Randy Hoover:  

Life The years were long. Sometimes fulfilling, sometimes rewarding and sometimes, downright frustrating. That brings me here, a site where I hopefully get to re-acquaint myself with some of the most interesting people on the planet. Hello past friends and future friends! This is my story since some of you knew me long ago. This is not fiction...it's a "thriller", a "work in progress", a "dream in the making"...it's just me, a creation of God, no better or worse than anyone else, a sinner saved by grace. A story many of you have lived with under different circumstances but similar joys,heartaches and tragedies. My love goes out to you. There were only two places I never wanted to live: 1. New York; 2. California. After graduating from Bible college I accepted a position as technical sales rep for a Scripps-Howard Publishing computer center and immediately moved to, gulp, New York! After one year, I laid down some tracks of original music, applied and was accepted to the prestigious Guitar Institute of Technology in Hollywood. I was accepted...God was leading. My former pastor Rick Warren has said "God is happiest when you are doing what He created you to do". I stepped out in faith with only a few thousand dollars and a pristine 1964 Chevrolet Impala. With Pat Benatar and Boston blasting through my tape player, I headed west with a dream of playing my guitar and maybe singing backup for Amy Grant or Tim Sheppard or Dallas Holm etc. Or, maybe I would just be able to provide spiritual guidance to bands from my education...yeah, that made sense beca...Expand for more