written by Amy Bogue and Geoff Thurman
Ⓒ 2007 Emma's Gate Music/JuWanFryzWiDat? Music ASCAP

Band Personnel:
Geoff Thurman (acoustic guitars & lead vocals)
Jay Rosette (electric guitars & backing vocals)
Adam Elmore (basses & backing vocals)
Gavin Torgerson (trumpet & flugelhorn)
Tom Wilson (tenor sax & flute)
Mike Bonner (drums)
Lianna Stuart (strings)
Josh Anderson, Adam Elmore & Geoff Thurman (additional electric guitar overdubs)

Project Producers:
Mike Levesque, Adam Elmore and Geoff Thurman

Exec Producer: Geoff Thurman

Fresh Takes is two day project filmed and recorded before a LIVE studio audience at Engelmann Cellars in Fresno, CA

Love Again

written by Mark Sorrells, Becky Thurman & Geoff Thurman
Ⓒ 2001 Kokomene Music/JuWanFryzWiDat? Music ASCAP

Band Personnel:
Geoff Thurman (acoustic guitars & lead vocals)
Jay Rosette (electric guitars & backing vocals)
Adam Elmore (basses & backing vocals)
Gavin Torgerson (trumpet & flugelhorn)
Tom Wilson (tenor sax & flute)
Mike Bonner (drums)
Lianna Stuart (strings)
Josh Anderson, Adam Elmore & Geoff Thurman (additional electric guitar overdubs)

Project Producers:
Mike Levesque, Adam Elmore and Geoff Thurman

Exec Producer: Geoff Thurman

Fresh Takes is two day project filmed and recorded before a LIVE studio audience at Engelmann Cellars in Fresno, CA

Crazy For You

written by James Casto and Geoff Thurman
Ⓒ 2004 Home By Dark Productions BMI/JuWanFryzWiDat? Music ASCAP

Band Personnel:
Geoff Thurman (acoustic guitars & lead vocals)
Jay Rosette (electric guitars & backing vocals)
Adam Elmore (basses & backing vocals)
Gavin Torgerson (trumpet & flugelhorn)
Tom Wilson (tenor sax & flute)
Mike Bonner (drums)
Lianna Stuart (strings)
Josh Anderson, Adam Elmore & Geoff Thurman (additional electric guitar overdubs)

Project Producers:
Mike Levesque, Adam Elmore and Geoff Thurman

Exec Producer: Geoff Thurman

Fresh Takes is two day project filmed and recorded before a LIVE studio audience at Engelmann Cellars in Fresno, CA

Here

writteb by Kimberly Buffington and Geoff Thurman
Ⓒ 2002 JuWanFryzWiDat? Music/Mercy Works Music ASCAP

Band Personnel:
Geoff Thurman (acoustic guitars & lead vocals)
Jay Rosette (electric guitars & backing vocals)
Adam Elmore (basses & backing vocals)
Gavin Torgerson (trumpet & flugelhorn)
Tom Wilson (tenor sax & flute)
Mike Bonner (drums)
Lianna Stuart (strings)
Josh Anderson, Adam Elmore & Geoff Thurman (additional electric guitar overdubs)

Project Producers:
Mike Levesque, Adam Elmore and Geoff Thurman

Exec Producer: Geoff Thurman

Fresh Takes is two day project filmed and recorded before a LIVE studio audience at Engelmann Cellars in Fresno, CA

True Blue

written by Dave Rose and Geoff Thurman
Ⓒ 1999 Broken Dancer Music/JuWanFryzWiDat? Music ASCAP

Band Personnel:
Geoff Thurman (acoustic guitars & lead vocals)
Jay Rosette (electric guitars & backing vocals)
Adam Elmore (basses & backing vocals)
Gavin Torgerson (trumpet & flugelhorn)
Tom Wilson (tenor sax & flute)
Mike Bonner (drums)
Lianna Stuart (strings)
Josh Anderson, Adam Elmore & Geoff Thurman (additional electric guitar overdubs)

Project Producers:
Mike Levesque, Adam Elmore and Geoff Thurman

Exec Producer: Geoff Thurman

Fresh Takes is two day project filmed and recorded before a LIVE studio audience at Engelmann Cellars in Fresno, CA

Shadow Of A Man

written by Stacey Evans and Geoff Thurman
Ⓒ 2007 Stacey Evans /JuWanFryzWiDat? Music ASCAP

Band Personnel:
Geoff Thurman (acoustic guitars & lead vocals)
Jay Rosette (electric guitars & backing vocals)
Adam Elmore (basses & backing vocals)
Gavin Torgerson (trumpet & flugelhorn)
Tom Wilson (tenor sax & flute)
Mike Bonner (drums)
Lianna Stuart (strings)
Josh Anderson, Adam Elmore & Geoff Thurman (additional electric guitar overdubs)

Project Producers:
Mike Levesque, Adam Elmore and Geoff Thurman

Exec Producer: Geoff Thurman

Fresh Takes is two day project filmed and recorded before a LIVE studio audience at Engelmann Cellars in Fresno, CA

On My Knees

Stay With Me Tonight

written by Geoff Thurman
copyright 2017 JuWanFryzWiDat? Music ASCAP

Songs

Be Just Fine

written by Will Roberson II & Geoff Thurman

Center stage
Recycled reckless rage
I could make the wage
But I’m gonna turn the page

It’s a bitter pill
That I’ve gotta swallow
Still starved for a strong will
I know I’ve had my fill

I trusted you
What am I supposed to do
God I wanted to
Believe every word was true

I can’t carry on
Nothing left to lean upon
Before I find myself locked in this lie

Goodbye

There’s damage done
But I’m not dead and gone
I will overcome
Fight till the war is won

I’m in a pouring rain
And I gotta ease this pain
Getting off this train
The ride drives me insane

You’re not to blame
Every time it’s still the same
Tired of playing games
To see you go down in flames

But you dance along
Like you did no wrong
Tell me why should I waste time to try

Goodbye

A climax you can’t defend
You plead for its end
Do not deny

The demons thirsty for more
They make you feel like you just want to die
My reply

Goodbye

© 2017 JuWanFryzWiDat? Music ASCAP

Goodbye

The Hate In You
Andrew DaSilva/Geoff Thurman

I got a hurt up in my heart and it won’t stop
There’s a message in my mind burning red hot
When I finish with the flow feel the mic drop

Stains soaking in your soul you don’t wanna see
Got poison in the air that you’re breathing deep
Death dripping off your tongue when you try to speak

I’m gonna testify to what you need
Best believe this rhyme is true
You won’t know all the pain in me
Till you truly deal with the hate in you

Us-N-Them waging war with the masses
Pushing buttons with their blood-covered glasses
You don’t even wanna know what the half is

People cry because they fear for tomorrow
People die in the streets full of sorrow
People try to find a leader they can follow

I’m gonna testify that you ain’t free
No matter what you try to do
You just bring out the rage in me
But you can handle the hate in you

I’m gonna testify to what you need
You know what you gotta do
I was blind but now I see
All I see right now is the hate in you

We come from an age
Where living in tough times
Cuz there’s no right or wrong
And then we pray
For a little bit of sunshine
When the good night is gone

The world is crazy
I kinda hate it daily
But I just keep on pushin
I can’t let it phase me

The new drug is the form of social media
Everybody’s addicted
Yeah everybody’s addicted
Now everybody be switching
To a different position
Claim they value commission
But they values insufficient

I see the hate
They wanna play
They wanna try to take it away from me
I see the hate
They wanna play
What they don’t know is I control my fate

I’m gonna testify that you ain’t free
No matter what you try to do
You just bring out the rage in me
But you can handle the hate in you

I’m gonna testify to what you need
You know what you gotta do
I was blind but now I see
All I see is the hate in you

I’m gonna testify to what you need
Best believe this rhyme is true
You won’t know all the pain in me
Till you truly deal with the hate in you

© 2017 JuWanFryzWiDat? Music ASCAP

The Hate In You feat Big Drew

Step Up
Michael Puryear/Geoff Thurman

Seen you stumble
Watched you fall
Stand back up and shake it off
Learned that life is sometimes hard
And this life makes you who you are

I know you know you’re strong
I know you're right where you belong

Step up
Break through
This moment in time is ready for you
No doubt
No fear
Believe in yourself ‘cause that’s why you're here
You've waited in the wings long enough
Step up

The lights are on
It’s center stage
This is when you'll turn the page
You'll hit the mark
You'll overcome
This day you'll prove that you're the one

To stand head high and face the test
Dig down deep and do your best

Step up
Break through
This moment in time is ready for you
No doubt
No fear
Believe in yourself ‘cause that’s why you're here
You've waited in the wings long enough
Step up

Copyright 2010 Final Four Music BMI /JuWanFryzWiDat? Music ASCAP

Step Up

Geoff Thurman has just shy of forty years logged in the business of Country and Contemporary Christian music. It would be easy to rest on the laurels of past successes. Yet, now he chooses to return to his original passions rooted in acoustic laced rhythm & blues. The truth is clear about Geoff Thurman. Like other artists of his nature and background, he is a difficult man to decipher, even though he wears his heart on his sleeve.

Geoff began writing songs in the mid-70s during his senior year in high school, although he was heard him banging at the piano or guitar many years before that. He began singing at the ripe old age of six. Even then, there was a certain flare about his performance style. He listened and watched. "I was drawn to certain people because of how they communicated, not what they communicated". While most of his contemporaries drew from wells filled with the likes of André Crouch, Bill Gaither and Chris Christian, Geoff's musical roots began with The Beatles and James Brown. "I had cool sisters to whom I owe my musical influences".

Reigning from his stomping grounds of Cincinnati, Ohio, Geoff juxtaposes layers of acoustic, Latin and Urban genres in creating his signature, soulful – spiritual sound. Stemming from an era when the arts were a platform for revolution, he frames his music with a raw, illustration of his trials, tribulations and triumphs as a man and musician. Influenced by industry legends like Marvin Gaye, Jimi Hendrix and The Staple Singers, Geoff began to contribute his wide range of artistic genius to the music industry. In 1983, Geoff had his first song, "Jehovah", recorded by songstress, Amy Grant. The single climbed to the top of the Contemporary Christian Music Charts, solidifying Geoff as a promising, young talent. This experience provided Geoff with an opportunity to record a plethora of other songs, alongside an array of Contemporary Christian Music stars. From Point Of Grace, Cindy Morgan and Michael English to Glen Campbell and Ricky Skaggs, Geoff received accolades and industry recognition for his song contributions to the Christian circuit. In 1998, Geoff co-produced and released his debut, solo LP, "The Unseen Child". Distributed by Fair Oaks Music, it spawned the commercial success of the smash-hit single, "How You're Living".

Garnering respect as one of the most prolific players of his generation; Geoff performed before the presence of live audiences, overseas and across the nation since 1976, including the Glen Campbell Good Time Theater in Branson, MO, Frank’s Place at the Warnor Center for the Performing Arts in Fresno, CA, coveted writer rounds at The Bluebird Café and the opportunity to accompany Ricky Skaggs at the famed Ryman Auditorium in Nashville, TN. Another dream now fulfilled, Geoff has joined forces with many of the top musicians in California’s Central Valley, forming the Geoff Thurman Band. Ultimately, Geoff aspires to reach a plateau in his career that allows him to continue writing and being innovative for many years to come.

Geoff Thurman

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