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Philip Tyler Keaggy (born March 23, 1951 in Youngstown, Ohio|Youngstown, Ohio<ref name="CM_Vol_26"/>) is an American acoustic and electric guitarist and vocalist who has released more than 50 albums and contributed to many more recordings in both the contemporary Christian music and mainstream markets. He is a seven-time recipient of the GMA Dove Award for Instrumental Album of the Year, and was twice nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Rock Gospel Album. Keaggy was raised in a small farmhouse in Hubbard, Ohio with nine brothers and sisters, and began playing guitar at age ten on a Sears, Roebuck and Company|Sears Silvertone (instruments)|Silvertone guitar. He went to high school in Austintown, Ohio graduating in 1970. He is missing half of the middle finger on his right hand due to a childhood accident at age 4 involving a water pump. He is frequently listed as one of the top fingerstyle guitarists by ''Guitar Player Magazine'' readers' polls.
Career
1960s
Phil Keaggy was a member of a mid-1960's garage rock band called the Squires (Ohio band)|the Squires; one of their songs, which he co-wrote, appears on a compilation album called ''Highs in the Mid-Sixties, Volume 9''.
Keaggy began professionally playing music in the late 1960s with drummer John Sferra. The two longtime friends, with the addition of bassist Dan Pecchio, formed a band called Gla... read all
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