Randy, Phil & Mike honour the Fab Four - Nashville -April 2008
LIVE at the Cup O' Joy - Greenbay, Wisconsin - October 2007
Stand Like Steel (from the video, "One Night in Twenty Years")
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Compassion All-Star Band -Creation Music Festival -1989
The Gods of Men
American Fast Food
Influences
Paul Simon, Pete Seger, Burl Ives, Odetta, The Byrds, Stephen Stills, The Rolling Stones, Joni Mitchell, Bob Dylan, Roy Orbison, Jackson Browne, The Eagles, The Who, Beach Boys, Mark Heard, David Edwards,Terry Taylor, Bruce Springsteen, Phil Keaggy, Martin Luther King, Martin Luther, Stephen Bantu Biko, C.S. Lewis, Rev. Ben Patterson, The Desert Fathers, Oswald Chambers, Dwight Ozard, Pat Boone, Ray Ware
Sounds Like
I've been told I sound like various artists, but it's more of a challenge just to be me.
For song lyrics go to:
http://www.delusionresistance.org/christian/stonehill/stonehill_lyrics_main.html14
I was born in Stockton, California, in 1952, and I fell in love with music around the early age of two. My mom said that she used to watch me in my diapers, kicking my foot to the beat of the music, on "American Bandstand," on television, or whatever music was on. Whatever television program would be on, she'd watch me, and she'd say that's interesting he kicks his foot right on the beat. I started singing in the backyard for my neighbors, when I was four years old. I grew up listening to my folk's records. People like Harry Belafonte, the "Weavers," Burl Ives, and stuff like that. They influenced my direction, and style. I started dreaming about having my own folk group, even when I was in grade school. I came up with flashy band titles, like the "Barnyard Five," and things like that. I started begging my Dad for a guitar, I guess when I was six years old, and he finally gave in, and got me my first guitar, at the age of ten. Then I started taking classical guitar lessons, at the age of ten, which I didn't really like, but it helped me with my dexterity, and my sense of how the neck of the guitar works. If I did well in my lessons, my teacher would carve out the last five minutes, of our half an hour together, and I would just start playing, or he'd have me play some simple kind of folkie chord progression, and he would play a little acoustic solo around it. That is around my rhythm playing, and I was just in heaven. I thought to myself, this is what I want to do for the rest of my life. I quit guitar lessons, and got into my first garage band at the age of fourteen. I met LarryNorman (who was also a San Jose boy) when I started dating his sister, after meeting her at a high school "Hootenanny." We used to have folk concerts called "Hootenannies" back in the sixties. So she introduced me to Larry, who invited me to Los Angeles, when I graduated from High School. He thought that I was very talented, and would show me the ropes, of the music business. I knew that he was a Christian, but I really didn't know what that meant. I wasn't particularly interested, but I found out later that he started praying for me, after the first time that we met. He felt like God was saying that we would work together some day. I became a Christian in his kitchen, the day I arrived in Los Angeles, in June 1970.
Great to see you in Hermosa Beach on Saturday night. Used to enjoy your music in the 80's and kind of lost touch over the years. Nice to hear your music again and your message about serving God!
Once in a while I pull you, Larry, Phil, Omartian, Second Chapter or Amy up on you tube to watch you. It's comforting to me. It reminds me of my childhood. You guys set such a great example of not only what it means to be a Christian, but what it means to be a good human being and role model. You all could have taken another path, but chose the unselfish one. I so admire you all, and you were all pretty cool to meet too. You gave kids good heroes! Joe
for years I sang turnin 30 looking forward to livin on the beach with 2 daughters some day when I turned 30, well my daughters are going off to college and I never got out of Phoenix, now i'm turnin 50! my youngest is named Sarah. I sang Sarah to her when she was very young. I need to find the lyrics & chords I can sing it to her again. I tried to come up with some lyrics for turnin 40, then turnin 50. I bet you did too! Bless you brother,
I've been watching the Keith Green Story on YouTube and I didn't know you had such a big influence on his life. Keep on spurring others on to serve the Lord whole heartedly. You've influenced my life and I've been listening to your music again lately.
It was 1980 and my friend Tony who listens to more types of music than I even knew played "Sweet Emily" for me. After my brother died in 1977 this song was very real. You don't have to be born again to know great music!!
I saw you at Warehouse Ministries in the early70's. Kieth Green, Barry Mcguire, and you made made a very big impac on my life. When my wife and I got married a friend sang "A song for Sarah" Thank-you for your music, Tim
Randy, thank you for accepting the friend thing. Your one of the people that got me excited about playing Christian music. I didn't even know there was Christian rock until 1979. It really changed my life. I saw you once in Redwood City at the Covenant church. This was back in the late 70's or early 80's. Love your words on Larry Norman, cuz I luv that guy. Seen him several times and got to talk to him once. You still inspire me in my walk with God and give me encouragement to keep looking to the future with my life as a local church worship band member and leader. Thanx again and God bless. Frank
