Steve Bell

Canadian-born Christian folk artist Steve Bell got his start in a family gospel band that toured behind his father, a Baptist minister who served as a prison chaplain in federal penitentiaries. Bell learned to play the guitar from inmates. After high school, he toured clubs in a series of little-known bands before joining the acclaimed Elias, Schritt & Bell. Life on the road eventually triggered a crisis of faith, however, and in 1988 he temporarily retired from performing to become a stay-at-home father. The move afforded him the opportunity to concentrate on his songwritin...