- Here we have a fantastic and way-beyond-rare vintage 1980's SERVANT CONCERT T-SHIRT!!!
- Anyone familiar with the history of modern Christian Rock should be familiar with the influential and pivotal role Servant played!
- Black, 50/50 cotton blend shirt with print on front and back.
- Along with tour date cities, the back print says, "Rooftop Records", which tells us that this concert shirt is from 1982 or 1983! Servant released 2 LP's on Rooftop: World of Sand (1982) & Caught in the Act of Loving Him (1983).
- Very good vintage/pre-owned condition. No holes or stains.
Marked size Adult Large, but it fits smaller. Please check actual measurements to ensure fit.
It measures 19 inches across the chest and 24 inches from the front of the collar area to the bottom.
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Servant was a Christian rock group that grew out of the counter-culture Jesus Movement of the sixties and seventies. The band was founded in Victoria, British Columbia in 1976 by Jim Palosaari and performed to audiences throughout North America, Europe and Australia for over 12 years. Originally named “Higher Ground”, the group quickly changed their name to Servant. They were known for challenging the Christian church to turn back to social justice and caring for the poor.
A Servant rock concert was like a festival event. The band was known to incorporate comedy and short skits in their sets on stage. Servant was also the first Christian rock group to use laser lights, flame tubes, fireworks, fog machines, in addition to an extensive light show and quadraphonic sound (a precursor to surround-sound).
In the early 1980s some critics considered Servant's theatrics, light shows, smoke-bombs and flash-pot stage performances too raucous to be authentically Christian. However, the band's mission was to reach the ears and hearts of those who might not feel so comfortable in church buildings. Shying away from the praise lyrics and easy-listening rock styles that typified most contemporary Christian music at the time, Servant instead attempted to offer edgy, rhythmic, passionate rock and an aggressive stage performance filled with an evangelistic Christian message, and spiced with strong social commentaries.
A CCM Magazine review of their 1981 release, Rockin Revival, stated that the band's lyrics reflected Christian communal subculture, and contained elements of social protest and criticism.
Servant toured extensively throughout America, Europe and Australia in concert halls and at music festivals like "Creation" and "Greenbelt". They recorded 6 studio albums with songs that ranked in the Top 40 Contemporary Christian Music Charts including "Come Jesus Come", "Holding on to You", "Thank God", "We are the Light", "Surrender", "Harder to Finish", and "I Will."
From 1981 to 1985, opening acts for Servant included Grammy Award winning Petra, DeGarmo & Key, Joe English (of Paul McCartney & Wings fame), Will McFarlane (recorded with Jackson Browne), Randy Matthews, Jerusalem, and Steve Camp. Petra opened for Servant on tour in late 1981 and early 1982 just as Petra's breakthrough album, Never Say Die was being released.
The band reunited to perform a one-off concert at Cornerstone Festival in July 2011.
Servant has some origins in 1973 from “Lonesome Stone”, a Christian rock musical touring Europe billed as a multi-media production of the Jesus generation portrayed in music, film and drama to rival the likes of the musical Godspell. Servant's first song to hit the Top 40 CCM charts (Come Jesus Come) was first recorded in 1973 on Lonesome Stone's LP. Lonesome Stone was an outreach of Jesus People Europe, which came out of Jesus People Milwaukee. (Jesus People Milwaukee also formed the basis of what eventually became Jesus People USA in Chicago.) After Jesus People Europe broke up, Palosaari and others formed the Highway Missionary Society a year later, based in British Columbia, Canada, with Servant the primary outreach of the Society, based on the West Coast of North America. In 1984 they were renamed The Servant Community in Cincinnati, Ohio.
Band line-up
Sandie Brock: Lead Vocals
Bob Hardy: Lead Vocals (1979–1984)
Bruce Wright: Lead Guitar, backing vocals 1977-1985)
Owen Brock: Rhythm Guitar, backing vocals
Rob Martens: Bass, backing vocals
David Holmes: Drums, backing vocals (also lead vocals on early albums)
Matt Spransy: Keyboards (1981–1986)
Eric Odell: Lead Vocals, Acoustic Guitar, 12-string Electric (1984–1986)
Tim Spransy: Lead Guitar (1985–1987)
Sam (Evan) Evans: Drums, backing vocals (1985–1988)
[edit] Discography
Shallow Water (1979), Tunesmith
Rockin Revival (1981), Tunesmith
Remix (1981), Horizon (A project roundly rejected by all members of the band as being of poor quality.)
World of Sand (1982), Rooftop Records
Caught in the Act of Loving Him (1983), Rooftop Records
Light Maneuvers (1984), Myrrh Records
Swimming in a Human Ocean (1985), Myrrh Records
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