Bio:
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.
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Discography:
Born Twice, 1971
Get Me Out of Hollywood, 1973
Welcome to Paradise, Produced by Larry Norman, 1976
The Sky is Falling, Produced by Larry Norman, 1979
Between the Glory and the Flame, Produced by Terry Scott Taylor, 1981
Equator, Produced by Terry Scott Taylor. 1982
Celebrate This Heartbeat, Produced by Barry Miller Kaye. 1984
Love Beyond Reason, Produced by Barry Miller Kaye, 1985
Wild Frontier, Produced by Dave Perkins, 1986
Can't Buy A Miracle, Produced by Dave Perkins, 1988
Return To Paradise, Produced by Mark Heard, 1989
Until We Have Wings, Produced by Mark Heard, 1990
Wonderama, Produced by Terry Scott Taylor, 1991
Stories, "Best Of" album Produced by Terry Scott Taylor, 1993
Strong Hand of Love, Tribute to Mark Heard, 1994
Lazarus Heart, 1995
Our Recollections, "Best of" album, 1996
Orphans of God, Tribute to Mark Heard, 1996
Thirst, Produced by Rick Elias, 1999
A Tribute to Daniel Amos: When Worlds Collide, 1999
Uncle Stonehill's Hat Children's album produced by Terry Scott Taylor, 2001
Edge Of The World, w/Larry Norman & Phil Keaggy, 2002
Together Live, With with Phil Keaggy, 2006
Paradise Sky, Produced by Randy Stonehill & Mike Pachelli, 2008
Videography:
Beware! The Blob (also known as Son of Blob). Motion Picture.
One Night In 20 Years, anniversary live concert, VHS, 1990
Together Live in concert with Phil Keaggy, DVD, 2006
