Jeremy Camp Biography
Jeremy Camp is a Christian vocalist and guitarist. Camp has released five albums to date: Burden Me , Stay, Carried Me (The Worship Project), Restored and Live Unplugged from Franklin, TN. The soundtrack album Music Inspired By The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe includes his song "Open Up Your Eyes". His original music is a mixture of ballads and rock.
Camp has currently scored nine #1 hits (six from Stay). His first single was "Understand". He has made three music videos: "Understand", "Walk By Faith", and "Take You Back", and is working on his fourth, "Tonight". He has also released a DVD (In24) which chronicles a regular day on tour. Live Unplugged from Franklin, TN also includes a DVD of the concert, which was recorded for the live album.
Camp had a very rare independent release titled Burden Me. These CDs have been known to sell on eBay for upwards of $200.
Camp grew in a Christian atmosphere, as Jeremy's father, Tom Owen Camp, married to Terry Camp, is pastor at Harvest Chapel in Lafayette, Indiana.
Camp has been married twice. His first wife, Melissa, was diagnosed with ovarian cancer and died in 2001, when he was 23 and she was 21. Some of his early songs reflect the emotional ordeal of her illness. "I Still Believe" was the first song he wrote after her death. He wrote "Walk by Faith" during their honeymoon. In the December of 2003, he married Adrienne Liesching, former frontwoman for The Benjamin Gate. They have two daughters: Isabella Rose Camp (September 25, 2004) and Arianne Mae Camp (April 5, 2006). His wife Adrienne or "Adie" released her first solo album Don't Wait (September 26, 2006).
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