Big Time (1995)

  

Highlights:

You are Faithful

Be Still and Know

Daddy's Little Girl

I Found a Love

 

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Darrell's Comments

BIG TIME was a landmark project for me. Produced again by Barry Piacente, it was the first to feature totally live instrumentation (as opposed to NO TURNING BACK, where live instruments were added to computer sequenced tracks), as well as the first of my projects to be released on CD.

The title track was fun, and quickly became an audience participation piece (they only had to remember two words), focusing on the world’s idea of success vs. God’s. Making the BIG TIME God’s way was essentially the focus of the whole album. Other highlights included the Eagles-ish "You Are Faithful", "Be Still And Know" (a song I really wrote for myself to hear and take heed of), the remake of "Daddy’s Little Girl", "I Found A Love" (simply because I had folks from my church choir doing the BGVs), and also "From A Broken Heart" (which is almost a rock song, and just plain fun!). All in all, BIG TIME was an attempt to break away from "issue-oriented" songs, and just be a celebration.

Like NO TURNING BACK, this was a thematic project, with each song echoing themes espoused in the title track. The challenge to measure one’s success by God’s standards as opposed to man’s was accepted well in concerts throughout the Southeast during 1995-1996.