Psalm 150 was a seven-piece Jesus music

Jesus music

Jesus music, known as gospel beat music in the United Kingdom, is a style of Christian music which originated on the West Coast of the United States in the late 1960s and early 1970s. This musical genre developed in parallel to the Jesus movement...

 band notable for its horn section, rhythmic style and soulful sound at a time when Christian contemporary

Contemporary Christian music

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 music was generally performed with acoustic or soft electric folk/pop songs.

History

The group’s name came from the 150th Psalm in the bible which speaks of praising God in all places with various instruments. they recorded two albums in 1974; Make Up Your Mind, for Manna Records and the unreleased Chasin’ the Wind produced by Andraé Crouch

Andrae Crouch

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.

Greg Eckler of Rubicon, Ricky Nelson

Ricky Nelson

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, Jon & the Nightriders is accredited with starting the band and seeing it through all the stages of its more than seventy varying musicians. Original bassist Jack Blades

Jack Blades

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 went on to perform with Rubicon and Night Ranger

Night Ranger

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. Four members: Jaymes Felix of Tower of Power

Tower of Power

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, Mike Escalante, Glen Myerscough, and Al Gregory later played with Andraé Crouch and the Disciples. Members Sam Scott, Jimmy Erickson and Bob Carlisle

Bob Carlisle

Bob Carlisle is a Grammy Award and Dove Award-winning American musician who performs Christian music. He performed with several bands, most notably Allies and Billy Thermal, before launching a solo career...

 went on to form the Allies

Allies (band)

Allies is a Christian rock band. They released six albums during the 1980s and early 1990s.-Band members:The most notable band members were guitarist Randy Thomas, formerly of the Jesus music group Sweet Comfort Band and vocalist Bob Carlisle...

 with Randy Thomas

Randy Thomas

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 of Sweet Comfort Band

Sweet Comfort Band

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. Other members included; Beau MacDougall, Bob Anglin, Bobby Felix, Chris Brock, Steve Ekwall, David Hlebo, Joel Madden

Joel Madden

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, and Artie Dison.

In 2007, Psalm 150, with five original members, Eckler, J. Felix, MacDougall, Myerscough and Gregory, reformed and resumed playing concerts.