The Wind and the Wheat

The Wind and the Wheat
Studio album by Phil Keaggy
Released	January 1987
Genre	New-age, instrumental
Label	Colours, A&M
Producer	Phil Keaggy
Phil Keaggy chronology
Way Back Home (1987) The Wind and the Wheat (1987) Phil Keaggy and Sunday's Child (1988)

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The Wind and the Wheat is the title of a 1987 instrumental album by guitarist Phil Keaggy, released on Maranatha! Music's Colours imprint. The album won the 1988 GMA Dove Award for Instrumental Album of the Year.^[2] It was remastered and re-issued in 2013.^[3]

Track listing

All songs were written by Phil Keaggy, unless otherwise noted.

Side one

1. "March of the Clouds" – 5:25
2. "Paradise Dream" – 5:32
3. "The Wind and the Wheat" – 4:32
4. "Where Travellers Meet" – 6:32
5. "From Shore to Shore" – 3:02

Side two

1. "Prayer" – 4:21
2. "The Mission" – 4:58
3. "The Promise" – 4:30
4. "The Reunion" – 6:00
5. "I Love You Lord" (L. Klein) – 5:28

Personnel

• Phil Keaggy: electric guitars, acoustic guitars, bass, electric mini-guitars, percussion, and keyboards
• Jeffery Lams: keyboards, acoustic piano, synthesizers
• Alex Acuña: drums, percussion
• Dave Coy: bass, fretless bass
• Cheri Anderson: Synthesizers
• Dave Spurr: Drums
• Harlan Rogers: rhodes piano, acoustic piano
• Smitty Price: synthesizers
• Ron Tutt: drums
• Alex MacDougall: percussion

Production notes

• Executive Producer: Tom Coomes
• Produced by Phil Keaggy, Tom Coomes, and Jeff Lams
• Engineered by: Jim Scheffler, Eddie Keaggy, Chris Taylor, Phil Keaggy, Tom Coomes, Jeff Lams
• Mixed by: Jim Scheffler, Phil Keaggy, Tom Coomes and Chris Taylor
• CD Mastering by: Bruce Botnick at Digital Magnetics
• Album photography: Phil Fewsmith (www.fewsmith.com)

References

1. The Wind and the Wheat at AllMusic
2. "Past Winners GMA Dove Awards". DoveAwards.com. Retrieved June 4, 2014.
3. Keaggy, Phil (2013). The Remaster Series: The Wind and the Wheat (Liner notes). Phil Keaggy. Sebastian Bay Music. CD053.