Randy was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin in 1958 and quickly got a rocky start. He began selling and consuming drugs at 13. Randy was not brought up in a church going family and had always experienced a restless and empty feeling that drugs seemed to fulfill, at first. He engaged in a series of botched drug deals and suddenly had the urge to leave town. Coincidently, a friend from Georgia was visiting at his house that week. So with a little arm twisting convinced him to go back to Georgia with him. It was 1981 and he had his fill of Wisconsin and its local Police Force, so Randy packed his bags and they left in the middle of the night.
Randy's friend from Georgia had been witnessing to him all week and due to the circumstances Randy found himself in, decided his proposition started to sound attractive. So he gave into some additional arm twisting and surrendered his heart to the Lord while on the road. When they arrived in Georgia, Randy moved in with his friend and his wife.
They were both musicians so they somehow, ironically, got hooked up in a Christian Prison Ministry. That didn't last to long so they started a string of Christian Rock Bands over the next five years or so. They eventually went their separate ways and Randy got married to a lovely Christian Woman in 1986. Randy then started a business and became consumed with success for the next 19 years and his drums took a back seat. Randy played in a non-denominational Church Worship team most of that time. But Randy got bored with the traditional church brand of worship, and began to pray about something a little more radical.
Randy and his wife moved from metro Atlanta up to the mountains in Dahlonega, and searched for a new church family for the next year. But they couldn't find a good fit, until reading the newspaper one day. Randy read about Set Free Church.
Immediately, being of the biker persuasion, he knew this place had potential. So he threw a leg over his Harley and went to check it out. Randy liked what he saw and heard. He is now committed to put together a great team of Christian Musicians to play classic Rock and Roll with Christian lyrics.
