Dallas Holm

Dallas Holm (born November 5, 1948) is an American singer-songwriter of Christian music, whose musical ministry has spanned almost four decades. His 1977 live album, with the group Praise, featured his best known song, "Rise Again".

The group consisted of Dallas Holm on acoustic guitar and vocals, Tim and Ladonna Johnson on keyboards and vocals, and Randy Adams on bass. Holm's influence has been greatest in contemporary Christian music. While he has had several hit singles in CCM, he is best known for "Rise Again", which is about the resurrection of Jesus. Over the course of Holm's career, he has performed many styles of music including adult contemporary, country, blues, reggae and pop-rock. He expanded his use of music while he was a youth pastor in the Dallas-Ft. Worth area. Holm's music eventually caught the attention of David Wilkerson, author of The Cross and the Switchblade, and became a part of Wilkerson's traveling crusades. In the late 1960s, he sang briefly with The Weatherfords before military service cut his time with the group short.

As a solo artist, his early albums for Zondervan and Impact contained worship songs done in a MOR rock style.

Over the course of Holm's career he has released 34 albums counting solo, with Praise or other artists. and the GMA Gospel Music Hall of Fame in 2012.

Holm was married to Linda until her death on December 30, 2023. They had been married for 54 years. Their children, both grown, are Jennifer and Jeffrey. 1993 Completely Taken In (Benson Records) 1994 Holm for Christmas (Ministry Music) 1995 Face of Mercy (Benson Records) 1999 Before Your Throne (Ministry Music) 1999 Signature Songs (Greentree) 2002 Foundations (Ministry Music) 2005 Good News Blues (Ross Records) 2011 Songs of Hope and Comfort (Holm Run Records)

Awards Dove Awards 1977 Song of the Year: "Rise Again" Songwriter of the Year Male Vocalist of the Year Mixed Group of the Year (Dallas Holm and Praise) 1979 Male Vocalist of the Year Pop/Contemporary Album: All That Matters (Dallas Holm and Praise) 1992 Inspirational Album of the Year: Generation 2 Generation (Benson artists and their families)

Grammy nominations

1987 Best Gospel Performance – Male: "Against the Wind" 2007 Inducted into the Texas Gospel Music Hall of Fame 2012 Inducted into the Gospel Music Hall of Fame