and grace, as well as His keeping power. I pray Godspeed to everyone trying to navigate through this bogus plandemic. REFUSE THE VACCINE!!!
I'm still doing the camera thing 42 years later, don't get many cool gigs like this anymore.
This is a brilliant series - thank you!
24:30 ... Good Feelin'
Sounds great!
Awesome video! Thank you so much for posting, much appreciated : )
Great! Thanks for sharing!
Great vid! Thanks!
I have been thinking about the love song at 34 minutes for years......I think it is really great I think. I didn't even remember it was them. Thank you.
I love that song you can make it
Going back in time ! I remember when I was go to Chuck Smith church in Costa Mesa. I mess those times. I mess Chuck Smith those were the days! God bless 😃! The lord lives all the time !! Amen!
My favorite SCB album
Saw them in 1978 as they traveled across the states, even making it to Corpus Christi, Texas by the beach.
Went with a good little brother in Christ,
Dennis Starnes, to this nice city in Texas.
Awesome concert & awesome SCB from the California of nicer days.
Man..... California had it goin' ON in back then! Michigan had NOTHING like this music INSIDE a church in the 70's! :(
And a new band came in every Saturday, it was a great time!
I played on that stage in 1981 with the Daniel Band from Toronto .
Peter Cosman holy cow! Daniel Band rocked, amazing!
Peter Cosman I was a huge “Daniel Band” fan. A few of the band’s tunes reminded me a little bit of Rush.
The Daniel Band was really good!
Do you mean the group,
Daniel Amos? 🤔
@@spiritsealed9708 no Daniel Band from Toronto Canada eh .
Wow. My favorite album all of them. They Just Go On was my favorite back in the day. These guys were a huge part of my life, driving, going to school, etc to etc. Thank you Kevin Clark..WOW.
You're most welcome. The bass guitarist used this as rehearsal for their last gig haha!
Excellent music with a great message musically it sounds a bi like t Billy Joel and Steely Dan
This concert actually occurred on March 28, 1981. I was there. I taped it off the radio, KYMS. Wrote the date right on it. A great, great concert.
I was thinking you are one of those people that remember everything!
@@Thesyndicate11111 Ha, ha! When I watched the concert, I was hoping to see me and my buddies, but we weren't in the footage. It would have been a trip to 17 -year-old me on camera.
They played in 82' as well. You are right, it was KYMS. Still have the recording of the 82' concert on tape.
This is great! I've been looking for more SCB concert footage. I never got to see them live. So thanks!
I was at this concert.
I shot it, barely remember because of my bad long term memory. Glad you enjoyed!
I was there, too. Taped it as it played on KYMS. Wrote the date on the tape: March 28, 1981. By the way, my brother got personalized plates that said, "SCB JAMS." During a double concert at Harvest one year, we showed Bryan the plates, and he played the concert with it propped up on his keyboard!
I love the the double bass on the drums played during "Get Ready" at 00:44:58
Man, I wish I had that hair ... or any hair :)
Yep, Saturday nights. Saw SCB twice up in Seattle sponsored by Wayne Taylor at Ingraham HS? one of the North Seattle HS's anyway.....long time ago now.
Hahaha
Can't stop laughing at Bryan hair
Wasnt Glenn Kaiser in Resurrection Band wearing that same shirt Duncan was wearing in this Calvary Chapel Series LOL
Yes, Bryan is the real deal; I know him personally. 😉👍
Wow, check out Bryan's hair! 😊 (These guys were awesome).
Christina Shelley a lot of people got perms as I recall back then.
Kevin Clark Oh yeah, they did. But the first album of his that I was introduced to was "Mercy" (1992). I knew nothing of SCB at the time
Being that SCB had been a favorite of my dad, I soon learned all about who they were. Untill then I had no idea how long Bryan Duncan has been doing this. (Good for him) 😊
Christina Shelley the drummer of Sweet Comfort piped up on the comments here, they used this video to rehearse a reunion concert.
Kevin Clark AWESOME! You guys ROCK! 😊
I wish Phil and Keith Green could have collaborated. Can't imagine what that would have been like.
Oops - posted on wrong video, lol. I came from the Phil Keaggy one you shared. Loving these videos - thanks for sharing them!
Wow didn't even recognize Bryan lol
I saw the Sweet Comfort Band in 81 (Pepperdine U)....we loved the base player (he was good).They were either having a bad day or they had (in general) a very mediocre walk with Christ!
What makes you say that?
@@tamlb37 I was saved in the late 70's...there were bands that glorified God (they were humble, they had a burden for souls)..Sweet Comfort Band didn't seemed to be one of them!
breaking The Ice! One of the best album covers ever
Anyone know where I can buy the MARANATHA concert series on vhs or dvd?
Is great to see this but the recording quality doesn't do these guys justice. They are really great musicians.
I was at this actual concert. Back in they day, KYMS in Costa Mesa broadcast these concerts over the radio. I recorded it, and listened to it for year. In reality, SCB is one of the most under-rated bands of all time. Truly a world class group.
Guitarist looks like guitarist for Pablo Cruise. same 335.
super , HalLeLuYAH :) ....
Hey, does anyone know the name of Bryan Duncans very first solo album? I think it was like a short album or an EP or something ... it was a long time ago.
Fistie Splinters Bryan Duncan’s solo debut was “Have Yourself Committed” in 1985
itunes.apple.com/us/album/have-yourself-committed/660807379
I believe it was "Have Yourself Committed."