Phil Keaggy

Phil keaggy，1951年出生于美国俄亥俄州，10岁便开始弹吉他，1970年仅19岁的Phil keaggy开始出唱片，至今天为止已经出了超过50张唱片已经精选集，还有很多单曲已经电吉他，木吉他的教学video…… 　　十几岁时Phil keaggy开始组建摇滚乐队，他的乐队叫Glass Harp，在此期间Phil keaggy在各种场合进行了表演，包括酒吧，学校，教堂，舞厅，以及参加一些音乐节……也许是年少轻狂，使他心里产生一些消极的东西，Phil keaggy在组乐队期间染上了毒瘾开始吸毒，1970年的某一天由于吸毒过量差点导致死亡，而就在这一天他的父母出了严重的车祸，母亲因为伤势过重而去世，突然其来的打击使Phil keaggy变得成熟了，他认真悔改了自己的罪过，开始戒毒，在此期间成为了一个虔诚的基督教徒，并且Phil keaggy的音乐风格也随之变化了，他做的音乐不再是早期的摇滚风格的东西了，而是偏向福音音乐以及new age风格的东西. 　　同年改过自新的Phil keaggy实现了多数音乐家的梦想—-在纽约著名的卡耐基音乐厅进行演出，此后Phil keaggy的事业一帆风顺，多次得到格莱美提名并获得7次Dove Awards，多次获得一些权威杂志和机构评选出的年度最佳吉他手……同时他充满个性的演奏也影响了一些更加年轻的吉他手……他的最常用的吉他是世界超顶级的手工吉他品牌Olson吉他(著名的吉他大师Leo Kottke,Chet Atkins,James Taylor也是这个牌子的爱用者),而且他还是个效果器大师,做出的效果估计会让很多电吉他手傻眼,而且唱歌超好听.
Phil Keaggy is an excellent all-around guitarist who has been a part of the CCM scene for over two decades. Born and raised in Ohio in a Catholic family of ten, Keaggy always loved music and spent hours listening to such singers as Johnny Ray and Elvis Presley. He began imitating the latter as young as age four. Keaggy was also exposed to other kinds of music and became well versed in classical. His first guitar was a late-'50s Gretsch Anniversary model; at age ten his father bought him a Sears Silvertone, and by the end of fifth grade, he was playing in front of his entire school. Three years later, Keaggy was playing professionally with the Squires. He and his longtime friend, drummer John Sferra, founded Glass Harp in the late '60s when he was in the eleventh grade. They soon became known as one of the most innovative power trios around, even though they were never together long enough to break through commercially. They had a contract with Decca, toured the country several times, and had a growing base of devoted fans, many of whom were knocked out by Keaggy's lightning-fast guitar riffs and experimental sounds. At their pinnacle, Glass Harp was opening for such major acts as Iron Butterfly, Yes, Traffic and Chicago.
It was a lot of fame to be heaped upon such young musicians, and it being the late '60s, Keaggy was exposed to and partook of his share of drugs. His life changed dramatically on February 14, 1970. While lying in a hotel room suffering from a bad LSD trip, his parents were involved in a head-on auto crash back in Ohio. His mother died soon afterward, and this spawned a crisis for Keaggy that led to his becoming a born-again Christian. In the early '70s, Keaggy took to testifying before bewildered Glass Harp listeners after their concerts.
He left Glass Harp in 1972 and the following year recorded his first solo album, What a Day. He then spent many years working with a Christian fellowship and married. Since then, Keaggy has released well over thirty albums earning critical acclaim for both his virtuosity on guitar and his songwriting, which ranges from the Beatlesque pop of Sunday's Child to more subtle intrumentals. He occasionally gets back together with the other members of Glass Harp for reunion concerts and continues to release solo projects including Roundabout in 2006.