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Randy’s first memory of holding a guitar was at the age of seven.
He distinctly remembers holding it left handed and his Dad told him
“If you are going to play, you will have to hold it the other
way.” Even though he changed for that day, it would be the last
time he touched a guitar for seven years.
When he was fourteen his Uncle, (Ron) reintroduced him to the
guitar. To this day, the love of his life (next to God & wife
Michelene), is his guitar. Three chords later and a $29.00 dollar
electric guitar purchased at Sears sent Randy off on a ride that
will never end.
Sixteen found Randy in his first band (Stray); playing every other
Friday night at a Church in Scarborough doing covers by the Monkeys
and the Stones for $35.00 a night.
After several bands and endless hours of practice he finally hit it
“big” with a band called Misty Blue. They worked the Kingston -
Toronto circuit performing 1950’s & 60’s covers, very true
to the originals, and developed a faithful following.
In 1981 Randy came to know the Lord Jesus Christ and knew that God
had a different plan for both him and his music. Randy stopped
playing again, this time for 14 years! In 1995 Randy and his family
began attending a Church in Peterborough, ON. known as, “The
Selwyn Outreach Center”, (where they still attend.) This is where
God would re-acquaint him with his guitar and lead him back into
music. For the next five years he would serve on the worship team.
This experience would allow him to express some of what God had
given him, as well as the freedom to do some things with his guitar
that would be the start of what he is in fact doing today.
God and His Spirit have blessed Randy with the ability to write
music from the heart, and helped him to stretch his musical
horizons. His influences include James Taylor, Steely Dan, Crosby
Stills Nash &Young, Dire Straights, Stephen Curtis Chapman and
Chris Rice
Producer Dan Washburn says, “Randy’s music is a compilation of
his influences mixed in with his own unique style and delivery, with
a wide variety of genres on the same album. This is an album that
offers something new with each pass for even the experienced
listener. There is not one given style on the album, but several in
fact and I think that is what makes “Right Now” a great
album!”
Randy sums it up well: “As I continue on my adventure and walk
with God, I know that this (songwriting) is what God has planned for
me to do. I pray that this music will bless people as much as I have
been blessed, during the making of it.”
View more about Randy at
www.randysmithmusic.com
RANDY SMITH
HAS GUESTED WITH:
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PETERBOROUGH Venues
that RANDY SMITH has PERFORMed in:
Selwyn
Outreach Centre
Contact
Information FOR RANDY SMITH:
E-Mail: rsmith49@gmail.com
PLAYLIST,
DISCOGRAPHY, REVIEWS AND INFLUENCES OF RANDY SMITH:
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