Greg Hough is a
Christian musician
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and, with
Bob Hartman, one of the founding members in 1972 of the
Christian rock band
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,
Petra
Petra ( ar, ٱلْبَتْرَاء, Al-Batrāʾ; grc, Πέτρα, "Rock", Nabataean Aramaic, Nabataean: ), originally known to its inhabitants as Raqmu or Raqēmō, is an historic and archaeological city in southern Jordan. It is adjacent to t ...
.
During the 1970s, he and Hartman were the band's main songwriters and lead singers.
Career
Hough left the band in 1979. He continued to play Christian music with the bands Ransom and Ju'so. He also worked with the alternative-country trio Andrews, Hough, and Dan.
In 2003, Hough returned to
rock music when he joined the former Petra founding member and
drummer
A drummer is a percussionist who creates music using drum
The drum is a member of the percussion group of musical instruments. In the Hornbostel-Sachs classification system, it is a membranophone. Drums consist of at least one mem ...
,
Bill Glover in a project called GHD. After releasing one album, another former Petra founding member,
John DeGroff, joined the project and the band changed its name to GHF (God Has Forgiven).
In 2004, Hough and DeGroff rejoined Hartman on stage in a reunion of the original Petra line-up held in
Angola, Indiana.
Outside music, Hough has been a practitioner of
chiropractic in
Fort Wayne, Indiana, since May 1989.
References
Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
American performers of Christian music
Petra (band) members
Musicians from Fort Wayne, Indiana
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