| 词条 | Harvest (band) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| name = Harvest | image = | caption = Ed Kerr and Jerry Williams. | image_size = | background = group_or_band | alias = Jerry Williams and Harvest | origin = Lindale, Texas | genre = Contemporary Christian music, Gospel | years_active = 1977–1995 | label = {{flatlist|
}} | associated_acts = | website = | current_members = | past_members = Jerry Williams Ed Kerr Paul Wilbur Tommy Hoeser Ben Ketting Wes Aarum Jeff Seighman Jim Meyer Elisa Meyer Mike Coker}}Harvest was a Christian band founded in Lindale, Texas by Jerry Williams in 1977.[1] The vision of Harvest was to see 100 million people come to know Jesus Christ personally through the band's music ministry.[2] HistoryJerry Williams had come from a nightclub entertainment background and music had been a major part of his life.[3] In an interview, Williams stated that "[he] realized there had to be more to life than sports cars and dating beauty queens . . . I became a Christian."[4] Williams spent some time playing the guitar on Texas streets before becoming a pastor in Bloomington, Indiana.[4] Along with Jerry Williams, the original members of Harvest were Ed Kerr and Paul Wilbur - both music students.[2] Wilbur had met Williams at a church where Williams was the youth pastor, and Williams had been influential in Wilbur's decision to become a Christian.[5] Ed Kerr was a mutual friend of both Williams and Wilbur.[5] Kerr had met Williams at a rally at Indiana University in Bloomington, and made a decision to become a Christian afterwards.[4] The three men collaborated on the first two albums created by Harvest: Harvest and Morning Sun. Later in 1981, personal problems forced Williams to disband the original Harvest group - which at one time had numbered five.[3] The group was reformed as a duo of Williams and Kerr.[1] Williams and Kerr were together for the production of many records, including It's Alright Now, Send Us to the World, Voices, Only the Overcomers, Give Them Back, Holy Fire and Carry On. In 1982 the magazine CCM took notice of the duo in its article, "A Bountiful Harvest."[6] The writer praised the group's vocal harmonies and was especially fond of the song "Because I Am" (found on the album It's Alright Now).[6] In 1988, it was the Discovery Broadcasting Network that took note of the band. The network recorded a live video of Harvest in concert. On the cover of the video, the network stated that Harvest averages "over 100 concerts a year."[7] By 1991, Ed Kerr left the group and Harvest became a five-player band led by Williams.[1] With various members,[1] Williams' band produced Let's Fight (For a Generation), Mighty River, and 41 Will Come. In 1992 the band went on an "Olympic and European Tour." They performed in Spain at the Barcelona Summer Olympics and at the Sevilla World Expo. Their tour also took them into Germany as part of Operation Mobilisation's "Love Europe" crusade. Harvest finished its tour with a performance in the Netherlands. {{Listen|filename=Harvest-Because I Am.ogg|title="Because I Am" (1982)|description=Harvest's song reached No. 8 in 1983.|format=Ogg}}Music StyleAccording to Jerry Williams in 1988, Harvest's sound is "light middle-of-the-road to light contemporary rock."[3] He described it as hard to classify because it was a real mixture of styles.[3] The group sound incorporated a little bit of rock, some country, and really good harmonies.[3] Williams likened the group's harmonization to the Gatlin Brothers, who he had grown up listening to.[3] Williams also said that "Every time people have tried to figure out who we sound like, we sound like Harvest. There's really no one else who sounds like us."[3] But, when pressed to liken the band's sound to another's style, Williams would say the band's style was similar to that of Christian performer Wayne Watson.[3] DiscographyStudio albumsEverlasting Spring
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Jerry Williams DiscographyStudio albums
Christian Radio Hits
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References1. ^1 2 3 {{cite news |title = Jerry Williams and Harvest |author = J. Warner Soditus |publisher = The Lighthouse |year = 1993 |url = http://www.etext.org/Religious.Texts/Lighthouse/lighthouse-2.8.txt |deadurl = yes |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20060717150248/http://www.etext.org/Religious.Texts/Lighthouse/lighthouse-2.8.txt |archivedate = 2006-07-17 |df = }} 2. ^1 {{cite video | people = Jerry Williams | title = The Best of The Early Works | medium = Cassette | publisher = Benson Music Group | location = | date = 1992 }} 3. ^1 2 3 4 5 6 7 {{cite news | title = 'Harvest' group may reap souls in concert here | author = David S. Jennings | publisher = Kentucky New Era | date = January 15, 1988}} 4. ^1 2 {{cite news | title = Harvest has message for youth | author = Debra Lester | publisher = Herald-Journal | date = April 20, 1989}} 5. ^1 {{cite news | title = The Watchman | author = C.B.N | publisher = CBN.com | date = March 31, 2005 | url = http://www.cbn.com/700club/Guests/Bios/Paul_Wilbur033105.aspx}} 6. ^1 {{cite news |title = A Bountiful Harvest |author = C.A.B |publisher = CCM |year = 1982 |url = http://www.ccmmagazine.com/music/reviews/11532607/ |deadurl = yes |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20070928113633/http://www.ccmmagazine.com/music/reviews/11532607/ |archivedate = 2007-09-28 |df = }} 7. ^{{cite video | people = Jerry Williams and Ed Kerr | title = Harvest - In Concert | medium = VHS | publisher = Discovery Broadcasting Network | date = 1988 }} 8. ^{{Cite web|url=http://www.harvest77.com/discography/albums/41/|title=1995 - 41 Will Come - Harvest|website=www.harvest77.com|access-date=2017-03-22}} 9. ^1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 {{cite news | title = Encyclopedia of Contemporary Christian Music | author = Mark Allan Powell | publisher = Hendrickson Publishers, Inc. | year = 2002}} External links
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