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Jacob's TroubleJacob's Trouble was a rock and roll band which originated in the Atlanta area in the 1980s. Committed to Jesus Christ and a Beatlesque sound, the group originally consisted of members Jerry Davison (drums), Mark Blackburn (guitar), and Steve Atwell (bass), with Davison and Blackburn handling the lead vocals. In 1989, Jacob's Trouble released their debut album, The Door Into Summer, which featured several well received originals ("Wind and Wave", "She Smiles at the Future", "The Church of Do What You Want To", "Awfully Familiar") as well as covers of the Beatles' "Tell Me What You See" and the Monkees' "Door into Summer". One year later, the band released Knock, Breathe, Shine, an excellent sophomore effort which stretched the group both lyrically and musically. The band received notice at the time for the song "About Sex", a song about the proper role of sex in society from a Christian perspective. Seen as a very fundamentalist statement, the band opted to remove the song from the album and replaced it with the more ambiguous "About Sex, Part 2". Despite the controversy, the album remains the group's strongest. Songs included "There Goes My Heart Again", "Is It True", "Mr. Hitler", "I'm A Little World", and "Look at You Now". Desiring to expand their horizons, the group added two new members (a drummer and a guitarist), which they had hoped would bring new ideas to the format as well as allow Davison to come out from behind the drum set and become the band's principal singer. By this time, Davison was clearly the leader and chief songwriter for the band. The album ...let the Truth Run Wild! was the first effort by the band's new line-up. While lacking the uniqueness of their first album and the experimental curiousity of their second, the album nevertheless contained some gems, including the Gospel cover "I'd Rather Have Jesus", the original chorus "These Thousand Hills", and the Beatles-inspired "Love is the Reason We Live". Blackburn left the band shortly after the third album, but the band soldiered on with the album Jacob's Trouble, a bold new attempt to redefine the band as a sort of U2 inspired alternative band, with songs like "Wild, Wild Ride" (truth be told, the group played U2 style songs throughout their career, notably "Psalm 151" and "Waiting for the Son" from their debut album). Jacob's Trouble spilt after the fourth album and subsequent tour. A collection of "rarities" was released in 1994 entitled Diggin' Up Bones, which featured the long lost "About Sex", the "ode" to celebrity "If Superman Got Saved", and covers of the Byrds' "Turn! Turn! Turn!" (recorded live) and Eric Clapton's "Let It Rain".
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