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David Crowder Band Honored With Premiere Guitar Maker’s “Atom”

David Crowder Band, one of the most sought after bands on college campuses and beyond, has been honored once again by premiere guitar maker, Tom Anderson, who fashioned his latest guitar offering for the band’s Jason Solley. Featuring guitars played by such music icons as Mick Jagger and Keith Richards (Rolling Stones), Don Felder (Eagles), Steve Miller (Steve Miller Band) and a host of others, Anderson’s newest addition to his instrument line is called the “Atom.”

“ The idea behind ‘Atom’ was rooted in a desire to combine the positive qualities of Les Paul’s and Telecaster’s,” said Anderson. “My thoughts for the design of this guitar had evolved over the years, but I needed some outside influence to get me motivated. Having worked with the band before, and knowing that Jason mostly played his Les Paul, he had inspired me to finally bring this idea to full creation.”

Los Angeles-based Anderson Guitars were first brought to the band’s attention by DCB guitarist, Jack Parker, when he received an Anderson Hollow Drop Top Classic Player electric guitar as a Baylor University graduation present. As David Crowder wrestled with the sound of his guitars before the 250-plus concerts he does each year, he decided to email Tom Anderson for help, which resulted in Anderson creating the Crowdster Acoustic.

David Crowder Band has now added “Atom” to their unique sound while they continue to explore the science behind music and worship. The new guitar made quite the impact while the band recorded its first new full-length studio album in two years, A Collision, releasing Sept. 27.

“The Tom Anderson ‘Atom’ has been the driving force for this record,” stated Parker, who also now plays an Atom. “It has been used on 75% of the songs, and that's a conservative estimate.”

The already critically acclaimed third national release, which coincidentally features an image of an atomic symbol on the cover, includes more than 73 minutes over 18 tracks and features the first studio version of the concert favorite, “Here Is Our King,” which released to radio the first week in August. Most of A Collision was recorded in Waco, TX in the barn behind Crowder’s house. Built in 1885 by then-Waco corner drugstore owner and alchemist Wade Morrison, the barn’s color resembles a Dr Pepper can, whose origins are Mr. Morrison’s corner store. In addition to other new, groundbreaking songs from the David Crowder Band, the album includes a cover of “Everybody Wants to Go to Heaven” by Loretta Lynn and the band’s first-ever take on bluegrass with “I Saw the Light” by Hank Williams, Sr. The album also envelopes eschatology, atomic energy, a hoedown and BBQ, a tsunami, Hiroshima and cancer, Dr Pepper, Arabic numeral 3 and 4, pain and rescue.

You can catch the members of David Crowder Band playing their Anderson guitars and brand new music off their latest release in concert at a city near you during the major market A Collision Tour 05. The band kicks off alongside Shane & Shane with special guest Robbie Seay Band September 26 and hits markets such as New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Houston, Seattle, Portland, Denver, San Antonio, Dallas, Albuquerque, Orlando, Minneapolis/St. Paul, Washington, DC and more.

DCB fans can enter for a chance to win their very own Tom Anderson "Atom" Electric Guitar by pre-ordering a copy of A Collision online. For more information, please visit www.davidcrowderband.com.

More information on “Atom,” its specifications, and its ongoing successes, may be found at www.andersonguitars.com.

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