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The ˇAlarma! Chronicles Years
1985

  • Ed McTaggart does the art direction and design for The Imitator's "Once and for All".

  • Terry painted part of the album cover for Mark Heard’s Mosaics. Other painters include: Bill Batstone, T-Bone Burnett, Tim Chandler, Dave de Coup-Crank, David Edwards, Janet Heard, Mark Heard, Actor Jerry Houser, Tom Howard, Tonio K, Ed McTaggart, John Mehler, Leslie Phillips, Randy Stonehill, Pat Terry, and Ray Ware.

  • Terry also records Gospel Rap with Rob Watson & Doug Doyle as “The Rap’sures”.
    Terry: Well, there wasn't any (rap) on the Christian labels. We do a kids thing, we see it as appealing to 7 and 9 year olds. No one was doing it. We just brainstormed a little bit, Rob (Watson) and Doug (Doyle) and I, we were just looking for something to do, something to work on, we did it and then didn't that much about it, and it was successful. Don't ask me why.
    We thought, no one will take this seriously, we're just doing it for kids, a little Bible story kind of thing. Megamouth was kind of the same thing. We looked at it that way." (Source: Brian Quincy Newcomb in “The HRS-Terry Taylor Interview Part Three”)



  • A full page ad for Terry's "Knowlege and Innocence" appears in Calendar Magazine.

  • At one point during the Vox Humana Tour, DA's tour bus loses a wheel, nearly causing a potentially fatal accident.
    Tim: "we were touring in this old beat up converted school bus. dave hackbarth (who has since lost a lot of weight) was driving, and was a very large man at the time. we were heading home, just coming into that downhill stretch going into las vegas. we must've been going at least 60 when the right front wheel came completely off. some of us were laying on top of pa speakers in the back because there wasn't enough room for all of us (band and crew) to sit up front together at any one time (someone was always in the back on top of the pa equipment.)
    If the bus had turned over I would be dead right now. when the wheel came off, big huge dave had to *stand* and put all his weight into it to hold the wheel and keep the bus straight. we finally came to a stop, piled out and looked at what was left of the hub, which was in a half moon and on fire. we turned to see the wheel still going, hauling ass off into the desert, kicking up a cloud of dust.
    We were all so exhausted, we got into rental cars and on plane flights and just left the bus there. I owe my life to dave hackbarth!"

    Early 1985
  • Steve Hindalong fills in for Ed McTaggart on a short DA tour.

    January 11, 1985
  • Daniel Amos performs in San Diego, CA.

    March 6, 1985

  • An interview with Terry airs on the 700 club.

    March 24, 1985
  • Terry's daughter, Noelle, is born.

    April 13, 1985
  • Daniel Amos performs in Boston, MA.

    April 16, 1985
  • Daniel Amos performs in Charlotte, NC.

    April 17, 1985
  • Daniel Amos performs in Greenville, SC.

    April 19, 1985
  • Daniel Amos performs in Detroit, MI.

    April 22, 1985
  • Daniel Amos performs in Grand Rapids, MI.

    April 26, 1985
  • Daniel Amos performs at the Ichthus Festival in Wilmore, KY.
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    April 27, 1985
  • Daniel Amos performs in Lancaster, SC.

    May 2, 1985
  • Daniel Amos performs in San Fransisco, California.

    May 3, 1985
  • Daniel Amos performs in Concord, California.

    May 4, 1985
  • Daniel Amos performs in Denver, Colorado.

    June 1985
  • Terry's first solo album, "Knowledge & Innocence", is mixed.

    June 20-22, 1985
  • Daniel Amos performs in Grayslake, Illinois at Cornerstone.
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  • Terry also takes part in a press conference at the fest.

    June 28 & 29, 1985
  • Daniel Amos performs in Orlando, FL.



    (Photos taken in Edmonton, Alberta Canada, courtesy of Davo)
    Summer, 1985
  • Daniel Amos performs in Abbotsford, BC. Jerusalem opened the show.

  • Daniel Amos performs at the Flevo Festival in Holland.

  • Daniel Amos performs at the Greenbelt Festival in England.

  • While in England, DA visits the Kilns, home of C.S. Lewis for over 30 years.
    DA: "the best we expected was to Gape at the house from the street for awhile, Then slosh back to town in our damp garments. Our morale had reached an all-time low. Then Terry’s brother, Randy, struck upon the idea of knocking on the door. Of course! At best, the man would invite us in out of The rain. At worst, he would be scared of our Appearance and tell us to go away."
    Michael Apichella: "Our next door neighbor Zena Gibbs warned us that over the years C.S. Lewis pilgrims regularly turned up at The Kilns, hoping to get a glimpse of their literary hero's home. Her warning proved apt: As winter turned to spring, more and more people knocked on our door asking if they could see the house. No doubt word spread that the current occupants of The Kilns were a friendly if not naive couple who rarely turned anyone away—not even the men wearing the fluorescent orange jump suits who were cutting across our front lawn single file. Opening an upstairs window, I called down, "Who are you?"
    "We're the Daniel Amos Band from Santa Ana, California. We play Christian rock 'n' roll. Is this really where C.S. Lewis lived?" Minutes later they sat around our table telling stories of how Lewis's books had helped them find faith in Christ."
    DA: "Things immediately took a turn for the Better. The man invited us in and before we Knew it, we were sipping tea in C.S. Lewis’ Drawing room."

    August 15-17, 1985
  • Daniel Amos performs in Pleasanton, California at the Almeda County Fairgrounds.

    September 21, 1985
  • Daniel Amos performs in Covina, California.

    September 28, 1985
  • Daniel Amos performs at the Great America Joy Celebration '85 with Benny Hester, Russ Taff and David Meece.

    November 29, 1985
  • Daniel Amos performs in Anahiem, California at the Inn at the Park Hotel. The Altar Boys' Rick Alba fills in for Tim Chandler on Bass.
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    Late 1985
  • Terry and Ed meet with Jim Kempner in Orange County, to help him with the formative stages of Frontline Records. Taylor was immediately tabbed as Director of Production and McTaggart as Art Director. Nearly every rock project that Frontline undertakes is done so under the supervision of these two Christian music veterans, either indirectly by asking Terry and Ed for their thoughts and opinions or directly by Terry's involvement as producer and the utilization of Ed in the coordination of album covers.