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The Ward siblings all decided that Matthew's older sister, Annie, and her new husband record producer Buck Herring should take in the two younger Ward siblings. Matthew's older sister, Annie was a self-styled (and self-taught) singer and songwriter who wrote and played her songs around the family piano.
The 2nd Chapter of Acts was a Jesus music and early contemporary Christian music group composed of sisters Annie Herring and Nelly Greisen and brother Matthew Ward.They began performing in 1972 [1] and enjoyed their period of greatest success during the 1970s.
All songs were written by Annie Herring, except "Bread of Life", "Rise Up and Take a Bow" and "Bread of Life (Reprise)", which were written by Annie Herring and Matthew Ward. Rejoice – 3:00; Bread of Life – 2:04; Nobody Can Take My Life – 3:28; Here I Go – 2:18; Rise Up and Take a Bow – 2:00; I've Got a Break in My Heart – 2:47
According to band member Matthew Ward, all the vocals were cut in a bedroom of the house the trio lived in at the time. They converted their garage into a mixing room, knocked a hole in the bedroom wall and ran a microphone cord into it. The songs have a heavy use of synthesizers. It was reissued on the Live Oak label.
Annie Herring (born Annie Ward September 22, 1945) [1] is one of the pioneers of the Jesus music genre, later to be called Contemporary Christian music.She was a member of the trio 2nd Chapter of Acts, for which she wrote most of the songs and sang lead and harmony vocals with her brother Matthew Ward and sister Nelly (Ward) Greisen.
In the Volume of the Book, released in 1975, was the second studio album from the contemporary Christian music group, 2nd Chapter of Acts. The album title is a reference to Psalm 40 :7 ("...in the volume of the book it is written of me").
A ballad, it is performed as a duet with 2nd Chapter of Acts singer Matthew Ward, although he is uncredited on the sleeve. [2] The single was released internationally in 1984, but had first been issued in this form in the US and Japan the previous year. "Love Has a Mind of Its Own" charted on three U.S. charts.
Matthew Stephen "M." Ward (born October 4, 1973) is an American singer-songwriter and guitarist from Glendale, California. Ward's solo work is a mixture of folk and blues-inspired Americana analog recordings. He has released 10 studio albums since 1999, primarily through the independent label Merge Records.