Shortly after that, Mike and Jay’s mother Pat, another member of the Big Daddy Weave support team since the beginning, was diagnosed with cancer. By the end of 2017, Mike and Jay’s father, Russ Weaver, their hero and an integral part of the Big Daddy Weave support team, died on Christmas Day after a hard-fought struggle with pulmonary fibrosis. After the amputation of both of his feet, a procedure performed to save his life, a time of recovery began that was so painful and difficult that Jay battled the idea of whether he should even continue living. That same month, Joe Shirk’s father, Steve, who had been a prayerful encourager of the band and had even driven their bus for them at times, died suddenly from a heart attack.Īs 2016 progressed, Jay’s health declined to the point that his survival was in question. In January of 2016, they had a miscarriage. In December of that same year, Brian Biehl and his wife Kim, after six years in the journey of infertility, found out she was pregnant. In early 2015, an infection began to overtake Jay Weaver’s body. We were in a season of serious hurting.” The list of trials the band was going through was nearly overwhelming. “When we were working on songs for this new record,” shares lead singer Mike Weaver, “they were all written from a place of processing grief and sorrow. The inspirational themes and uplifting messages many find in the group’s music were desperately needed by the members themselves. But while creating their latest album, When the Light Comes, the men of Big Daddy Weave, Mike Weaver (lead vocals, guitar), Jay Weaver (bass, vocals), Jeremy Redmon (guitar, vocals), Joe Shirk (saxophone, keys, vocals) and Brian Beihl (drums), found themselves working from a new and unfamiliar place. Millions have taken their anthems of Jesus’s chain- breaking love as their own and sung along to songs about the radical act of redemption. With songs like “My Story,” “The Lion and the Lamb,” “Overwhelmed,” “I Know,” and “Redeemed,” Big Daddy Weave has cemented its status as one of the most beloved bands in Christian music. Known for honest songs that tell personal stories of freedom in Christ, Big Daddy Weave fans have long admired the band for their particular brand of real-life, real-person openness.

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