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Jars of Clay: Dan Haseltine
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With the release of GOOD MONSTERS, Jars of Clay captures its communal experiences and have a bit of fun with the process. The result is an outstanding collection of tunes that are engaging upon first listen, and increasingly captivating with each additional spin: rock hits, without sacrificing the intelligence and depth of Haseltine's poetic lyrical genius.
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Multi-Platinum and GRAMMY Award winning band Jars of Clay (Dan Haseltine, Charlie Lowell, Stephen Mason, and Matt Odmark) launched its career with the hit song, “Flood” in 1995. Since then, it’s amassed more than five million in career sales (5 Gold, 2 platinum and 1 double platinum certifications), three GRAMMY Awards, an American Music Award nod, 17 No.1 radio hits, and numerous film credits and BMI honors for songwriting and performing.
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It’s the work environment the members of Jars of Clay built for themselves while creating the songs for this record that helped bolster the courage to ask these kinds of tough questions. After a dozen years of writing, recording and touring together, the core members Haseltine, Mason, Odmark and Lowell felt it was time to shake up the way they work, and so they hunkered down in a room with longtime tour bassist Sands and new drummer Lutito (and the extra ears of arranger Ron Aniello) to shape the song ideas they had collected over the previous several months.
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Original band members Dan Haseltine, Charlie Lowell, Steve Mason and Matt Brownleewe formed Jars of Clay while participating in the CCM program at Greenville College. The band moved to Nashville in 1994 soon after meriting the Gospel Music Association's coveted Spotlight Talent Competition. At that time, Brownleewe resigned to pursue other CCM opportunities and Matt Odmark, a childhood friend of Lowell, became the newest member of the foursome.
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When Dan Haseltine, Jars of Clay's lead singer, visited Africa in 2002, he had to struggle to accept what he saw. Poverty and physical and social suffering in Africa shook him, challenged him, and changed him.
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