Here are the answers to all of your questions. Thank you to those of you who have posted! We will be doing more things like this periodically. We want you guys to know us as much as you can and this blog is a good way to do it! Well, here goes:
***What is you guys’ favorite part about Crabb Revival concerts???
Adam: Seeing peoples lives changed, and also that person leaving
knowing that God did something in their life!!
Micah: The obvious: Seeing someone accept God or come back to Him. Besides that. Anytime the crowd is into it with us and not looking at us like we are the Beatles playing at a retirement home. Although sometimes I think some people would rather be in a retirement home. Retirement homes have exquisite pudding.
Zach: First and foremost, seeing folks’ life changed right before your eyes. Then, it would be jamming out with the best musicians I could play with… My best friends.
Terah:Mine is seeing lives changed! I also love after the song Friend of God when the band keeps playing. They rock!
Jed: The part when you can see that people are touched by the annointing and power of God. And watching people worship God.
***As road warriors, who has a better breakfast? Waffle House or IHOP?
Adam: IHop
Micah: I’m never up for breakfast, but we eat a lot of WH at night. IHOP gives me less diarrhea, so I’d probably rather go there. When I go the IHOP, I never leave feeling like hoppin’. More like “I Barely Move” or “I Need A Wheelchair”- Props to Jim Gaffigan.
Zach: IHOP is good and all, but you just can’t beat a good ol’ Waffle House.
Terah: Steak and eggs at Waffle House!!
Jed: Ihop has better sweet tea, and waffle house’s eggs literally kill my tummy, so ihop. but at ihop the workers must hop around and try to catch what you want to eat cause they take forever to get your food out. but its usaully worth the wait.
***When you were first coming into your own as Christians, how did you know what GOD wanted you to do, what gift he wanted you to have? I am trying to find my gift, and find out what GOD wants me to do.
Adam: It’s just one of those things that you know. I think everyday we are making sure we are where God wants us to be!!! stay close to him and trust your heart!
Micah: One thing I’ve learned is that if you use what He has already given you, He will give you so much more. Everyone has a way of communicating the Gospel, whether it be through their tongue, music, dance, art, intelligence, whatever. Any of these can be used to glorify Him. I would sit down and ask yourself, “What has God given me already?” Maybe it’s just your mouth. Telling your friends about Jesus. Maybe you’re good at drawing. Whatever. Use what He has blessed you with and I promise, He will use you in so many more ways!
Zach: Well, to me, the best way to find out what God wants is to A. Surrender yourself TOTALLY to Him, B. Seek His face, and C. In ALL things you do (or try to do), do it as unto the Lord, and with ALL your might. We are ALL called to share/spread the Gospel by being a living example of Christ’s love, mercy, forgiveness, and witness for the world to see.
Terah: I picked up harmony at the age of 8 and ever since then I have had a burning desire to sing!
Jed: I’ve been saved since i was five, so my prayer was always “God, just use me no matter where or what i do. if I’m working at a wood factory, or if i’m playing in the NBA, then let me be the light that You want me to be.” And as i got older, a man named Tom at my church played the lead guitar, and he had an annointing that just led people in worship, especially through his solos. And I wanted to do that, so I just prayed and asked God to give me the talent and ability to lead worship like that. And I may not be playing lead guitar, but still God has allowed this country boy with dreams and hopes to do that with which God has so graciously given to me. I may not be that great at lead guitar, or even a bass guitar for that matter, but still God has been faithful to my prayers. And I’ve never been happier. So just let God know your heart. And he’ll lead you the way you should go. And it’ll be perfect. Chase God, not dreams, and your dreams will come true.
***What’s the craziest prank you guys have ever played on each other?
Adam: One time i put a dirty diaper in mike bowling’s bag. It was bad!! But he started it. He put one in my car and it sat there for a week!! That was real bad!!
Micah: Walt always comes out from time to time. Occasionally, firecrackers can make people jump 5 feet in the air, as well!
Zach: Ha Ha. We’ve done our share of pranks…. ALL of which were pretty crazy. We like to joke on each other…
Terah: (No Comment)
Jed: Pranks!? US!? No, we dont do pranks. We’re Christians
We just sit and act serious all the time. Thats the CR (crabb revival) in a nut shell. We just put salt and hot spicy things in others drinks when they get up and walk out to talk on the phone. Oh wait…thats me.
***Just curious who does it take longer to fix their hair, Terah or the Guys?
Adam: Terah for sure!!
Micah: I really don’t know. I probably take the longest showers and the most time getting ready. When it comes straight to the hair though, I really don’t know!
Zach: Depends on whether or not I’ve been wearing a hat…
Terah: It’s so close! Probably me, Adam or Zach! Micah takes the longest showers though.
Jed: i’m going to go out on a limb here and say…TERAH!!!
***Okey this one is kinda dumb but who takes the most stuff on the road as in shoes and clothes ??
Adam: Micah. LOL!
Micah: It can’t be me. Once I packed everything for a week or so in Morocco in a small backpack. Once, I helped Terah get all her stuff on the bus. The hernia still bothers me from time to time.
Zach: Justin Ellis (Crabb Family)… Ha Ha! (See two questions up!)
Terah: That would be me!
Jed: Adam and Kristi, but only because they pack for four. Them two and their two yougins.
***What is the craziest thing beside the prank and the mask that has happened to yall why yall were on the road! Thanks Guys!! Oh yeah when are yall heading back to ole SC???
Adam: One day we were on the road and a drunk driver tried to run us off the road and he kept slowing down and speeding up!! It was crazy!
Micah: Too many to name. Once, me and Terah got into a Coke fight and drenched the front lounge of the bus in Coke. The floor was sticky like a movie theater for weeks… We’re not coming back to SC. They made us boys wear skirts in Scotland. Ain’t going back.
Zach: Hmmm. That’s a tough one!
Terah: It probably would be waking up to Rabbit (our driver at the time) screaming “Get up, Get up, Get up! The bus is on fire!” Crabbs were jumping out of bunks everywhere! That was very crazy!
Jed: Well, just this past weekend, i slept on the bottom bunk on the bus, and the bunk above me fell and almost made a sandwhich out of me. But it got wedged just as it hit my shoulder. I was laying on my side and i was talking on the phone and listening to my ipod and the roof started to touch my shoulder so i knew something wasn’t right. But I fixed it.. kinda…well it was a little slanted but still Heather got to sleep in it, but all night i kinda worried about it. So you can call me mister fix it. lol.
***What are some tips for songwriting?
Adam: Anytime you go through something it seems like God will send you a song, write down all your ideas then go from there!!
Micah: I’m not much of a writer, but I love a good hook and melody. If a song sticks in your head, it’s a keeper. And on a personal note, we always get these songs that are like 10 minutes long from people. Do you know that a radio-friendly song is like, around 3 minutes or less? keep it short and to the point.
Zach: Start off by praying for God to help you express in song what’s in your heart. Write what you feel on paper, THEN put it together to match your idea of the musical direction you want it to head in…
Terah: I really don’t feel like I have the answer to this one!
Jed: I, myself, used to have a problem with telling people what i thought. I tried to alot, but just could not explain or express myself the way that people could understand me. Like I never wanted to answer a question in class at school though i knew the right answer because no one knew what i was saying, and it frustrated me. and it wasn’t that I stuttered, which i do that too, but it was my choice of words and how i put them in a sentence. But I found that I could make sense of what i wanted to say by writing. So I wrote in journals, like prayers and poems. And when I prayed a lot of times, I found that I really wanted to write a song that worshipped God so thats usually when I wrote songs, and I’d sing them at church and people were really touched. So I think its just however you express yourself. Just kinda feel your own. Ya know? And once again, ask God to use your pen to touch lives.
***Wut is ur VERY FAVORITE-CRAZY thing to do?????
Adam: Listen to music until about 4 in the morning .
Micah: Skip school and go work in the coal mines all while doing drugs and skydiving! Just kidding. Hmm. Probly going muddin’ in my truck or taking a nap. Craaay-zeee!
Zach: I love riding ATV’s at a high rate of speed… It’s a shame I don’t have one!
Terah: Watching zit.com on youtube. It’s sick, and I guess I can’t believe people would film themselves popping a zit! There are some crazy people in this world!
Jed: Draw and write things while listening to my ipod. just relaxing and being mellow.
***Where is ur favorite place to do a concert @??
Adam: So many places. One is Choctaw OK.
Micah: Winterfest is always fun. And the Tuscahoma Amphitheater. And it’s always an honor to play the Opry or Brooklyn Tabernacle.
Zach: Tuscahoma, Oklahoma. Choctaw Indian Reservation. Y’ALL ROCK!!!!!
Terah: Anywhere were people are excited!
Jed: I really like ON FIRE Churches. We always have a good service and God really moves. People running and dancing and shouting and crying and all that good Holy Ghost stuff.
***Will You Come Do a Concert in the Ozarks/SPRINGFIELD again??????? Pretty Please?
Adam: We would love to.
Micah: No. Sorry. It’s in our contract that we will never come back there.
Zach: Sure!
Terah: We would love toooo!!
Jed: Sure, if ya’ll will have us. lol. Then, heck yeah!!
***What has been the best service yall have been in? Like the one that the Holy Ghost was just so evident.. the one where you got so pumped up you couldn’t sit down… the one where you couldn’t stop speaking in tongues..?
Adam: One of them was in Vandalia, Ohio. It was so awesome. God moved in my life that night and i knew that i would never be the same!
God blessed me! There are about 10 diff. times like that!
Micah: I hope this don’t kill the sincerity of the question, but in all honesty, there was one concert we did in Alabama, I think, where I went to do a number 1 in the bathroom after it was over and had to literally hold on to the bathroom stall to keep from falling, the spirit was still so strong (even in the bathroom). My whole body was weak.
Zach: There have been several services in which God was moving so strong. I don’t think I could pick just one to be a best… I love being in God’s presence…
Terah: Anytime we are at Todd Hoskins’ church in OH, and in my prayer closet. I have church in there sometimes! I love when he shows up!
Jed: We have been having a lot of those services lately. But one imparticular time was when we were at Bro. Todd Hoskins church and we had church. It was awesome. It was at a time when we were all really needing a touch from God, and God just blessed.
***I know that living on a bus with so many people there has to be times when atleast someone trys to aggravate you…so who is the most aggravating….lol!!!
Adam: Really no one does.
Micah: I vote me. I have gastrointestinal overactivity, a Walt mask, I’m loud, and I listen to lots of different music over the bus sound system. I know not everyone likes metal or bluegrass all the time, but when I do, I crank it! Not good when the babies are sleeping!
Zach: Me and Micah! HaHaHa!
Terah: Jed. I mean Jed. Did I say Jed? I meant Jed! LOL!!!! Jed is an awesome guy, he just aggravates! Love u Jed!!! He’s my cuz so I can say this!
Jed: No one really aggravates me. I’m not one to get aggravated easily. They’re like my family…no they are my family and I love them and we all get along. But now Terah has always acted like my real sister Rachel, and she knows how to push my buttons. But we always try to aggravate each other, but i dont think that it counts cause we usually end up laughing and just cutting up. Love Ya Terah!!! lol
***On Runaway Train, who wrote “Only A Man”? That song has amazing lyrics…
Adam: Jonny Lang. It is a Great Song!!
Micah: Some kid named Jonny Lang. Someone said he is good at guitar or something too. AND, he’s supposed to be a pretty good singer. I’ll believe it when I see it!…………playing
Zach: Maybe Jonny Lang. I’m not sure, but it’s a powerful song.
Terah: I dont know.
Jed: Johnny Lang. One of my most favorite songs on one of the most incredible albums in 2006. God Bless You Johnny
***My question is how old are each one of you and how does it feel to be on the road with your family?..you guys are the best!
Adam: I am 28. I love traveling with my family! They are the best!!
Micah: 24. I wouldn’t change my life for anything. I’ve never had siblings, and when I step on the bus every week, I have 7, closer than most of my family. It’s always a trip! Never a dull moment. To see what God does through what little we have is truly a miracle!
Zach: I just turned 23. Well, my wife, Amanda, sings for The McRaes, so we really haven’t had the chance to travel together. She is an awesome vocalist and very anointed and I am so very proud of her and her ministry. However she did get to come out with us one weekend, and it was so much fun!
Terah: I am 25 and I love these guys! They are the best!
Jed: I’m 20, and yeah, we are family. Its cool to do what you love with people that you love.
***How long did it take you to record “Runaway Train”?
Adam: About 2 months, something like that!!
Micah: It took a day for the tracking, and a little longer for the vocals. It’s probably one of the fastest albums that’s ever been put together!
Zach: Not too long…
Terah: See Adam’s answer for this one!
Jed: Two or Three months. Not too shabby, eh?
***What country would you like to visit outside the US that you haven’t been too?
Adam: France
Micah: China/Hong Kong. I love NYC, and I heard you can put like 11 NYC’s in the city of Hong Kong. I could be wrong on that number, but even if you could fit 2 NYC’s in Hong Kong, it would be one beast of a city!!!
Zach: The Florida Keys. HAHAHA! I am SO JUST KIDDING!!!! Apparently, I live in “Hungary”, cause I’m always eating something. Yeah, I know it was cheese-ish, but what can I say, I “luh” me some cheese.
Terah: Italy
Jed: Australia all the way. I’ve always wanted to surf, but I can’t swim and I haven’t seen the ocean yet.
***If you were spanked growing up as a child, how old were you when you got your last spanking?
Adam: I have no idea!
Micah: I don’t claim to have had my last spanking…
Zach: You know, I was just thinking about this the other day. I don’t remember, but I would have celebrated with a “I just go my last *whippin’ (*Texas term for spanking) party! But, as my mom will continually explain, I am NEVER too old to whip.
Terah: I was spanked, but I didn’t get many! Dad just had to look at me and I started minding!
Jed: Like nine or ten. I was a good…hggmmm…sorry had to clear my throat…boy!lol. Just ask my parents. Jay Kay!!!
***What do each of you enjoy doing in your time off of the road?
Adam: I love to relax, hang with my kids, and going out to eat, and I love sports!
Micah: I love spending time with my family, and honestly, a lot of times we (Crabb Revival) hang out together. It’s so cool to be in a band where you are really good friends off the road as well as on it. I also got an XBOX 360 for Christmas, which is a big step from the Nintendo that I had prior to XBOX. I am still trying to figure it out, and I am loving Guitar Hero and Spiderman 3!
Zach: Spending time with my wife, family, and friends.
Terah: Scrapbooking, shopping, going to the movies, and hanging out with my family
Jed: Working out, and just hanging with friends playing madden, and going to the movies, oh and eating Kabuto. Yummy.
***As each of you have traveled extensively across the country over the years. What one place has caught you off guard and taken your breath away?
Adam: Alaska was amazing!!!
Micah: One place that caught me off guard was when I slipped and fell down a ramp in GA. It also took my breath away. It stinkin’ knocked the wind right out of me. So I would say GA.
Zach: The Grand Ole Opry, New York City, Morocco, Tuscahoma Choctaw Indian Reservation Concert, Mars Music Store (You are Missed)
Terah: Hawaii, WOW!!!
Jed: Well I’ve only done this for like six months but when we went white water rafting in West Virginia. God is just so beautiful. And also Eufala, Ok.
***My husband is in a contemporary Christian band here in Blue Ridge, GA. They recently opened for Julian Drive and Aaron and Amanda. They’re burning to get on the road full time and spread the word of Christ. They play a few dates here and there at the moment. Any advice for the band?
Adam: Stay close to God, trust in him, and love the people. You have to have a heart for the lost and for God. Have alot of faith and be yourself.
Micah: Julian Drive are some pretty neat-o guys. I don’t think I’ve ever heard of Aaron and Amanda. Hmm.. Tell them to keep doing what they’re doing. God sees their hearts and their intentions. He will put them where He wants them when the time is right! Also, practice practice practice!!! We don’t get to practice enough, and I wish we could! You really do get SO much better as a band when you practice. Try new things in practice. If you know a song good already, then you’re really just rehearsing for the road. Practice is a good place to share and try new ideas. Get closer musically and don’t be afraid to push yourselves. Try things you can’t do and just practice them until you get them!
Zach: Do it all for God. Make sure that seeing souls won and lives changed your number one priority. And HAVE FUN!
Terah: It may get hard at times, but hang in there! God has perfect Will for your band! Read, pray, and stay true, because peoples eyes are always watchin’ you!
Jed: Just give it to God. Pray and fast and God will make a way. He’ll open and close doors. Just let him use you to the fullest of your ability and be faithful over the little things and he’ll give you the bigger things later.
***What annoying habit do each of ya’ll have that get on each other’s nerves??
Adam: I talk real soft sometimes and people can’t hear me. I know that gets on peoples nerves.
Micah: Like I said before, I think I have some sort of severe gastrointestinal disorder. I think I over-accentuate the relief of pressure sometimes. Especially in the mornings. I don’t know why. I guess it’s annoying to others. They’re normally kind about it. They just throw shirts and such over their faces so they can breathe. It annoys me when Adam thinks he didn’t sing or play good. Bro’s a beast and he kills it night after night. Sometimes, I don’t think Jed should stand behind a microphone. Terah taunts me sometimes. She just likes to poke you or aggravate you when your hands are full with luggage or whatever. Zach, who buys stuff for everyone all the time, will never let you pay for anything of his. Even if you sneak and buy something for him, he’ll try to throw money in your pocket and take off running!
Zach: We really don’t get on each other’s nerves that much… But maybe the fact that we make up a back-story to the most random things then cackle like giddy hyenas for extended periods of time…
Terah: Adam- He eats all the time and never gains a pound! Jed- His phone!! Micah- What he put in will come out, and lets just say “Please, NO White Castles!” Zach – “I want you to look” (inside joke)
Jed: When i find that out myself, I’ll let ya know.