Genre: Christmas, Pop/Rock, Worship
Members: Randy Phillips (vocals), Shawn Craig (vocals), Dan Dean (vocals)
For fans of: NewSong, 4Him, Fernando Ortega, The Imperials
Label: INO Records

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Some things you do for the money. Some things you do out of obligation, responsibility or a sense of nobility. But some things you do simply because you love-love-LOVE it. You can't imagine not doing it. It's the joyous gift God has put in your heart that makes passionate living possible.

For Randy Phillips, Shawn Craig and Dan Dean—Phillips, Craig & Dean—that thing is ministry through music. More succinctly put: These guys love-love-LOVE to sing about God. And way beyond the 10 albums, 18 No.1 singles and 2 million+ records sold in the past 16 years, the story of God's grace in their lives just keeps getting bigger. The only way they could stop singing is to stop breathing, which is unlikely, because these guys just inhaled their second wind.

For starters, Shawn, who finished his MDiv degree in 2005, moved into a senior pastor role at the St. Louis church he's served for more than 25 years. And somewhere along the way, in Boise, Idaho to be exact, he met the girl of his dreams. They've set the wedding date for November. Dan, senior pastor in Dallas, hit the big 5-0 this year, celebrated the marriage of his eldest son Dusty, and is training for his first marathon. He and his wife, Becky, will celebrate 30 years of marriage in August. Randy and his wife, Denise, started a new church in 2005 in Austin, which is growing by leaps and bounds. Somehow, between that and keeping up with both a 4-year-old daughter and an 18-year-old daughter, he finds time to host his own TV show, The Awakening on TBN.

Their individual lives are steeped in local church ministry, but it's the power of song that keeps them coming back to the studio and stage. The latest project from Phillips, Craig & Dean, Top Of My Lungs, brilliantly captures the loud, boisterous excitement and joy these guys feel when they open their mouths to sing of God's bigger-than-life grace.

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