Posted by Steve L. ANDERSON in YAMHILL, OR @ 05:18 on Aug 12 2014
Ron Diller & Steve Anderson met in August of 1975 while
attending a Youth for Christ staff retreat on the Oregon
coast. The next week Ron invited Steve to join a band he was
in called, "Radiance." For the next five years Radiance
played churches & youth events around Oregon. Highlights of
the Radiance years included opening for Anita Bryant,
appearing at Jesus Northwest, and recording one album.
Little by little Ron & Steve began writing songs together
and doing side gigs as an acoustic duo. Diller & Anderson
was officially born in 1980 when Steve & Ron left Radiance
to go it alone! Over the next several years the duo began to
make a name for themselves throughout the northwest playing
churches, youth camps & coffee houses. During this time they
recorded their debut album entitled, "Diller & Anderson."
While in the recording studio Ron & Steve met a keyboard
player and a high school senior named Blair Masters. Blair
had been recruited by the studio owner to play piano on a
couple tracks. During that time a friendship and a musical
bond began to form between Ron, Steve & Blair. In '85 D & A
returned to the recording studio and began laying tracks for
their second album entitled "Aggressive!" again joined by
Blair Masters. Sometime in 1985 Steve & Ron were contacted
by Free Rain records, an independent Christian record label
based out of Northstar Recording studio in Portland, OR At
this point things began to pick up speed. The guys went into
Northstar & re-recorded many of the tracks on the Aggressive
album often joined on Drums by Brian David Willis, former
drummer for the band, "Quarterflash." Soon thereafter Free
Rain landed a distribution deal with Regency Records out of
Los Angeles which resulted in international distribution of
the Aggressive LP. At the same time, live ministry
opportunities for The Diller & Anderson Band began to flood
in resulting in a decision to go full time with their
ministry.
Ron Diller & Steve Anderson met in August of 1975 while attending a Youth for Christ staff retreat on the Oregon coast. The next week Ron invited Steve to join a band he was in called, "Radiance." For the next five years Radiance played churches & youth events around Oregon. Highlights of the Radiance years included opening for Anita Bryant, appearing at Jesus Northwest, and recording one album.
Little by little Ron & Steve began writing songs together and doing side gigs as an acoustic duo. Diller & Anderson was officially born in 1980 when Steve & Ron left Radiance to go it alone! Over the next several years the duo began to make a name for themselves throughout the northwest playing churches, youth camps & coffee houses. During this time they recorded their debut album entitled, "Diller & Anderson." While in the recording studio Ron & Steve met a keyboard player and a high school senior named Blair Masters. Blair had been recruited by the studio owner to play piano on a couple tracks. During that time a friendship and a musical bond began to form between Ron, Steve & Blair. In '85 D & A returned to the recording studio and began laying tracks for their second album entitled "Aggressive!" again joined by Blair Masters. Sometime in 1985 Steve & Ron were contacted by Free Rain records, an independent Christian record label based out of Northstar Recording studio in Portland, OR At this point things began to pick up speed. The guys went into Northstar & re-recorded many of the tracks on the Aggressive album often joined on Drums by Brian David Willis, former drummer for the band, "Quarterflash." Soon thereafter Free Rain landed a distribution deal with Regency Records out of Los Angeles which resulted in international distribution of the Aggressive LP. At the same time, live ministry opportunities for The Diller & Anderson Band began to flood in resulting in a decision to go full time with their ministry.