Randy Stonehill
Randall Evan Stonehill (born March 12, 1952) is an American singer and songwriter from Stockton, California, best known as one of the pioneers of contemporary Christian music. His music is primarily folk rock in the style of James Taylor, but some of his albums have focused on new wave, pop, pop rock, roots rock, and children's music.
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- Name
- Randy Stonehill
- Birth Name
- Randall Evan Stonehill
- Born
- 12 March 1952
- Birthplace
- Stockton, California, U.S.
- Nationality
- United States
- Occupation
- singer-songwriter · musician · singer
- Fields
- contemporary Christian music
- Education
- Leigh High School
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Randall Evan Stonehill (born March 12, 1952) is an American singer and songwriter from Stockton, California, best known as one of the pioneers of contemporary Christian music. His music is primarily folk rock in the style of James Taylor, but some of his albums have focused on new wave, pop, pop rock, roots rock, and children's music.
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Randy Stonehill (born 1952) is a musician, singer and singer-songwriter, of American nationality. The musician was born in Stockton. Randy Stonehill was educated at Leigh High School. The work spans contemporary Christian music.
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Key facts
• Name — Randy Stonehill • Birth Name — Randall Evan Stonehill • Born — 12 March 1952 • Birthplace — Stockton, California, U.S. • Genre — Contemporary Christian, folk rock, rock • Years Active — 1971–present • Label — Solid Rock, Myrrh, StreetLevel
Early life
Early life
Randy Stonehill was born in Stockton, California. the son of Leonard N. Stonehill and his wife, Pauline Correia and is the younger brother of Jeffrey Dean Stonehill. He graduated from Leigh High School, in San Jose, California, then moved to Los Angeles where he stayed with Christian rock singer, Larry Norman.
Career
Career
Stonehill's first album, Born Twice was released in 1971, with financial help from Pat Boone. The album—one side a live performance, the other recorded in a studio—was recorded for a mere $US 800, and according to Stonehill, "sounds like every penny of it." A year later, Stonehill made his film acting debut in The Blob sequel, Beware! The Blob (also known as Son of Blob), with Cindy Williams, in which he performed the unreleased song "Captain Coke". He also made a cameo appearance in the 1973 Billy Graham film Time to Run, performing his song "I Love You". In 1976, Stonehill released the Larry Norman-produced Welcome to Paradise, for which Andy Johns did the engineering. This became a landmark album for the songwriter and was voted the "third most important contemporary Christian album" in a mid-1980s poll of Christian music critics. In the late 1970s, Stonehill joined forces with rock band Daniel Amos for the "Amos 'n' Randy Tour". Daniel Amos went on to be Stonehill's band for his next two releases, and Stonehill later provided backing vocals on a number of Daniel Amos' projects. 1983 saw Stonehill's popular album Equator debut and go very rapidly out-of-print. The album is still widely sought after in both vinyl and cassette form. No re-releases on CD were issued. 1984's Celebrate This Heartbeat teamed Stonehill with longtime friend Phil Keaggy for the song "Who Will Save The Children?" In 1989 they formed The Keaggy/Stonehill Band with Daniel Amos bassist Tim Chandler and The Swirling Eddies' David Raven on drums. Keaggy and Stonehill also teamed up several other times, both live in concert and in the studio. They recorded and performed as Phil Keaggy and Sunday's Child in 1988. They also joined singer Margaret Becker, drummer Joe English (former member of Paul McCartney and Wings) and several others that same year for the Compassion All Star Band's album One by One.
Marriages and family
Marriages and family
Stonehill has been married three times, to Sarah Mae Finch, Sandra Jean Warner, and Leslie Sealander, with the first two marriages ending in divorce. His second marriage produced one daughter, Heather. Finch later married Larry Norman.
Compilations and productions
Compilations and productions
• Time to Run, Original Motion Picture Soundtrack, 1973 album, produced by Anthony Harris (Stonehill performs on three tracks) • Strong Hand of Love, tribute to Mark Heard, 1994 • Orphans of God, tribute to Mark Heard, 1996 • First Love: a Historic Gathering of Jesus Music Pioneers, Jesus Movement artist reunion album, 1998 • Surfonic Water Revival, tribute to surf music, 1998 • When Worlds Collide: A Tribute to Daniel Amos, Daniel Amos tribute album, 1999 • Making God Smile: An Artists' Tribute to the Songs of Beach Boy Brian Wilson, Brian Wilson tribute album, 2002 • There's a Rainbow Somewhere: The Songs of Randy Stonehill, Randy Stonehill tribute album, 2022
Videography
Videography
• Beware! The Blob (also known as Son of Blob). Motion Picture, 1972. • Time to Run, World Wide Pictures. Motion Picture, 1973 • Love Beyond Reason: The Video Album, VHS, 1985 • One Night In 20 Years, anniversary live concert, VHS, 1990 • First Love: An Historic Gathering of Artists from the Jesus Movement, Volume 2, VHS, 1998; Re-released on DVD, 2005 • Together Live in concert with Phil Keaggy, DVD, 2006 • Fallen Angel: The Outlaw Larry Norman. Documentary, 2009
Works
Works
• "Married Strangers", Christianity Today (Spring 1999)
Discography
• Born Twice (1971) • Get Me Out Of Hollywood (1973) • Welcome to Paradise (1976) • The Sky Is Falling (1980) • Between the Glory and the Flame (1981) • Equator (1983) • Celebrate This Heartbeat (1984) • Love Beyond Reason (1985) • The Wild Frontier (1986) • Can't Buy a Miracle (1988) • Return to Paradise (1989) • Until We Have Wings (1990) • Wonderama (1991) • Stories (1993) • The Lazarus Heart (1994) • Our Recollections (1996) • Thirst (1998) • Uncle Stonehill's Hat (2001) • Edge of the World (2002) • Together Live! (with Phil Keaggy) (2006) • The Definitive Collection (2007) • Paradise Sky (2008) • Spirit Walk (2011) • Breath of God (with Buck Storm) (2013) • Breath of God Volume 2 (with Buck Storm) (2015) • Lost Art of Listening (2020)
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These works are cited by the source article, in its own numbering. They are recorded as its citations, not as sources VALÉORINE has verified.
- 1.Powell, Mark Allan. Encyclopedia of Contemporary Christian Music. Hendrickson Publishers. 878–883. 2002. 1-56563-679-1.
- 2.Chris Willman, "Randy Stonehill: Turning Twenty: Celebrates 20 Years of Humor, Humanity, & the Hope of Glory", CCM (August 1990), http://www.nifty-music.com/stonehill/ccm0890.html
- 3.Source Citation: Birthdate: March 12, 1952; Birth County: San Joaquin. Source Information: Ancestry.com. California Birth Index, 1905–1995
- 4.W. K. McNeil, ed., Encyclopedia of American Gospel Music (Routledge: 2005):377.
- 5.Powell, Mark Allan. Encyclopedia of Contemporary Christian Music. Hendrickson Publishers. 879. 2002. 1-56563-679-1.
- 6.facebook
- 7.California Marriage Index, Brides 1980–1985, page 5,413.
- 8.Randy Stonehill. Married Strangers | Kyria. Christianitytoday.com. July 25, 2010.
Bibliography printed in the source article · 1
- McNeil, W.K. "Stonehill, Randy", in Encyclopedia of American Gospel Music (Routledge, 2005):377–378.
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