Glenn Kaiser (born January 21, 1953) is an American, Chicago-based Christian rock, Christian blues musician, singer, songwriter and pastor. He was the leader of Resurrection Band and is currently the leader of The Glenn Kaiser Band.

Personal life

Childhood

Kaiser's older brother and sister left the house while he was still young and his parents divorced when he was nine years old. Kaiser was active in Milwaukee's music scene, starting at the age of twelve, and was a member of more than twelve bands, leading two, before reaching nineteen years of age.

Glenn Kaiser was raised as a nominal Lutheran and used drugs before he became a born-again Christian, around the time of his eighteenth birthday. Glenn and Wendi have one son, Aaron, and three daughters: Rebecca (husband Timothy), Heidi, and Ami.

Resurrection Band

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Glenn Kaiser's most successful and prominent band is Resurrection Band. Personnel included his wife Wendi, Wendi's brother John Herrin, Jim Denton, who was later replaced by Roy Montroy in 1987, and Stu Heiss. It began in mid-December 1971 as a band of the Jesus People of Milwaukee (part of The USA Traveling Team) and was first known as "Charity" (the King James Bible term for "love"). It was a traveling team and a mobile outreach of Jesus People of Milwaukee until the ministry disbanded in the summer of 1972. "Charity" changed its name to "Resurrection Band" around March 1972 and the band, as part of The USA Traveling Team left Milwaukee for the last time in early June 1972. They performed on the road for a few months, while loosely based in Florida, before calling Chicago home in early 1973 with Jesus People USA. They made several international tours to Australia, New Zealand, Europe, Germany, The Netherlands, France, Great Britain, Sweden, Finland and more. Though many considered it "the devil's music",

  • Time Will Tell (1999, Review:
  • Ripley County Blues (2002)
  • No Greater Love (2002, as "Glenn Kaiser and Friends")
  • Bound For Glory (2006)
  • Cardboard Box (2011)
  • Long Way From My Home (2016)
  • Swamp Gas Messiahs (2020)

Compilation albums

  • Blues Heaven: The Best of Glenn Kaiser's Blues (1999)
  • Blues Heaven II: More of the Best of Glenn Kaiser's Blues (2006)

Collaboration albums

  • Trimmed and Burnin (1990, with Darrell Mansfield as Kaiser/Mansfield)
  • Slow Burn (1993, as Kaiser/Mansfield)
  • The Blues Night (1994, with Glenn Kaiser, Larry Howard, Trace Balin & Darrell Mansfield)
  • Into the Night (1995, with Darrell Mansfield, Larry Howard & Glenn Kaiser as Mansfield/Howard/Kaiser)
  • Trimmed and Burnin' & Slow Burn (2002, as Kaiser/Mansfield)
  • Cornerstone Festival 2012 Live (2013, with Glenn Kaiser, Joe Filisko)

Glenn Kaiser Band

  • Winter Sun (2000)
  • Carolina Moon (2001)
  • Blacktop (2003)
  • GKB Live (2005)
  • Octane (2008)

References

Further reading

  • Grrr Records
  • Rez Band Official website \