Charlie Hall (musician)
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Charlie Hall is a Christian
worship leader and songwriter
from Oklahoma City
, Oklahoma
. He is a member of a group of musicians and speakers that collectively form the Passion movement
.
, consists of Ben Freeman (electric guitar
and keyboards), Dustin Ragland (drums
), and Quint Anderson (bass guitar
).
After the releases of two independent albums, Charlie Hall released Porch and Altar, which was labeled by sixstepsrecords
, in 2001. Porch and Altar was the second album released by the label.
Charlie has created several albums of diverse music. His latest album is "The Rising".
As many of the Passion collegiate gatherings were recorded live, Hall was quickly dubbed "a voice" for the Passion movement
, performing on all eight Passion albums, which have sold more than one million units.
Charlie expresses the desire to be "honed into God, where I'm not part of a culture where I'm trying to make the people around me think, 'Hey, that's a good Christian.'" He says, "I'm just trying to pursue God and not pursue being accepted into a club...I'm more honed into my pursuit of God in Christ and how he's forming me and changing and helping me love him and know him."
Ragland is the drummer, and became interested in drumming after listening to Live and the Offspring. He graduated from Oklahoma Baptist University in 2003.
He is known to campaign for World Vision, Amnesty International, Sojourners and Compassion International. He lives with his wife in Oklahoma City, OK.
Dustin also grew up in Edmond, OK,attending Henderson Hills Baptist Church and playing drums in the Chi-alpha band with Anderson. In addition, Dustin has played with groups including the Shrubs and Trent Malloy.
Ben is married to Lindsay, and they in the midst of adopting a baby from Uganda! Ben and Lindsay live in OKC, where they entertain musical adventures in his home studio, The Villa. It doubles yet again as a smithery for his divinations into custom guitar pedal building, such as his masterpiece Fisherman’s Friend throat drops box expression pedal. It is exactly as cool as it sounds. Perhaps cooler.
Ben leads worship at New Covenant United Methodist, when not on the road bringing all kinds of creative and mind-melding noise to the people of planet Earth.
Christian
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worship leader and songwriter
Songwriter
A songwriter is an individual who writes both the lyrics and music to a song. Someone who solely writes lyrics may be called a lyricist, and someone who only writes music may be called a composer...
from Oklahoma City
Oklahoma city
Oklahoma City is the capital and largest city of the U.S. state of Oklahoma.Oklahoma City may also refer to:*Oklahoma City metropolitan area*Downtown Oklahoma City*Uptown Oklahoma City*Oklahoma City bombing*Oklahoma City National Memorial...
, Oklahoma
Oklahoma
Oklahoma is a state located in the South Central region of the United States of America. With an estimated 3,751,351 residents as of the 2010 census and a land area of 68,667 square miles , Oklahoma is the 28th most populous and 20th-largest state...
. He is a member of a group of musicians and speakers that collectively form the Passion movement
Passion Conferences
Passion Conferences is a Christian organization , founded by Louie Giglio and Jeff Lewis in 1997, known for their annual spiritual awakening gatherings of young adults, more specifically college students...
.
Band members
Hall's band, in which he performs vocals and guitarGuitar
The guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
, consists of Ben Freeman (electric guitar
Electric guitar
An electric guitar is a guitar that uses the principle of direct electromagnetic induction to convert vibrations of its metal strings into electric audio signals. The signal generated by an electric guitar is too weak to drive a loudspeaker, so it is amplified before sending it to a loudspeaker...
and keyboards), Dustin Ragland (drums
Drum kit
A drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person ....
), and Quint Anderson (bass guitar
Bass guitar
The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
).
Charlie Hall
Since 1991, Charlie has been traveling, songwriting, and sharing life with people in his home of Oklahoma City, and across the United States, and even across several oceans. He attended Cherokee Hills Baptist Church and was Worship Pastor at Bridgeway Church in Oklahoma City.After the releases of two independent albums, Charlie Hall released Porch and Altar, which was labeled by sixstepsrecords
Sixstepsrecords
sixstepsrecords is a record label associated with Passion Conferences. The label was started in Roswell, Georgia in 2000 by Louie Giglio. The stated purposed of the company is "to produce music that draws people to Jesus."-Artists:* David Crowder Band...
, in 2001. Porch and Altar was the second album released by the label.
Charlie has created several albums of diverse music. His latest album is "The Rising".
As many of the Passion collegiate gatherings were recorded live, Hall was quickly dubbed "a voice" for the Passion movement
Passion Conferences
Passion Conferences is a Christian organization , founded by Louie Giglio and Jeff Lewis in 1997, known for their annual spiritual awakening gatherings of young adults, more specifically college students...
, performing on all eight Passion albums, which have sold more than one million units.
Charlie expresses the desire to be "honed into God, where I'm not part of a culture where I'm trying to make the people around me think, 'Hey, that's a good Christian.'" He says, "I'm just trying to pursue God and not pursue being accepted into a club...I'm more honed into my pursuit of God in Christ and how he's forming me and changing and helping me love him and know him."
Quint Anderson
Perhaps the only red-headed Mexican paintballer bassist in Oklahoma City, Quint has long defied any sort of categorization. His penchant for story and joke telling is legendary, his sense of humor lights up the folks who happen to be around him. Quint lives in OKC with his wife Micheal and their dog (who would like to remain anonymous). Quint is the one in the band we can rely on to provide a Xbox should we need. His melodic and textural sense of bass playing is more present on The Rising than ever, leading many of the songs into places that less courageous bassists fear to tread. Quint is a graduate of Oklahoma State University. Quint plays D'addario strings on Zon basses thru Gallien-Krueger amps.Dustin Ragland
Always asking himself, “what would Dostoevsky do in this situation?” Dustin brings the nerd influence to bear in the band, which is why you might find several random books in his over-laden bag that rarely leaves his side. Dustin enacts this nerdiness in OKC, where he lives with his wife Becca and dachshund mix Luna, who deal well with a small house full of big drums. Always trying to find a new angle to approach in drums, Dustin worked to use all live drums on The Rising, making loops out of all kinds of borrowed snares, ancient marching bass drums, his keys, and an old drum head, and who knows what else. A stubborn walker, you might see him walking in random places around his native OKC, looking for a proper spot for his dream place: a vegetarian cafe/ recording studio, where you can play some music and enjoy some falafel, all at once.Ragland is the drummer, and became interested in drumming after listening to Live and the Offspring. He graduated from Oklahoma Baptist University in 2003.
He is known to campaign for World Vision, Amnesty International, Sojourners and Compassion International. He lives with his wife in Oklahoma City, OK.
Dustin also grew up in Edmond, OK,attending Henderson Hills Baptist Church and playing drums in the Chi-alpha band with Anderson. In addition, Dustin has played with groups including the Shrubs and Trent Malloy.
Ben Freeman
As befits a well-trained, melismatically gifted guitarist as Ben Freeman, even his dog names reflect his skills and gifts (Fender, and Lilly). While Lilly might denote a horticulturist’s green thumb, Ben is actually drawn to playing golf on the greens, though he swears he’s no Nicklaus. I say, guilty until proven innocent on that one.Ben is married to Lindsay, and they in the midst of adopting a baby from Uganda! Ben and Lindsay live in OKC, where they entertain musical adventures in his home studio, The Villa. It doubles yet again as a smithery for his divinations into custom guitar pedal building, such as his masterpiece Fisherman’s Friend throat drops box expression pedal. It is exactly as cool as it sounds. Perhaps cooler.
Ben leads worship at New Covenant United Methodist, when not on the road bringing all kinds of creative and mind-melding noise to the people of planet Earth.
Discography
- Don't Pass Us By (As "Nathan & Charlie") (1994)
- Holy Roar (As "Sons & Daughters") (1996)
- Joel's Window (1997)
- Thought (1998)
- Porch and Altar (2001)
- On the Road to BeautifulOn the Road to BeautifulOn the Road to Beautiful is the fourth studio album from Charlie Hall.- Track listing :# "I Will Overcome"# "My Drink"# "On the Road to Beautiful"# "Chasing"# "Waking Up"# "Beautiful of Heaven"# "Swimming from the Shipwreck"# "All the Earth"...
(2003) - Live Roots (2004)
- September Through November (2005)
- Flying into DaybreakFlying into DaybreakFlying into Daybreak is the fifth studio album from Charlie Hall.- Track listing :# "Micah 6:8" – 3:32# "Marvelous Light" – 4:33# "All My Love" – 3:53# "Song Of The Redeemed" – 4:42# "Your Glory Endures Forever" – 4:47...
(2006) - The Bright SadnessThe Bright SadnessThe Bright Sadness is the sixth studio album from Charlie Hall. It was released on August 19, 2008.- Track listing :# "Chainbreaker" – 4:05# "New Year" – 4:47# "Walk the World" – 3:17# "My Brightness" – 3:12# "Scenes" – 4:07# "Thrill" – 2:58...
(2008) - The Rising (2010)
Passion event albums
- Our Soul's Desire (1997)
- Live Worship From the 268 Generation|Live Worship From The 268 Generation (1998)
- Better Is One DayPassion: Better is One DayPassion: Better is One Day is the 1999 album recorded live at Passion '99, in Fort Worth, Texas; an annual conference held in January.-Track listing :# Freedom Song# I've Found Jesus# You're Worthy Of My Praise# You Are My King...
(1999) - One Day: LivePassion: One Day LivePassion: One Day Live is the 2000 album recorded live at the annual One Day 2000, in Memphis, TN.-Track listing :# "This Field-Prayer"# Shout To The North# Let My Words Be Few# Better Is One Day# Grace Flows Down...
(2000) - The Road To One DayPassion: The Road to One DayPassion: The Road to One Day is the "pre-One Day" studio album. 'The Road to OneDay' features the new songs of Passion from today's top collegiate worship leaders. A powerful soundtrack of worship and prayer, preparing the hearts of a generation of college students for OneDay 2000, igniting prayers...
(2000) - Our Love is LoudOur Love is LoudOur Love is Loud is a 2002 album recorded live at Passion conferences in Atlanta, GA, and Irvine, CA.-Track listing :#Here I Am To Worship - Tim Hughes, performed by Chris Tomlin#Enough - Chris Tomlin#Famous One - Chris Tomlin...
(2002) - Sacred Revolution: Songs From OneDay 03Sacred RevolutionSacred Revolution is an album recorded live at OneDay03, held in May 2003 in Sherman, Texas.-Track listing :# O Praise Him - David Crowder Band# O Come Let Us Adore Him - Matt Redman# Holy is the Lord - Chris Tomlin...
(2003) - Hymns: Ancient and ModernPassion: Hymns Ancient and Modern-Track listing:1. O Worship the King 3:572. Doxology 4:363. Joyful, Joyful, We Adore Thee 5:344. Praise to the Lord, The Almighty4:65. Father Let Me Dedicate 5:196. How Great Thou Art 4:407. Raise Up the Crown 3:268. All Creatures of Our God and King 5:469. Solid Rock 4:2810...
(2004) - How Great Is Our GodHow Great Is Our GodHow Great Is Our God is the 2005 album recorded live at Passion 05, a conference held yearly in January in Nashville, TN.The album was released on May 1, 2005. There is also a Worship Music Book Available...
(2005) - Everything GloriousEverything GloriousEverything Glorious is the 2006 album recorded live at Passion 06, the 2006 gathering of the Passion Conferences held from January 2nd through January 5th at Gaylord Entertainment Center in Nashville, TN....
(2006) - God of This City (2008)
- AwakeningPassion: AwakeningAwakening is an album recorded live at Passion 10, the 2010 gathering of the Passion Conferences. The album was released on March 11, 2010. It took the No...
(2010) - Here for You: Deluxe Edition (2011)
Awards
GMA Dove Awards- 2007: Everything GloriousEverything GloriousEverything Glorious is the 2006 album recorded live at Passion 06, the 2006 gathering of the Passion Conferences held from January 2nd through January 5th at Gaylord Entertainment Center in Nashville, TN....
– Special Event Album of the Year