Shekina Glory was a midwest Jesus Music

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 (Christian Rock

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) band, started in 1975 by Al Ruechel and Brent Larson after they met in a Telecommunicative Arts class at Iowa State University

Iowa State University

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in Ames, Iowa. The band performed together in local venues and road trip tours throughout the midwest region through the latter part of 1976. Their debut album, Have You Considered? (1976) was a "very impressive custom obscurity from five-guy two-girl outfit scoring high with their mix of dreamy mysterious folk/psych, hard rock and west-coast rural rock." http://heavenly-grooves.blogspot.com/2007/04/shekina-glory-have-you-considered-1976.html

Shekina Glory personnel

• Al Ruechel - lead vocals, rhythm guitar, songwriter, producer
• Russ Musilek - lead guitar, conga, vocals
• Dan DoBell - drums, percussion
• Joannie Whipple - keyboards, vocals
• Laurie Musilek - flute, percussion, vocals
• Brent Larson - bass, vocals
• Jim Crowder - sound engineer

External links

• TV Special: Those Old Sacred Cows (1976) WOI-TV; Ames, Iowa