Jacob's Trouble

In 1988 Jacob's Trouble formed and released the independent EP Jacob's Trouble. [1]

In 1989, Jacob's Trouble released their debut, Terry Taylor-produced album, Door into Summer, a mixture of original numbers and cover versions of songs by The Beatles and The Monkees.[2]

A year later the band released their second album, Knock, Breathe, Shine. The band received notice at the time for the song "About Sex", a song about the proper role of sex in society from a Christian perspective. Fearing a fundamentalist label, the band opted to remove the song from the album and replaced it with the more ambiguous "About Sex, Part 2".[3] Despite this, the album was the group's best-selling record. They performed "About Sex" during a concert at Dellinger Park in Cartersville, GA.

One of Jacob's Trouble's songs, "These Thousand Hills", was given much wider exposure when Third Day performed a cover of the song on their album Offerings. Jacob's Trouble was referred to as "being a band ahead of its time."

Prior to touring Knock Breathe Shine, the group added two new members (Ron Cochran on drums and guitarist Keith Johnston), allowing Davison to become the band's principal singer.

In 1992 Jacob's Trouble released the album ...let the truth run wild! with producer Mark Heard. Near the end of the tour for ...let the truth run wild Blackburn left the band.

The band went on to record one more record, the self-titled and self produced Jacob's Trouble.

Jacob's Trouble split after their fourth album and its subsequent tour. A collection of "rarities" was released in 1994 entitled Diggin' Up Bones, which featured the long-lost "About Sex". The group reunited briefly in 1998 to record a new song, "Step by Step," for a compilation album called The Jacob's Trouble Sampler Pak.

Atwell, Johnston, and Cochran continue to record together under the name Janah.

Jerry Davison recorded the album Uberpop! under the name sideways8 in 1998 and in the early 2000s occasionally released songs via such Internet music sites as garageband.com and IUMA.com. He currently resides in Uganda where he and his wife serve as Family Mentors at The Amazima School.[4]

Mark Blackburn released two solo albums, Flowerchild (1996) and The Continuing Adventures of.... (1997). Blackburn is pastor of a church, Silver Comet Baptist Church,[5] in his hometown of Dallas, Georgia.

In 2014 the original three members, Davison, Blackburn, and Atwell, played two reunion concerts in Dallas Georgia for the 25th anniversary of Door Into Summer. They were joined by Nathan Blackburn and Erik Davison, sons of Mark and Jerry respectively, as well as Darryl Johnson, all of whom provided additional instrumentation. They performed the album in its entirety for the first time along with some selections from Knock Breathe Shine, and two covers. A bootleg of the show received a limited digital and CD release.

On March 21 of 2021, Jacob's Trouble announced their revival and new live project, The Cavern Sessions. The project would be released one track at a time on their YouTube channel with plans for a possible digital release upon the projects completion.

• Jerry Davison - vocals (1988–present)
• Steve Atwell - bass guitar (1988–present)
• Ron Cochran - drums (1991–present)
• Keith Johnston - guitar, percussion (1991–present)

• Mark Blackburn - guitar (1988 - 1992)

• Matt Goldman - drums (1990)

• Door into Summer (Aug. 1989)
• Knock, Breathe, Shine (Aug. 1990)
• ...let the Truth Run Wild! (March 1992)
• Jacob's Trouble (May 1993)

• Diggin' Up Bones (1994)
• The Jacob's Trouble Sampler Pak (1998)

• 25LIVE: Door Into Summer 25th Anniversary Concert (2014)

• Jacob's Trouble (1988)
• The Cavern Sessions (Live EP) (TBA 2022)

• Church of Do-What-You-Want-To (1989)
• Waiting for the Son (1989)
• Million Miles (1989)
• Psalms 151 (1989)
• Look At You Now (1990)
• There Goes My Heart Again (1990)
• Islands, Buildings and Freeways (1990)
• Further Up and Further In (1990)
• Something Good Happens (1992)
• Morning Light (1992)
• Walls of Doubt (1992)
• I'd Rather Have Jesus (1992)
• Hope To See You There (1992)
• Wild Wild Ride (1993)
• Lovehouse (1993)
• Better Days (1993)
• This Moment (1993)

• Jacob's Trouble / ...let the Truth Run Wild! (1998) Double Album released by KMG
• Knock, Breathe, Shine / Door into Summer (2000) Double Album released by KMG