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, as well as the children’s musical, ''Down By The Creek Bank''. In 1979 he left the Rambos to pursue a career as a studio pianist. He wrote and arranged music for the 1989 Grammy-winning album ''A Child’s Gift of Lullabyes'', and arranged for and co-produced

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’s 1996 Grammy-winning album, ''I Love To Tell The Story: 25 Timeless Hymns''. He has worked with many artists, such as

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, Steve Green,

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and

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. He toured with

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for a Christmas tour in 1999, and in 2001 for the

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/Vince Gill Christmas tour. He has also written a number of children’s musicals, as well as produced many albums of his own original works and arrangements. He played the piano for ''

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'', and contributed to two songs heard in ''

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''. He arranged for and played piano in the 1997 Christmas album ''Piano Winterlude'' (Unison). He has done several projects for Discovery House Music. In 2010 he composed a number of pieces for a special 25th Anniversary concert for the international television network 3ABN called ''Pillars of Our Faith''.

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