The Word, Original Christian Song, Produced by Dan Holder & Gary Dugan This song comes right out of the first chapter of John, taking some of the words verbatim and some with lyrical license, sort of a Biblical play on words. The electric guitar solo was graciously provided by Carm Vecchio. The orchestration was provided…
Original Christian Song, Produced by Dan Holder & Gary Dugan Back in 1981, inspired by a parable in Matthew 13, I wrote the lyrics and a basic melody for this song, then revised both lyrics and melody in 1986, but it still didn’t merit recording. I was playing around with an “open” (DADGAD) tuning and…
Music: STILLE NACHT, Arranged & Performed by Dan Holder , Lyrics by Joseph Mohr, Translated by J. Freeman Young In honor of my wife’s request for a Christmas song, I based this 4-day project on the traditional “STILLE NACHT” with words by Joseph Mohr (translated to English by J. Freeman Young). The melody is interspersed with…
Original Christian Country Song, by Dan Holder with Gary Dugan This is a fresh original composed October 27, 2025, inspired by the crew at Turning Point USA (@TPUSA) and their firm stand for Christ. It’s written as a Country-Rock-Gospel tune, and includes Gary Dugan on piano. * Words and Music: Dan Holder * Produced, Mixed…
Traditional Hymn, Arranged by Dan Holder and Gary Dugan Dan Holder’s latest release is a version of an old classic church hymn with a lovely melody from the late-1700s, lyrics by Robert Robinson (1735-1790), music by John Wyeth (1770-1858). The original was in 3/4 time, but for this light-rock version, I raised it to 4/4.…
Lyrics by Dan Holder , Music by Dan Holder & Gary Dugan “I’m Thinking of A New Life” is another oldie that I wrote back in 1977 while on tour with Tranquility, but we never recorded it because I wasn’t satisfied with the chorus (its melody was almost identical to the verses), so the song sat…
“I Want To Go To Heaven With You” was one of the most-requested by audiences of my touring band, Tranquility, in the late 1970s. Written in 1976 and originally recorded in 1979 with full orchestra, arranged by the late Dave Williamson; unfortunately, the recording was accidentally bulk-erased prior to the song’s release, along with one…
On Sunday, April 20, 2025, Dan Holder released his latest composition, “In The Key Of The Lord”, a country song just in time for Easter. It answers the question of why we write, play and sing Christian songs in the first place. Special thanks to Gary Dugan for his orchestration and piano (among other things)…
On November 15, 2024, Dan Holder released another 5-song EP with the title song, “How The Story Ends” – a summary of the first 12 chapters of Revelation. This EP was a collaboration between Dan Holder and Gary Dugan. The last song is a recreation of the 1979 original recording of “Worthy Is The Lamb”…
On October 1, 2023, Dan Holder released a long-awaited 5-song EP with the title song, “Little Bitty Boat”. The song is a Bossa Nova genre containing a Brazilian version of a song Dan learned as a child while living on the Amazon. Other songs on the EP include Christian jazz, ballads, and 80s rock –…
This is a digitally-remastered edition of the Tranquility album, originally released in 1976 by Tempo/Chrism Records; now released by Adagio Music Company, Inc., with special permission from Dan Holder, lead vocalist and principal songwriter.
Stormy is Dan Holder’s third Christian CD, his second with LarkinSong, with 10 original acoustic songs in multiple styles.
Nevermore Alone was originally recorded in 1979 as Dan Holder’s solo project following 3 1/2 years of touring with Tranquility and fellow guitarist, Alan Pierce; but the album remained unreleased until now.
