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Dana Key (born December 30, 1954) is a guitarist
Guitarist

A guitarist is a musician who plays the guitar. Guitarists may perform solo pieces or play with ensembles and bands of a wide variety of genres....
 and singer, who was a co-founder of the Christian rock
Contemporary Christian music

Contemporary Christian Music is a genre of popular music which is lyrically focused on matters concerned with the Christianity. The term is typically used to refer to the Nashville, Tennessee-based pop music, Rock music, and Contemporary worship music Christian music industry, currently represented by artists such as...
 group DeGarmo & Key with keyboardist Eddie DeGarmo
Eddie DeGarmo

Eddie DeGarmo is an United States Contemporary Christian music recording artist. Best friends with guitarist Dana Key since the first grade, DeGarmo co-founded the Christian rock group DeGarmo & Key in 1978....
. Key is a direct descendant
Kinship

Kinship is a relationship between any entities that share a genealogical origin, through either biological, cultural, or historical descent. In anthropology the kinship system includes people related both by descent and marriage, while usage in biology includes descent and mating....
 (great-great-great-great-great-great grandson) of the famous Francis Scott Key
Francis Scott Key

Francis Scott Key was an United States lawyer, author, and amateur poet, from Georgetown, Washington, D.C., who wrote the words to the United States' national anthem, "The Star-Spangled Banner."...
, author of The Star-Spangled Banner
The Star-Spangled Banner

"The Star-Spangled Banner" is the national anthem of the United States of America. The lyrics come from a poem written in 1814 by then 35-year-old amateur poet Francis Scott Key who wrote "Defence of Fort McHenry" after seeing the bombardment of Fort McHenry at Baltimore, Maryland, Maryland, by Royal Navy ships in the Chesapeake Bay during th...
.

DeGarmo & Key toured the world, headlining and opening with other major Christian Rock bands including Servant, Petra
Petra (band)

Petra was a prominent Christian rock band, regarded by many as a pioneer of the Christian rock and of the Contemporary Christian music genres. Petra was formed in 1972 in music, in Fort Wayne, Indiana by Bob Hartman, Greg Hough and John DeGroff while they were students of the Christian Training Center....
, Joe English
Joe English

Joe English is an United States musician who, during the 1970s, played Drum kit in Paul McCartney's band Wings and in the Southern Rock/Jazz group Sea Level , among others....
, Amy Grant
Amy Grant

Amy Lee Grant is an United Statesn singer-songwriter, author, media personality and occasional actress, best known for her contemporary Christian music....
, Resurrection Band
Resurrection Band

Resurrection Band, also known as Rez Band or REZ, is a Christian rock band. They were based out of the Jesus People USA Christian community in Chicago, Illinois, and most of its members continue to be part of that community to this day....
, Jesse Dixon, Mylon LeFevre and Broken Heart
Mylon LeFevre

Mylon LeFevre is the former Christian rock singer of the Grammy Award-winning band Mylon and Broken Heart. He currently travels around the United States of America, ministering, teaching and singing....
, and dc Talk
DC Talk

DC Talk is the first studio album released from DC Talk. This is the most hip hop oriented of all of their albums....
 (their roadie crew for a period).






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Dana Key (born December 30, 1954) is a guitarist
Guitarist

A guitarist is a musician who plays the guitar. Guitarists may perform solo pieces or play with ensembles and bands of a wide variety of genres....
 and singer, who was a co-founder of the Christian rock
Contemporary Christian music

Contemporary Christian Music is a genre of popular music which is lyrically focused on matters concerned with the Christianity. The term is typically used to refer to the Nashville, Tennessee-based pop music, Rock music, and Contemporary worship music Christian music industry, currently represented by artists such as...
 group DeGarmo & Key with keyboardist Eddie DeGarmo
Eddie DeGarmo

Eddie DeGarmo is an United States Contemporary Christian music recording artist. Best friends with guitarist Dana Key since the first grade, DeGarmo co-founded the Christian rock group DeGarmo & Key in 1978....
. Key is a direct descendant
Kinship

Kinship is a relationship between any entities that share a genealogical origin, through either biological, cultural, or historical descent. In anthropology the kinship system includes people related both by descent and marriage, while usage in biology includes descent and mating....
 (great-great-great-great-great-great grandson) of the famous Francis Scott Key
Francis Scott Key

Francis Scott Key was an United States lawyer, author, and amateur poet, from Georgetown, Washington, D.C., who wrote the words to the United States' national anthem, "The Star-Spangled Banner."...
, author of The Star-Spangled Banner
The Star-Spangled Banner

"The Star-Spangled Banner" is the national anthem of the United States of America. The lyrics come from a poem written in 1814 by then 35-year-old amateur poet Francis Scott Key who wrote "Defence of Fort McHenry" after seeing the bombardment of Fort McHenry at Baltimore, Maryland, Maryland, by Royal Navy ships in the Chesapeake Bay during th...
.

DeGarmo & Key toured the world, headlining and opening with other major Christian Rock bands including Servant, Petra
Petra (band)

Petra was a prominent Christian rock band, regarded by many as a pioneer of the Christian rock and of the Contemporary Christian music genres. Petra was formed in 1972 in music, in Fort Wayne, Indiana by Bob Hartman, Greg Hough and John DeGroff while they were students of the Christian Training Center....
, Joe English
Joe English

Joe English is an United States musician who, during the 1970s, played Drum kit in Paul McCartney's band Wings and in the Southern Rock/Jazz group Sea Level , among others....
, Amy Grant
Amy Grant

Amy Lee Grant is an United Statesn singer-songwriter, author, media personality and occasional actress, best known for her contemporary Christian music....
, Resurrection Band
Resurrection Band

Resurrection Band, also known as Rez Band or REZ, is a Christian rock band. They were based out of the Jesus People USA Christian community in Chicago, Illinois, and most of its members continue to be part of that community to this day....
, Jesse Dixon, Mylon LeFevre and Broken Heart
Mylon LeFevre

Mylon LeFevre is the former Christian rock singer of the Grammy Award-winning band Mylon and Broken Heart. He currently travels around the United States of America, ministering, teaching and singing....
, and dc Talk
DC Talk

DC Talk is the first studio album released from DC Talk. This is the most hip hop oriented of all of their albums....
 (their roadie crew for a period). Dana released two solo albums as well.

Following retirement, Dana served as the head of Ardent Records
Ardent Records

Ardent Records, often shortened to "Ardent," is a Memphis, Tennessee record label founded by John Fry in 1959. Ardent of the 1960s and 1970s featured pop music acts and was distributed by Stax Records from 1972 until 1975....
, and hosted a TV show, featuring new, younger, Christian bands.

Dana now is the pastor of a small church in Cordova, Tennessee
Cordova, Tennessee

Cordova is a community in Shelby County, Tennessee, Tennessee, United States. Much of Cordova have been annexed by the city of Memphis, Tennessee....
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Discography

DeGarmo and Key:
  • This Time Thru 1978
  • Straight On 1979
  • Stella This Ain't Hollywood 1980
  • No Turning Back 1982
  • Mission of Mercy 1983
  • Communication 1984
  • Commander Sozo and the Charge of the Light Brigade1985
  • Streetlight 1986
  • D&K 1987
  • Rock Solid--Absolutely Live 1988
  • The Pledge 1989
  • Go To The Top 1991
  • Destined to Win 1992
  • Heat It Up 1993
  • DeGarmo and Key 1994
  • To Extremes 1994
  • Greatest Hits, Vol. 1 1995
  • History Makers: DeGarmo & Key Collection 2003


Dana Key:

  • The Journey: Walking with Jesus 1990
  • Part of the Mystery 1995