The Way was a Jesus music

Jesus music

Jesus music, known as gospel beat music in the United Kingdom, is a style of Christian music which originated on the West Coast of the United States in the late 1960s and early 1970s. This musical genre developed in parallel to the Jesus movement...

 band who were active from 1971 to 1976. They released two albums on Maranatha! Records

Maranatha! Music

Maranatha! Music began as a non-profit outreach of Calvary Chapel in 1971. The Jesus People of the late 1960s and early 1970s began to write new hymns and worship songs with a folk-rock style. Maranatha! Music was founded at this time in order to publish and promote this new type of Christian...

 and contributed four non-LP tracks to their label's compilation series and one LP track was pulled for the first label retrospective.

History

The first recordings by The Way appeared on the Maranatha! compilation albums, The Everlastin' Living Jesus Music Concert with the song "If You Will Believe", and Maranatha! 2 with "Jesus Is the One" and "Jesus Is All that We Need".

Their self-titled debut album was recorded at Buddy King Studios in Huntington Beach. It was self-produced and had a smooth mixture of folk and country rock that reminds the listener of America

America (band)

America is an English-American folk rock band that originally included members Gerry Beckley, Dewey Bunnell and Dan Peek. The three members were barely out of their teens when they became a musical sensation during 1972, scoring #1 hits and winning a Grammy for best new musical artist...

.

With their second album the band took a giant step by adding more of a rock edge to many of the songs while staying true to their country roots. It was recorded at Mama Jo's

Mama Jo's

Mama Jo's Recording Studio, started in the late 1960s, is a recording studio in North Hollywood, California.-History:Built in the late 1960s by Producer & Engineer Freddie Piro, Mama Jo's recording Studio was one of the first...

 in North Hollywood and produced by Al Perkins

Al Perkins

Al Perkins is a Texas-born American guitarist. The Gibson guitar company called Perkins "the world's most influential Dobro player", and even began producing an "Al Perkins Signature" Dobro in 2001 - designed and autographed by Perkins....

. It was recorded in the nighttime and early-morning hours, because of Ambrosia

Ambrosia (band)

Ambrosia is an American rock band formed in southern California in 1970. Ambrosia had five Top Forty hit singles between 1975 and 1980.-Formation and inspiration:...

's daytime sessions.

In 1974 they also recorded a song for the Maranatha! 4 compilation entitled "Have You Ever Heard". In 1979, the song "He's the Reason to Go On", off their debut album, was used by the label on Best of Maranatha, Volume 1.

Band members

• Ric Latendresse—(founding member), acoustic guitar (1971)
• John Wickham—lead guitar, bass, acoustic guitar, background vocals
• Gary Arthur—(founding member) bass, acoustic guitar, piano, percussion, vocals
• Dana Angle—(founding member) lead & slide guitar, banjo, acoustic guitar, flute, vocals
• Bruce Herring—(founding member) guitar, bass, vocals
• Alex MacDougall
  Alex MacDougall
  Alex MacDougall is an American record producer, and percussionist. MacDougall is best known for being a member of the Christian rock band Daniel Amos in the late 1970s in addition to his production and recording session credits...
  
  —drums, congas & timbales, percussion (1975)
• Micheal Fickling—drums (1976)
• Jim Stipech—guitar, piano, vocals (1976)

Discography

• The Way
  The Way (album)
  The Way is the self-titled debut album recorded by Jesus music band The Way, released in 1973 on Maranatha! Records.-Track listing:-Credits:...
  
  —(1973)
• Can It Be?
  Can it Be? (The Way album)
  Can it Be? is the second album recorded by Jesus music band The Way, released in 1975 on Maranatha! Records.-Track listing:-Credits:Can it Be? is the second album recorded by Jesus music band The Way, released in 1975 on Maranatha! Records....
  
  —(1975)