The CCM Deep Dive Podcast

Send a text From her early days of touring around SE Kansas to dreams of Australia, we kick of the new season with Jennifer Knapp's major label debut album, Kansas while also discussing the first two songs on the album, the short, acapella song, "Faithful To Me" and the acoustic rocker, "Whole Again". New episodes release every Monday.

Send a text Sisters, authors and Sunday School teachers for West Point cadets, The Warner sisters journey in the late 19th century is the stuff of movies! Join us as we follow their tale in the writing of this beloved little hymn.  (And what was their connection to not one, but TWO future presidents?)

Send a text Everyone thinks they know the story of the 19th century hymn, "It Is Well" but it's much richer and deeper than most realize. And there's a bit of a Paul Harvey's "Rest of the Story" in the years after.   This is Anna's story.

Send a text GORDON: we could do the VH-1, "but after the commercial,..." we could, ...but we're not.... We wrap up the first season with the guys from Whiteheart as we discuss the bonus track, "Set The Bridge On Fire" as well as catch up with what all the guys did after Freedom.

Send a text Tommy: And not being able to get there was really tough for me.  I don't think I expressed any of this ever,  outwardly, or openly, but it was tough. It was tough to think that I wasn't,... it felt like I was saying goodbye to those folks because of this new life I had now...   Tommy Sims and Mark Gershmehl reminisce about the making of the final album track, "I'll...

Send a text GORDON: I've thought if you look at Jesus on the cross and tell him that, "Well, there's this one thing I've done that's too much" then you're looking at him there and saying, "So what you're doing is not enough."   Before they talk about the message of forgiveness and healing in "Let It Go", the guys delve into the genius tha...

Send a text GERSH: We could come out of a song like The River Will Flow into the same Psalm and just that reflection to say, Whatever it is, whatever you're going through, whatever's going on in your life, listen for the river within you. It's strong. It's a beautiful place. And, and you know what, just be still there. Just be still and know.... In this episode, the guys discus...

Send a text TOMMY: it's not only on the record, but it was like the loudest thing on the record at that point. And I thought, no way are they actually, uh, this, we're actually keeping this, you know, literally it was, it was, it was just  a joke. I was trying to crack everybody up... In this episode,  Gordon and Tommy discuss co-writing Invitation and Tommy's scatting while Rick ch...

Send a text RICK: So I'm like, you know, couple rooms away, running down the hall with a microphone in my hand all the way right up to his face!  That was so stinking awesome. I LOVED doing that! In this episode, the topic turns to drummer, Chris McHugh! Gordon explains the inspiration behind Power Tools, Rick and Gersh recall the metal scream at the beginning and  the episode ends with learn...

Send a text  GORDON: Even in recent years walking off stage with somebody like Peter Frampton and seeing somebody running towards me, ... and it's somebody, "Man, that Freedom album, that Freedom album. Oh my gosh." In this episode, Gersh discusses the the message of Eighth Wonder, Gordon cracks about the charts and Rick pulls back the curtain a little on Christian radio. New episod...

Send a text GERSH: he's standing in front of the microphone and we hit a pause and we're rolling back the tape. And I say to him, "what did you just do?" And he says, "what?" I said, "what did you just do? "..... "I don't know. What did I just do?" In this episode, Gordon  chokes up talking about God's blessings pouring out on his life, R...

Send a text TOMMY: The idea that nobody's more or less important here. it is just the unit. What's important is that we just get the best music we can get,... In this episode,   Gersh explains the inspiration behind the song, Tommy discusses how he came up with that silky smooth bass riff in the intro and Gordon ties in Roy Orbison and  later, the Mississippi Blues. New episodes release...

Send a text GORDON: the older you get and the longer you live, the more you see God laughing and smiling and winking at you... In this episode, the guys discuss the second song on the album and Gordon discusses his family's musical lineage ( spoiler alert: his dad was kind of a big deal... ) New episodes release every Monday.

Send a text GERSH: well, the idea originally sprang we were in my apartment... We start with "Bye Bye Babylon", the opening track off of Whiteheart's 1989 album, Freedom but we also discuss how lead vocals are determined and how Rick Florian takes someone else's lyrics and makes it his own. ( Spoiler Alert: that was Gordon Kennedy singing lead on "Montana Sky" from th...

Send a text GORDON: Speaking of nicest humans on the planet....BAM! hahahaha.... From their early start as the backing band for Bill and Gloria Gaither to working with esteemed CCM producer, Brown Bannister, the guys discuss their beginnings including touring their previous album, Emergency Broadcast . New episodes release every Monday.

Send a text Join us each Monday for the CCM Deep Dive Podcast as we go song by song and story by story through the 1989 album, Freedom with the guys from Whiteheart.  The CCM Deep Dive Podcast 12-part series wherever you get your podcasts.