Farewell is the last
albumAn album or record album is a collection of related audio or music tracks distributed to the public. The most common way is through commercial distribution, although smaller artists will often distribute directly to the public by selling their albums at live concerts or on their websites.-...
released by
Christian rockChristian rock is a form of rock music played by bands whose members are Christians and who often focus the lyrics on matters concerned with the Christian faith. The extent to which their lyrics are explicitly Christian varies between bands. Much Christian rock has ties to the contemporary...
band
PetraPetra 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 Fort Wayne, Indiana by Bob Hartman, Greg Hough and John DeGroff while they were students of the Christian Training Center...
. It was released in 2005. A
DVDDVD, also known as Digital Versatile Disc or Digital Video Disc,is an optical disc storage media format, and was founded in 1995. Its main uses are video and data storage...
of the concert was released in 2006.
This is the second live album of the band and it was recorded during the bands
Farewell tour in
Franklin, TennesseeFranklin is a city within and the county seat of Williamson County, Tennessee, United States. The population was 41,842 as of the 2000 census.-History:...
on October 4, 2005.
The concert features guest appearances by two former members of the band: singer
Greg X. VolzGregory Xavier Volz is a Christian singer. He is most remembered for being the lead singer of Christian rock band Petra from 1979 to 1985.-Biography:...
and keyboardist
John LawryJohn Lawry is a Christian musician, composer, producer, and songwriter. He is most remembered for being the keyboardist of Christian rock band Petra during their most prolific years.-Biography:...
.
- "All About Who You Know" – 3:22
- "Dance" – 4:32
- "Amazing Grace" – 4:29
- "Test of Time" – 3:22
- "Creed" – 3:14
- "Right Place" – 3:57
- "Rock Medley" – 10:05
- "Sight Unseen"
- "It Is Finished"
- "Think Twice"
- "I Am On The Rock"
- "Midnight Oil"
- "Mine Field"
- "This Means War!"
- "It Is Finished (Reprise)"
- "Jekyll & Hyde" (Jekyll & Hyde) – 3:48
- "Acoustic Set" (featuring Greg X. Volz
Gregory Xavier Volz is a Christian singer. He is most remembered for being the lead singer of Christian rock band Petra from 1979 to 1985.-Biography:...
) – 10:04
- "Rose Coloured Stained Glass Windows"
- "Road To Zion"
- "More Power To Ya"
- "For Annie"
- "No Doubt"
- "The Coloring Song"
- "Love"
- "Grave Robber" – 4:20
- "Keyboard Solo" (featuring John Lawry
John Lawry is a Christian musician, composer, producer, and songwriter. He is most remembered for being the keyboardist of Christian rock band Petra during their most prolific years.-Biography:...
) – 1:33
- "Beyond Belief" – 4:30
- "Guitar Solo" (featuring Bob Hartman
Robert Hartman is a Christian artist, guitarist, writer and songwriter. He is the founder of legendary Christian rock band Petra. Hartman was involved with the band from its foundation in 1972 to its end in 2005. He took a break from touring in 1995, but continued to write most of the band's...
) – 1:24
- "He Came, He Saw, He Conquered" – 4:36
The DVD version of the concert includes the same track listing as the CD.
Farewell is the last
albumAn album or record album is a collection of related audio or music tracks distributed to the public. The most common way is through commercial distribution, although smaller artists will often distribute directly to the public by selling their albums at live concerts or on their websites.-...
released by
Christian rockChristian rock is a form of rock music played by bands whose members are Christians and who often focus the lyrics on matters concerned with the Christian faith. The extent to which their lyrics are explicitly Christian varies between bands. Much Christian rock has ties to the contemporary...
band
PetraPetra 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 Fort Wayne, Indiana by Bob Hartman, Greg Hough and John DeGroff while they were students of the Christian Training Center...
. It was released in 2005. A
DVDDVD, also known as Digital Versatile Disc or Digital Video Disc,is an optical disc storage media format, and was founded in 1995. Its main uses are video and data storage...
of the concert was released in 2006.
This is the second live album of the band and it was recorded during the bands
Farewell tour in
Franklin, TennesseeFranklin is a city within and the county seat of Williamson County, Tennessee, United States. The population was 41,842 as of the 2000 census.-History:...
on October 4, 2005.
The concert features guest appearances by two former members of the band: singer
Greg X. VolzGregory Xavier Volz is a Christian singer. He is most remembered for being the lead singer of Christian rock band Petra from 1979 to 1985.-Biography:...
and keyboardist
John LawryJohn Lawry is a Christian musician, composer, producer, and songwriter. He is most remembered for being the keyboardist of Christian rock band Petra during their most prolific years.-Biography:...
.
Track listing
- "All About Who You Know" – 3:22
- "Dance" – 4:32
- "Amazing Grace" – 4:29
- "Test of Time" – 3:22
- "Creed" – 3:14
- "Right Place" – 3:57
- "Rock Medley" – 10:05
- "Sight Unseen"
- "It Is Finished"
- "Think Twice"
- "I Am On The Rock"
- "Midnight Oil"
- "Mine Field"
- "This Means War!"
- "It Is Finished (Reprise)"
- "Jekyll & Hyde" (Jekyll & Hyde) – 3:48
- "Acoustic Set" (featuring Greg X. Volz
Gregory Xavier Volz is a Christian singer. He is most remembered for being the lead singer of Christian rock band Petra from 1979 to 1985.-Biography:...
) – 10:04
- "Rose Coloured Stained Glass Windows"
- "Road To Zion"
- "More Power To Ya"
- "For Annie"
- "No Doubt"
- "The Coloring Song"
- "Love"
- "Grave Robber" – 4:20
- "Keyboard Solo" (featuring John Lawry
John Lawry is a Christian musician, composer, producer, and songwriter. He is most remembered for being the keyboardist of Christian rock band Petra during their most prolific years.-Biography:...
) – 1:33
- "Beyond Belief" – 4:30
- "Guitar Solo" (featuring Bob Hartman
Robert Hartman is a Christian artist, guitarist, writer and songwriter. He is the founder of legendary Christian rock band Petra. Hartman was involved with the band from its foundation in 1972 to its end in 2005. He took a break from touring in 1995, but continued to write most of the band's...
) – 1:24
- "He Came, He Saw, He Conquered" – 4:36
DVD version
The DVD version of the concert includes the same track listing as the CD. As for the special features, it includes an interview with
John SchlittJohn William Schlitt is known for his career as the lead singer of Christian rock band Petra from 1986 until the band's retirement in late 2005. Prior to joining Petra in 1986, Schlitt was the vocalist for Head East.-Early years:John Schlitt was born in Lincoln, Illinois. Shortly after, his...
,
Greg X. VolzGregory Xavier Volz is a Christian singer. He is most remembered for being the lead singer of Christian rock band Petra from 1979 to 1985.-Biography:...
and
John LawryJohn Lawry is a Christian musician, composer, producer, and songwriter. He is most remembered for being the keyboardist of Christian rock band Petra during their most prolific years.-Biography:...
. The interview includes clips of another interview with band founder
Bob HartmanRobert Hartman is a Christian artist, guitarist, writer and songwriter. He is the founder of legendary Christian rock band Petra. Hartman was involved with the band from its foundation in 1972 to its end in 2005. He took a break from touring in 1995, but continued to write most of the band's...
. There are also fan interviews as they arrive the concert, and an interview to producer
Peter FurlerPeter Andrew Furler is an Australian musician, best known as the former full-time lead singer, drummer and guitarist for the Contemporary Christian pop rock band Newsboys...
.
Another special feature is the band's rehearsal before the concert.
Missing Stuff
- There were three songs that didn't make it into the album or DVD
DVD, also known as Digital Versatile Disc or Digital Video Disc,is an optical disc storage media format, and was founded in 1995. Its main uses are video and data storage...
. This were "Judas' Kiss", "Lord I Lift Your Name on High" and "C-H-R-I-S-T-I-A-N". The first two were cut to save space, while the latter wasn't intended to be in the CD. "Just something for fun we threw in" as Hartman said.
- During one of the takes of Hartman's guitar solo, he broke a string. While he was fixing it, Paul Simmons delivered an impromptu drum solo. To the dismay of fans of the band, this was also cut from the album and DVD. As the president of Inpop Records
Inpop Records is an independent contemporary Christian music record label based in Franklin, Tennessee, USA. It was launched in July 1999 by Australians Peter Furler and Wes Campbell. The name was derived from the idea of wanting to highlight the talents of international pop artists, though they...
said "That was really spontaneous, if you remember... We did not get a clean run at it."
Petra
- John Schlitt
John William Schlitt is known for his career as the lead singer of Christian rock band Petra from 1986 until the band's retirement in late 2005. Prior to joining Petra in 1986, Schlitt was the vocalist for Head East.-Early years:John Schlitt was born in Lincoln, Illinois. Shortly after, his...
- vocalsSinging is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice, and augments regular speech by the use of both tonality and rhythm. A person who sings is called a singer or vocalist...
- Bob Hartman
Robert Hartman is a Christian artist, guitarist, writer and songwriter. He is the founder of legendary Christian rock band Petra. Hartman was involved with the band from its foundation in 1972 to its end in 2005. He took a break from touring in 1995, but continued to write most of the band's...
- GuitarThe guitar is a musical instrument with ancient roots that adapts readily to a wide variety of musical styles. It typically has six strings, but four-, seven-, eight-, ten-, eleven-, twelve-, thirteen- and eighteen-string guitars also exist. The size and shape of the neck and the base of the guitar...
s
- Greg Bailey
Greg Bailey is bassist for the Christian Rock band Petra since joining in late 2001. Before that, he played with several rock bands, including Stir and others.Bailey's first Petra show was in a Pethead Convention held at Wichita, Kansas on January 26, 2002...
- Bass GuitarThe electric bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a plectrum....
, celloThe cello is a bowed string instrument. The word derives from the Italian violoncello. A person who plays a cello is called a cellist. The cello is used as a solo instrument, in chamber music, and as a member of the string section of an orchestra...
- Paul Simmons
Paul Simmons is an American drummer. Currently, he is the drummer for the Reverend Horton Heat and The Prog Rock Orchestra.He is previously most well-known as the drummer for Th' Legendary Shack Shakers from 2003 to 2005. He was also the drummer in Christian rock band Petra from 2003 until their...
- drumsA drum set is a collection of drums, cymbals and sometimes other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person . The term "drum kit" first became used in the 1700s in Britain...
, percussionA percussion instrument is any object which produces a sound by being hit with an implement, shaken, rubbed, scraped, or by any other action which sets the object into vibration...
Guest Musicians
- Greg X. Volz
Gregory Xavier Volz is a Christian singer. He is most remembered for being the lead singer of Christian rock band Petra from 1979 to 1985.-Biography:...
- Vocals
- John Lawry
John Lawry is a Christian musician, composer, producer, and songwriter. He is most remembered for being the keyboardist of Christian rock band Petra during their most prolific years.-Biography:...
- keyboardsA keyboard instrument is any musical instrument played using a musical keyboard. The most common of these is the piano. Other widely used keyboard instruments include various types of organs as well as other mechanical, electromechanical and electronic instruments...
Production
- Petra - Producer
In the music industry, a record producer has many roles, among them controlling the recording sessions, coaching and guiding the musicians, organizing and scheduling production budget and resources, and supervising the recording, mixing and mastering processes...
- Wes Campbell, Peter Furler
Peter Andrew Furler is an Australian musician, best known as the former full-time lead singer, drummer and guitarist for the Contemporary Christian pop rock band Newsboys...
and Rob Poznanski - Executive ProducerAn executive producer is a producer who is not involved in any technical aspects of the filmmaking or music process, but who is still responsible for the overall production. Typically an executive producer handles business and legal issues. See also associate producer, co-producer, line producer...
s
- Jim Cooper
Jim Cooper is a Christian musician, songwriter, and producer.Cooper studied at Temple Christian Academy in his hometown. Jim Cooper got his feet wet with Jody Davis with the band Phos Also in the Band was a lead singer by the name of Gary...
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