Sixpence None the Richer - In Your Hands (1997)

Canticle of the Plains is a musical written by songwriters Rich Mullins, Mitch McVicker, and Beaker which is based on the life of St. Francis of Assisi. The story centers on a character named Frank, a nineteenth century cowboy, and his travels through the Midwest after returning home from fighting in the Civil War. Frank then meets Buzz, a former slave, in a burned out church in Lawrence, Kansas and Ivory, in a saloon. Frank also runs into a childhood friend in the saloon, named Clare. Frank, Buzz and Ivory set out in search of the imaginary land of Dineh Bekeya. In 1996, a soundtrack album was recorded, featuring Mitch McVicker as Frank, Leigh Bingham Nash from Sixpence None the Richer as Clare, Kevin Max as Ivory and Michael Tait as Buzz.

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[HarkerTV]

pecefull and beautiful!

[harimahavok]

a very good song from a very good band ^_^

[theentrtnr]

@justinhendersonmusic Canticle was the last project that Rich Mullins completed before his death. The soundtrack was released in early 1997. There were several performances of the musical during Rich's lifetime, the most famous of those being at the Cornerstone Festival on the 4th of July that year. Mitch McVicker was the only person from the album to reprise his role in any of those performances. There were a few productions of the play following Rich's death, though none in the past 12 years.

[justinhendersonmusic]

This is really cool. I have never heard of this musical before... I would like to learn more about it.