Randy Stonehill Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! == 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."<ref name="EofCCM">{{cite book|last=Powell|first=Mark Allan|title=Encyclopedia of Contemporary Christian Music|publisher=Hendrickson Publishers|year=2002|location=Peabody, Massachusetts|page=[https://archive.org/details/encyclopediaofco00mark/page/879 879]|isbn=1-56563-679-1|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/encyclopediaofco00mark/page/879}}</ref> 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".<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0068271/soundtrack|title=Beware! The Blob (1972) - IMDb|access-date=January 27, 2021|via=www.imdb.com}}</ref> He also made a cameo appearance in the 1973 [[Billy Graham]] film ''Time to Run'', performing his song "I Love You".<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0070806/fullcredits|title=Time to Run (1973) - IMDb|access-date=January 27, 2021|via=www.imdb.com}}</ref> In 1976, Stonehill released the [[Larry Norman]]-produced ''[[Welcome to Paradise (album)|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 [[compact_disc|CD]] were issued.{{citation needed|date=December 2023}} 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 (musician)|Joe English]] (former member of [[Wings (band)|Paul McCartney and Wings]]) and several others that same year for the [[Compassion International|Compassion All Star Band's]] album ''One by One''. Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page