| Mac Powell
and Mark Lee started Third Day at the end of their
senior years at McEachern High School in Powder Springs, Georgia. They had played music
together in a garage band called Nuclear Hoedown. Both Mark
and Mac wanted to be part of a band that played songs about their faith
in God. Mac and Mark added a keyboard
player named Billy Wilkens. Over the next year, Third
Day wrote songs and performed a few shows around Cobb County.
In 1992, Mac and Mark were performing a concert at Mark's
church, Hollydale Methodist in Powder Springs, Georgia. David Carr
(17, drums) and Tai Anderson (16, bass) were playing
with an opening act called the Bullard Family Singers. David and Tai's
youth director, Mark Manuel, asked Third Day to play for
his youth group. For payment, David would record a demo for Third
Day in his basement. David, Mac and Mark hit it off immediately and began
rough demo recordings. When it was time for some bass, David called up Tai
to come and play. That day, Billy Wilkin's sister was
taking pictures for a press shot of the band. Tai jumped in the pictures and never left
the band. |
