Your Word

(Ron Smith/ Jake Thorne)

Audio Clip and Full Album available for purchase at indieheaven.com

From the BLU99 album, "Worship Him".  The collaboration of my enormously gifted big brother, Steve Hanson, and the incomparable talents of friends Jake Thorne, and Ron Smith.  It's a Wynonna-esque rockin' tune about gettin' filled by the Word of God.  Full cut available as demo to qualified Industry folk.  Email Jewels to request.

Mixing styles like gospel, R&B, rock, and funk has brought a new energy and sound to the praise & worship genre. Heartfelt praise and foot-stomping worship defines BLU99's ability to use worship music to draw seekers into the worship experience.

Founded and led by worship leaders Steve Hanson, Ron Smith, and producer Jake Thorne, BLU99 has quickly proven through its debut project and numerous live performances that contemporary worship music has a new voice. We're a 'local chapter' or a part of the Christian community formed from different denominations, different life experiences, ethnicities, schools of fashion, political parties and cultural backgrounds, all coming together to praise the Lord. BLU99 stands for 'Believer's Local Union #99', for we are just a small sampling of the larger body of Christ, with a common goal - to worship God with abandon.

There are worship-oriented groups today with music driven by the current acoustic-folk, guitar-laden sounds popularized in much of the secular industry. At the other end of the spectrum are more urban styles, generally categorized as southern gospel and urban music. And then there’s BLU99… Filling the gap in the middle of that spectrum, BLU99 presents a diverse mix and sound unlike many others in the worship genre. Mixing styles like gospel, R&B, rock, and funk has brought a new energy and sound to worship-oriented music.

So how did this get started? At the core are worship leaders Steve Hanson and Ron Smith and producer Jake Thorne. BLU99 was formed to unite musicians and writers in creating a ministry that used worship music as an evangelistic tool to bring seekers into the worship experience. Seeking to build a ministry that could challenge and witness to seekers and believers alike, the three have created a collection and collaboration of both secular and Christian artists that rocks the house, raises the roof, knocks Grandma’s Sunday hat off her head and lifts hearts and voices as one in worship to God.