MercyMe night on Gospel Music Channel

Posted by brandy

on November 22, 2008M at 6:59 pm

The Gospel Music Channel is getting ready to kick off MercyMe Night, with the world premiere at 7 tonight of the exclusive new holiday special “MercyMe Christmas.” It will be followed with another world premiere special, “Faith & Fame: MercyMe,” which tells the Christian music group’s inspirational story, at 8 p.m.

In the “MercyMe Christmas” special, the Grammy-nominated band will perform songs from their holiday album, “The Christmas Sessions,” as well as some of their non-Christmas songs, according to a news release. Featured carols will include “Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree,” “Christmas Time Is Here,” “Joseph’s Lullaby,” “It Came Upon A Midnight Clear,” “I Heard The Bell” and “God With Us.” “MercyMe Christmas” will encore at 9 p.m. Saturday.

MercyMe’s biography “Faith & Fame: MercyMe” shows the brotherhood of the band as they share candid stories of their lives on and off the stage. From their humble beginnings in a worn down daycare center to the success of reaching millions of people through their chart topping hits, “Faith & Fame: MercyMe” gives a behind-the-scenes look at never-before-seen footage, concert performances and more - all to the soundtrack of MercyMe’s greatest hits.

The result of a praise and worship band experience, MercyMe was formed in 1994 by Bart Millard, Jim Bryson, and Mike Scheuchzer. Millard and Bryson met while working on a mission project overseas. The two agreed to start a new band in Oklahoma City with Scheuchzer, whom Millard already knew. The band added bassist Nathan Cochran and percussionist Robby Shaffer to the roster and signed with INO Records in 2001.

Their first album, “Almost There,” propelled them into the mainstream spotlight with the smash hit “I Can Only Imagine.” The album went on to sell more than 2 million records in only three years and earned the band an American Music Award nomination.

In 2002, the band released it popular second album, “Spoken For,” which produced two more Top 10 hits. In 2004, MercyMe released “Undone,” which produced two Top 10 hits: “Here With Me” which also hit Billboard’s Top 100 chart that same year, and “In the Blink of an Eye” which, as of the end of 2005, was at No. 5 on R&R’s top Christian hits. In 2006, MercyMe released Coming Up To Breathe which featured the hits “So Long Self,” “Coming Up To Breathe” and “Hold Fast.” In 2007, MercyMe released the album “All That Is Within Me.”

For more information, go to www.gospelmusicchannel.com.

-BAM

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