Ready to Fly (CD - 2003)

Additional personnel includes: Schuyler Duryee, Michael Boggs (acoustic guitar); Lincoln Brewster, Jerry McPherson (guitar); Brian Smith (trumpet, bass); Jeff Roach (piano, synthesized bass); Scott Williamson (keyboards, drums); Joey Canaday (bass); Ken Lewis (percussion); The Nashville String Machine.

Producers: Scott Williamson, David Hamilton.

Personnel: Jerry McPherson (acoustic guitar, electric guitar, bouzouki); Michael Boggs (acoustic guitar); Schuyler Duryee, Lincoln Brewster, Andrew Ramsey, Dave Cleveland (electric guitar); Nashville String Machine (strings); Jim Hammerly (accordion); Brian Smith (trumpet); Jeff Roach (piano, keyboards, bass synthesizer); Byron Hagen (piano, keyboards); Jeromy Deibler (piano); Scott Williamson (Wurlitzer organ, keyboards, drums, tambourine, drum programming); David Hamilton (keyboards, programming); Steve Brewster, John Hammond (drums); Ken Lewis (percussion).

Audio Mixers: Scott Williamson; Shane D. Wilson; Todd Robbins; Bill Deaton.

Liner Note Author: Jeromy Deibler.

Recording information: Bulldog Studio, Franklin, TN; Dark Horse Recording, Franklin, TN; HMP Studio, Brentwood, TN; Linc's Crib, Roseville, CA; OceanWay, Nashville, TN; The Bennett House, Franklin, TN; The Border, Franklin, TN; The Carpal Tunnel; The Sound Kitchen, Franklin, TN.

Photographer: Russ Harrington.

With READY TO FLY, chart-topping CCM quartet FFH (which stands for "Far From Home") delivers an energetic album chock full of Beatlesque hooks, sweet vocal harmonies and multi-layered production. Much less alternative rock-influenced than contemporaries such as Newsboys and DC Talk, the group's unique style of slightly '60s-leaning, angst-free music should appeal to any fan of energetic good-time pop in the vein of Hanson or The Monkees. Lead vocalists Jeremy and Jennifer Deiber both have memorable voices, the former possessed of a distinctive twang that occasionally recalls vintage Leon Russell. For non-believers, the band's obvious passion, mastery of sharp melodies, and penchant for varied instrumental textures make the overtly Christian lyrics an easy, and often quite sweet, pill to swallow. minimize