During the summer of 1977 Keaggy went on an eighteen-city tour of the western United States with 2nd Chapter of Acts and "a Band called David". This tour was captured in the subsequent live triple-album "How the West Was One", a collection that featured concert renditions of "What a Day" and "Your Love Broke Through". That same year also saw the formation of the Phil Keaggy Band. Comprising Keaggy, guitarist Lynn Nichols, keyboardist Phil Madeira, bassist Dan Cunningham and drummer Terry Andersen, the Phil Keaggy Band released their lone album in 1977, "Emerging". This band was featured as Love Inn Company on an album of songs by Ted Sandquist titled "Courts of the King", and as the backing band for Nedra Ross on her "Full Circle" album. The title track would be redone by Keaggy in 1981. 1977 also marked the release of the Glass Harp compilation album, "Song in the Air".