Big Daddy Weave's collaboration with Jeromy Deibler of FFH on One and Only marked their first experience with an outside producer, which was, according to Mike, great and awful at the same time.  "It's tough to give over the songs that you've written to someone when you can't see the final vision that they have for them."  As it turned out, however, there was no cause for worry.  Deibler and the band hit it off immediately.  "We're all jokers," says Mike.   "So Jeromy would always joke with us and get us to loosen up a bit.  It really did a lot of good to have someone who was not only aware of what the record needed from the industry perspective, but who also could see what we were trying to do."  And, according to the band, the end result was worth the wait.

The band's intense focus almost seems to contradict their wide range of musical influences, but it is precisely this that keeps them from being just another new band.  Mike will tell you that he draws his songwriting ideas from some surprising places.  For instance, the song  "Neighborhoods" was written at the end of a church service when everyone else was walking out and "Friend Like You," was inspired by the voice of Val Kilmer, or more accurately from the actor's role as the voice of God in the animated blockbuster "The Prince of Egypt."  Mike describes the band's music as acoustic pop/rock with a twist.   The twist, he says, is the sax, and a little something else that you can't really put your finger on.  Jay says that the music is nothing more and nothing less than an expression of who they are.  "We could sing anything, but because God has changed my life, and I am different, there's a call on my life to go out and tell other people," he says.  "Making this music takes it out of my hands and puts it in the hand of God."  Jeff, the oldest member of the band, recalls that there was always emptiness for him in playing music that wasn't directed at God.  "It's just a given to make Christian music for me.  It has eternal value," he says.

In a profession that has its share of image conscious performers, Big Daddy Weave is happy to be a breath of fresh air.  In fact, image is something that Big Daddy Weave hopes to turn on its ear.  The worth of this band is not found in a packaged image, but instead in the faith of its members.  "People can relate to us more than a band that is more image-driven," says guitarist Jeremy.  "Our music is for average people, like us.  All of us want to be on-stage exactly what we are off-stage.  We're not putting on a show."  Mike agrees.  "We don't have this image thing going on, but we have found out what is going on and we want to share it with you.  Your image has nothing to do with your worth."