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Jars of Clay is a four-member Christian rock band formed at Greenville College in Greenville, IL. They are often known as the "fab four" of Christian music.

Jars of Clay is: Dan Haseltine - vocals, percussion; Charlie Lowell - piano, organ, accordian, keys, background vocals; Stephen Mason - guitar, vocals, lap & pedal steel, national, mandolin, background vocals; Matthew Odmark - acoustic guitar, banjo, background vocals.

Discography

They have six main albums released to date:

Jars of Clay (1995)

  • "Liquid"
  • "Sinking"
  • "Love Song for a Savior"
  • "Like a Child"
  • "Art In Me"
  • "He"
  • "Boy on a String"
  • "Flood"
  • "Worlds Apart"
  • "Blind"
  • "Four Seven" (hidden track)

Much Afraid (1997)

  • "Overjoyed"
  • "Fade to Grey"
  • "Tea and Sympathy"
  • "Crazy Times"
  • "Frail"
  • "Five Candles (You Were There)"
  • "Weighed Down"
  • "Portrait of an Apology"
  • "Truce"
  • "Much Afraid"
  • "Hymn"

If I Left the Zoo (1999)

  • "Goodbye, Goodnight"
  • "Unforgetful You"
  • "Collide"
  • "No One Loves Me Like You"
  • "Famous Last Words"
  • "Sad Clown"
  • "Hand"
  • "I'm Alright"
  • "Grace"
  • "Can't Erase It"
  • "River Constantine"

The Eleventh Hour (2002)

  • "Disappear"
  • "Something Beautiful"
  • "Revolution"
  • "Fly"
  • "I Need You"
  • "Silence"
  • "Scarlet"
  • "Whatever She Wants"
  • "The Eleventh Hour"
  • "These Ordinary Days"
  • "The Edge of Water"

Furthermore: From the Studio, From the Stage (2003)

Disc One (From the Studio):

  • "Overjoyed"
  • "Something Beautiful"
  • "The Valley Song (Sing of Your Mercy)"
  • "Liquid"
  • "The Eleventh Hour"
  • "Dig"
  • "Redemption"
  • "Love Song for a Savior"
  • "Frail"
  • "Needful Hands"

Disc Two (From the Stage):

  • "Disappear"
  • "Like a Child"
  • "Crazy Times"
  • "I Need You"
  • "The Eleventh Hour"
  • "This Road"
  • "Fly"
  • "I'm Alright"
  • "Revolution"
  • "Flood"
  • "Worlds Apart"

Who We Are Instead (2003)

  • "Sunny Days"
  • "Amazing Grace"
  • "Lonely People" (America cover)
  • "Only Alive"
  • "Trouble Is"
  • "Faith Enough"
  • "Show You Love"
  • "Lesser Things"
  • "I'm In The Way"
  • "Jesus Blood Never Failed Me Yet" (Gavin Bryars cover)
  • "Jealous Kind"
  • "Sing"
  • "My Heavenly"
  • "Tonight" (special edition only)
  • "Shipwrecked" (special edition only)

Redemption Songs (2005)

  • "God Be Merciful to Me"
  • "I Need Thee Every Hour"
  • "God Will Lift Up Your Head"
  • "I'll Fly Away"
  • "Nothing But the Blood"
  • "Let Us Love and Sing and Wonder"
  • "O Come and Mourn with Me Awhile"
  • "Hiding Place"
  • "Jesus, I Lift My Eyes"
  • "It Is Well with My Soul"
  • "On Jordan's Stormy Banks I Stand"
  • "Thou Lovely Source of True Delight"
  • "They Will Know We Are Christians by Our Love"

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Redemption Songs (2005). "Your Song", one of his earliest and most popular hits, incorporates some features found in many of his songs:. Who We Are Instead (2003). Currently, John lives in the Atlanta area, a fact that the city mentions freely in its promotional materials. Disc Two (From the Stage):. The song won Grammy awards for "Song of the Year" and for "Best Pop Performance, by a Duo or Group". Disc One (From the Studio):. For example, in 1986 he joined with Dionne Warwick, Gladys Knight, and Stevie Wonder to record the single "That's What Friends Are For", with all profits being donated to the American Foundation for AIDS Research.

Furthermore: From the Studio, From the Stage (2003). John has long been associated with AIDS charities after the death of his friend Ryan White, raising large amounts of money and using his public profile to raise awareness of the disease. The Eleventh Hour (2002). He remains lifelong president. If I Left the Zoo (1999). He resigned in 2002 when the club needed a full time chairman. Much Afraid (1997). In 1976 Elton John became involved in Watford Football Club and fulfilled a childhood dream by becoming chairman and director.

Jars of Clay (1995). He has occasionally battled addictions to cocaine and financial difficulties caused by his profligate spending. They have six main albums released to date:. He subsequently stated that he was gay and has lived with his partner David Furnish for a number of years. Jars of Clay is: Dan Haseltine - vocals, percussion; Charlie Lowell - piano, organ, accordian, keys, background vocals; Stephen Mason - guitar, vocals, lap & pedal steel, national, mandolin, background vocals; Matthew Odmark - acoustic guitar, banjo, background vocals. Coming out first as bisexual in 1976, he married (1984) and quickly divorced (1988) Renate Blauel. They are often known as the "fab four" of Christian music. John has had a complicated personal history.

Jars of Clay is a four-member Christian rock band formed at Greenville College in Greenville, IL. His face-to-face tours with fellow pianist Billy Joel have been a fan favourite throughout the world since the mid-1990s. "They Will Know We Are Christians by Our Love". He continues to release new material to commercial success, and tours extensively, despite being fitted with a pacemaker. "Thou Lovely Source of True Delight". Later in December of that same year, John received the Kennedy Center Honor for a lifetime of contribution to entertainment. "On Jordan's Stormy Banks I Stand". In 2004, John expanded his musical theatre repertoire by composing songs for the musical adaptation of Billy Elliot.

"It Is Well with My Soul". In 2003, he reached number one in the United Kingdom with a rerelease of the single "Are You Ready For Love" which had been only a minor hit when first released in 1979. "Jesus, I Lift My Eyes". In each of 30 consecutive years, from 1970 through 1999, John appeared with at least one single on the "Top 40" of Billboard magazine's pop record chart, the "Hot 100" - a feat unmatched by any other recording artist. "Hiding Place". In 2001, his 1970s hit, "Tiny Dancer" was featured on the Almost Famous soundtrack, and his most recent movie song was "The Heart of Every Girl" (the end title song from 2003's Mona Lisa Smile). "O Come and Mourn with Me Awhile". Five years later, John wrote the score for The Muse, and a year later composed songs for another animated film, DreamWorks' The Road to El Dorado.

"Let Us Love and Sing and Wonder". Rice was reportedly stunned by the rapidity with which John was able to set his words to music. "Nothing But the Blood". Then, in 1994, he (along with Tim Rice) wrote the songs for the Disney animated film The Lion King (John and Rice subsequently won a Best Original Song Oscar for "Can You Feel the Love Tonight"). "I'll Fly Away". In 1975, he appeared as the Pinball Wizard in the movie version of the rock opera Tommy. "God Will Lift Up Your Head". In 1971, he wrote original songs for the movie Friends.

"I Need Thee Every Hour". He has also done work both for and in films. "God Be Merciful to Me". In 1992 he performed "Bohemian Rhapsody" and "The Show Must Go On" with Queen at the Freddie Mercury Tribute concert, an AIDS charity event held at Wembley Stadium, London. "Shipwrecked" (special edition only). In 1997, he updated the lyrics of "Candle in the Wind" for a special version mourning the death of Diana, Princess of Wales, and this became the fastest selling single of all time. "Tonight" (special edition only). The song, which was a tribute to Marilyn Monroe, was originally recorded in 1973 on his Goodbye Yellow Brick Road album.

"My Heavenly". His biggest 1980s hits included, among others, "I Guess That's Why They Call It the Blues", "I'm Still Standing", and a 1986 live recording of "Candle in the Wind" which he recorded with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra. "Sing". He went on to become one of the most successful recording artists of the 1970s, with globally-successful singles including "Rocket Man", "Crocodile Rock", "Saturday Night's Alright (for Fighting)", "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road", and "Bennie and the Jets". "Jealous Kind". His success can partly be attributed to his collaboration with lyricist Bernie Taupin, who has provided the words to John's music for most of his career. "Jesus Blood Never Failed Me Yet" (Gavin Bryars cover). He scored his first international hits in 1970 with his eponymous second album, which included one of his best-loved songs, "Your Song".

"I'm In The Way". Working in a band called Bluesology throughout the mid to late 1960s, Dwight changed his name by deed poll in homage to his fellow "Bluesologists" Elton Dean (saxophonist) and singer Long John Baldry. "Lesser Things". Born in Pinner, Middlesex, England, Elton John was educated at Pinner County Grammar School and the Royal Academy of Music, to which he won a scholarship at the age of 11. "Show You Love". Sir Elton Hercules John, KBE, born Reginald Kenneth Dwight on March 25, 1947, is one of the most successful British pop singers, composers, and musicians. "Faith Enough". 2004 "All That I'm Allowed (I'm Thankful)" #20 UK.

"Trouble Is". from "Peachtree Road"

    . "Only Alive". 2003 "Are You Ready for Love" #1 UK. "Lonely People" (America cover). from the UK release of "Greatest Hits 1970-2002", originally from "The Thom Bell Sessions EP"
      . "Amazing Grace". Elton John) #1 UK.

      "Sunny Days". 2002 "Sorry Seems to be the Hardest Word" (Blue feat. "Worlds Apart". from "One Love" (album by Blue)

        . "Flood". 2002 "Your Song" (with Alessandro Safina) #4 UK. "Revolution". non-album charity single based on "Moulin Rouge" soundtrack version of the song
          .

          "I'm Alright". 2002 "Original Sin" #39 UK. "Fly". 2002 "This Train Don't Stop There Anymore" #24 UK. "This Road". 2001 "I Want Love" #9 UK. "The Eleventh Hour". from "Songs from the West Coast"

            .

            "I Need You". 1999 "Written in the Stars" (with LeAnn Rimes) #10 UK, #29 US. "Crazy Times". from "Aida soundtrack

              . "Like a Child". 1998 "If the River Can Bend" #32 UK. "Disappear". 1998 "Recover Your Soul" #16 UK.

              "Needful Hands". from "Big Picture"

                . "Frail". 1997 "Candle in the Wind 97/Something about the Way You Look Tonight" #1 UK, #1 US. "Love Song for a Savior". non-album single
                  . "Redemption". 1996 "Live Like Horses" (with Luciano Pavarotti) #9 UK.

                  "Dig". from "Luciano Pavarotti & Friends for War Child" charity compilation

                    . "The Eleventh Hour". 1996 "Please" #33 UK. "Liquid". 1995 "Blessed" #34 US. "The Valley Song (Sing of Your Mercy)". 1995 "Made in England" #18 UK.

                    "Something Beautiful". 1995 "Believe" #15 UK, #13 US. "Overjoyed". from "Made in England"

                      . "The Edge of Water". 1994 "Circle of Life" #11 UK, #18 US. "These Ordinary Days". 1994 "Can You Feel the Love Tonight?" #14 UK, #4 US.

                      "The Eleventh Hour". from "The Lion King" soundtrack

                        . "Whatever She Wants". 1994 "Ain't Nothing Like the Real Thing" (Marcella Detroit & Elton John) #24 UK. "Scarlet". 1994 "Don't Go Breaking My Heart" (with RuPaul) #7 UK. "Silence". 1993 "True Love" (with Kiki Dee) #2 UK.

                        "I Need You". from "Duets"

                          . "Fly". 1993 "Simple Life" #30 US. "Revolution". 1992 "The Last Song" #21 UK, #23 US. "Something Beautiful". 1992 "Runaway Train" (with Eric Clapton) #31 UK.

                          "Disappear". 1992 "The One" #10 UK, #9 US. "River Constantine". from "The One"

                            . "Can't Erase It". 1991 "Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me" (George Michael with Elton John) #1 UK, #1 US. "Grace". non-album single
                              .

                              "I'm Alright". 1990 "You Gotta Love Someone" #33 UK. "Hand". from "The Very Best Of Elton John"

                                . "Sad Clown". 1990 "Club at the End of the Street" #28 US. "Famous Last Words". 1990 "Healing Hands" #13 US.

                                "No One Loves Me Like You". 1990 "Sacrifice" (re-issue) #1 UK (double A-side with Healing Hands in the UK), #18 US. "Collide". from "Sleeping with the Past"

                                  . "Unforgetful You". 1988 "A Word in Spanish" #19 US. "Goodbye, Goodnight". 1988 "I Don't Wanna Go on with You Like That" #30 UK, #2 US.

                                  "Hymn". from "Reg Strikes Back"

                                    . "Much Afraid". 1988 "Candle In The Wind" (re-issue) #8 UK, #6 US. "Truce". non-album-related re-issue
                                      . "Portrait of an Apology". 1985 "Wrap Her Up" #12 UK, #20 US.

                                      "Weighed Down". from "Ice on Fire"

                                        . "Five Candles (You Were There)". Elton John, Stevie Wonder & Gladys Knight) #16 UK, #1 US. "Frail". 1985 "That's What Friends are for" (Dionne Warwick & Friends feat. "Crazy Times". from "Friends" (album by Dionne Warwick)
                                          .

                                          "Tea and Sympathy". 1985 "Nikita" #3 UK, #7 US. "Fade to Grey". 1985 "Act of War" (with Millie Jackson) #32 UK. "Overjoyed". from "Ice on Fire"

                                            . "Four Seven" (hidden track). 1984 "Who Wears These Shoes?" #16 US.

                                            "Blind". 1984 "In Neon" #38 US. "Worlds Apart". 1984 "Passengers" #5 UK. "Flood". 1984 "Sad Songs (Say So Much)" #7 UK, #5 US. "Boy on a String". from "Breaking Hearts"

                                              .

                                              "He". 1983 "Cold As Christmas/Crystal" #33 UK. "Art In Me". 1983 "Kiss the Bride" #20 UK, #25 US. "Like a Child". 1983 "I'm Still Standing" #4 UK, #12 US. "Love Song for a Savior". 1983 "I Guess That's Why They Call It the Blues" #5 UK, #4 US.

                                              "Sinking". from "Too Low for Zero"

                                                . "Liquid". 1982 "Empty Garden (Hey, Hey Johnny)" #13 US. 1982 "Blue Eyes" #8 UK, #12 US. from "Jump Up!"
                                                  .

                                                  1981 "Nobody Wins" #21 US. 1981 "Chloe" #34 US. from "The Fox"

                                                    . John Lennon & The Muscle Shoals Horns) #40 UK.

                                                    1981 "I Saw Her Standing There" (Elton John Band feat. non-album single

                                                      . 1980 "(Sartorial Eloquence) Don't Ya Wanna Play This Game No More" #39 US. 1980 "Little Jeannie" #33 UK, #3 US.

                                                      from "21 at 33"

                                                        . 1979 "Victim of Love" #31 US. from "Victim of Love"
                                                          . 1979 "Mama Can't Buy You Love" #9 US.

                                                          from "The Thom Bell Sessions EP"

                                                            . 1978 "Song for Guy" #4 UK. 1978 "Part Time Love" #15 UK, #22 US. from "A Single Man"
                                                              .

                                                              1978 "Ego" #34 UK, #34 US. non-album single

                                                                . 1977 "Bite Your Lip (Get Up and Dance)" #28 UK, #28 US. 1977 "Crazy Water" #27 UK.

                                                                1976 "Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word" #11 UK, #6 US. from "Blue Moves"

                                                                  . 1976 "Don't Go Breaking My Heart" (with Kiki Dee) #1 UK, #1 US. 1976 "Pinball Wizard" #7 UK.

                                                                  non-album single

                                                                    . 1976 "I Feel Like a Bullet (In the Gun of Robert Ford)" #14 US. 1976 "Grow Some Funk of Your Own" #14 US. 1975 "Island Girl" #14 UK, #1 US.

                                                                    from "Rock of the Westies"

                                                                      . 1975 "Someone Saved My Life Tonight" #22 UK, #4 US. 1975 "Philadelphia Freedom" (Elton John Band) #12 UK, #1 US. 1974 "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds" #10 UK, #1 US.

                                                                      from "Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy"

                                                                        . 1974 "The Bitch is Back" #15 UK, #4 US. 1974 "Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me" #16 UK, #2 US. from "Caribou"
                                                                          .

                                                                          1974 "Bennie and the Jets" #37 UK (1976 release), #1 US. 1974 "Candle in the Wind" #11 UK. from "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road"

                                                                            . 1973 "Step into Christmas" #24 UK, #1 US.

                                                                            non-album single

                                                                              . 1973 "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road" #6 UK, #2 US. 1973 "Saturday Night's Alright for Fighting" #7 UK, #12 US. from "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road"
                                                                                .

                                                                                1973 "Daniel" #4 UK, #2 US. 1972 "Crocodile Rock" #5 UK, #1 US. from "Don't Shoot Me I'm Only the Piano Player"

                                                                                  . 1972 "Levon" #24 US.

                                                                                  from "Madman Across the Water"

                                                                                    . 1972 "Honky Cat" #31 UK, #8 US. 1972 "Rocket Man" #2 UK, #6 US. from "Honky Chateau"
                                                                                      .

                                                                                      1971 "Your Song" #7 UK, #8 US. from "Elton John (album)"

                                                                                        . 1971 "Friends" #34 US. from "Friends" soundtrack
                                                                                          .

                                                                                          2005 The Vampire Lestat (forthcoming). 2005 Billy Elliot (forthcoming). 2004 Peachtree Road; #21 UK. 2002 The Greatest Hits 1970-2002; #3 UK, #12 US.

                                                                                          2002 Live at the Ritz. 2001 Prologue. 2001 Songs from the West Coast; #2 UK, #15 US. 2000 The Road To El Dorado; #63 US.

                                                                                          2000 One Night Only (live); #7 UK, #65 US. 1999 Elton John and Tim Rice's Aida; #29 UK, #41 US. 1999 The Muse. 1997 The Big Picture; #3 UK, #9 US.

                                                                                          1995 Love Songs; #4 UK, #24 US. 1995 Made in England; #3 UK, #13 US. 1994 The Lion King; #4 UK. 1993 Duets; #5 UK, #25 US.

                                                                                          1992 The One; #2 UK, #8 US. 1990 To Be Continued... (box set); #82 US. 1990 The Very Best of Elton John; #1 UK. 1989 Sleeping With the Past; #1 UK, #23 US.

                                                                                          1988 Reg Strikes Back; #18 UK, #16 US. 3 (1979-1987); #84 US. 1987 Greatest Hits Vol. 1987 Live in Australia; #24 US.

                                                                                          1986 Leather Jackets; #24 UK, #91 US. 1985 Ice on Fire; #3 UK, #48 US. 1984 Breaking Hearts; #2 UK, #20 US. 1983 Too Low for Zero; #7 UK, #25 US.

                                                                                          1982 Love Songs; #39 UK. 1982 Jump Up!; #13 UK, #17 US. 1981 The Fox; #12 UK, #21 US. 1980 The Very Best of Elton John; #24 UK.

                                                                                          1980 21 at 33; #12 UK, #13 US. 1979 The Thom Bell Sessions; #51 US. 1979 Victim of Love; #35 US. 1978 A Single Man; #8 UK, #15 US.

                                                                                          1977 Elton John's Greatest Hits - Volume II; #6 UK, #21 US. 1976 Blue Moves; #3 UK, #3 US. 1976 Here and There (live); #6 UK, #4 US. 1975 West of the Rockies (live).

                                                                                          1975 Rock of the Westies; #5 UK, #1 US. 1975 Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy; #2 UK, #1 US. 1974 Elton John's Greatest Hits; #1 UK, #1 US. 1974 Caribou; #1 UK, #1 US.

                                                                                          1973 Goodbye Yellow Brick Road; #1 UK, #1 US. 1973 Don't Shoot Me I'm Only the Piano Player; #1 UK, #1 US. 1972 Honky Château; #2 UK, #1 US. 1971 Madman Across the Water; #8 US.

                                                                                          1971 11-17-70 [live]; #20 UK, #11 US. 1971 Friends; #36 US. 1971 Tumbleweed Connection; #6 UK, #5 US. 1970 The Games (Original Soundtrack).

                                                                                          1970 Elton John; #11 UK, #4 US. 1969 Empty Sky; #6 US (1975 release). And that will never leave me.". No self-esteem.

                                                                                          "I've always had a body-image problem. Other songs that follow this pattern include "Don't Let the Sun Go Down On Me" and "Rocket Man". Another feature of John's style is the use of a slowly-building crescendo that brings the song to a tutti climax. The piano accompaniment is prominent, though the song also features an orchestra.

                                                                                          It is in Binary Form, with the verse repeated before the chorus begins.