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Terry Scott Taylor ( born May 24 , 1950 ) is an American songwriter , record producer , writer and founding member of the bands Daniel Amos and The Swirling Eddies ( credited as Camarillo Eddy ) . Taylor is also a member of the roots and alternative music group , Lost Dogs . He is currently based in San Jose , California , U . S . Taylor is highly regarded for his songwriting skills . These often include allusions to and reworkings of material ranging from Elizabethan poets to modern authors . Foremost among Taylor ' s influences is William Blake . The Daniel Amos album title Fearful Symmetry was drawn from Blake ' s poem `` The Tyger , '' and numerous songs across The Alarma ! Chronicles series of albums have Blake - inspired references . Some other poets who have influenced Taylor ' s work are T . S . Eliot and Christina Rossetti . Eliot ' s poetry inspired the song `` Hollow Man '' from the Doppelgänger album . `` Where Dreams Come True '' from Taylor ' s solo LP A Briefing for the Ascent draws heavily from Rosetti ' s poem `` Echo . '' The inspiration for many Daniel Amos and Taylor songs from the mid - 1980s can be found in the book Behold , This Dreamer : Of Reverie , Night , Sleep , Dream , Love - Dreams , Nightmare , Death . This book , compiled by Walter de la Mare and published in 1939 , contains poems and essays that appear in Taylor ' s songwriting . De la Mare is thanked in the liner notes of the final installment of The Alarma ! Chronicles , Fearful Symmetry . References to contemporary authors also appear in Taylor ' s songs . One example is the song `` Shape of Air '' from the LP Darn Floor - Big Bite . The song explores the mystical musings of Annie Dillard found in her Pulitzer prize - winning book , Pilgrim at Tinker Creek . The album is also heavily inspired by the works of Czesaw Miosz . This is especially evident in songs like `` The Unattainable Earth '' ( which was named after one of Miosz ' books ) , `` Safety Net '' , `` Pictures of the Gone World '' , `` Divine Instant '' , and `` Half Light , Epoch , and Phase '' . On Taylor ' s 1998 release , John Wayne he credits more influences ; Flannery O ' Connor , Dennis Prager and Frederick Buechner . During the 1990s and into the new millennium , Taylor ' s songwriting for the Lost Dogs and on other projects turned away from more esoteric themes . The songs crafted during this phase of Taylor ' s career marked a shift toward `` Americana '' and , in some ways , a return to the country music sound of Daniel Amos in the early 1970s . The primary vehicle for this phase of Taylor ' s songwriting career is the Lost Dogs , with a number of noteworthy solo projects . The Lost Dogs began in 1991 as a one - time collaboration between vocalists and songwriters from four different bands at the behest of their label at that time . Taylor , Gene Eugene ( of Adam Again ) , Derri Daugherty ( of The Choir ) , and Michael Roe ( of The 77s ) have released several eclectic albums of traditional American music ( country , folk , blues , rock ) over the last decade . Daniel Amos ( aka D . A ., Dä ) is an American Christian rock band formed in 1974 by Terry Scott Taylor on guitars and vocals , Marty Dieckmeyer on ___MASK81___ ___MASK74___ , Steve Baxter on guitars and Jerry Chamberlain on lead guitars . Current members include bassist Tim Chandler , guitarist Greg Flesch and drummer Ed McTaggart . Over the band ' s career , they have experimented with country rock , rock , new wave , and alternative rock . The 77s ( alternatively spelled The Seventy Sevens or The 77 ' s ) are an American rock band consisting of Michael Roe on vocals / ___MASK74___ , Mark Harmon on bass and Bruce Spencer on drums . Lost Dogs are an American musical supergroup formed in 1991 , comprising vocalists , songwriters , and guitarists from multiple Christian alternative rock bands . Their current lineup includes Terry Scott Taylor ( Daniel Amos , the Swirling Eddies ), Michael Roe ( The 77s ), Derri Daugherty and Steve Hindalong ( The Choir ). The original lineup included Gene Eugene ( Adam Again ), who died in 2000 . The band ' s eclectic blending of folk , blues , country , and rock has been characterized as " a sort of CCM equivalent to the Traveling Wilburys ". The band released their debut album " Scenic Routes " in 1992 as a one - time collaboration . Adam Again was an American rock band founded and led by vocalist Gene Eugene , with Riki Michele on vocals , Paul Valadez on ___MASK81___ , Jon Knox on drums , Greg Lawless on ___MASK74___ . Dan Michaels often played saxophone . Tim Chandler ( born February 3 , 1960 ) is a ___MASK81___ ___MASK74___ player , best known for his work with the rock bands Daniel Amos , The Swirling Eddies ( credited as Berger Roy Al ) and The Choir .