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- Singer, song writer and recording artist Bruce Hibbard is also a ski instructor, mountain climbing consultant and builder. One of his hobbies is hang gliding. He not only has an exceptional singing voice and style but is also an accomplished bass player and pianist.
He was a member of the early Christian band Amplified Version, which had a sound indebted to such secular artists as Ides of March and Blood Sweat & Tears and was also associated with the group Sonlight, which served as an instrumental backup band for Andrae Crouch & The Disciples. He later morphed into the jazz-fusion band Koinonia and wrote the Christian radio hit "I'm Forgiven" for the Imperials which became number one on the Christian music charts for 13 weeks in 1980. He later contributed songs to albums by Andrus, Blackwood & Company, Roby Duke, Fireworks, First Call, Amy Grant and Lisa Welchel and was a background vocalist on projects by Phil Keaggy and Kelly Willard.
His solo albums present smooth arrangements of somewhat jazzy pop songs, with Willard and some of his Sonlight/Koinonia friends assisting. He is a self-confessed protege of Christian musician Paul Clark and his albums are similar to that artist's work in style and content. Clark coproduced the album A Light Within, which includes the songs "All That I Want To Be" and "Givin' Myself Over." Hadley Hockensmith of Sonlight/Koinonia produced Never Turnin' Back and cowrote most of the songs for that project. The title track for that album became a radio hit for Bruce Hibbard as a performer, reaching number 14 on the Christian music charts in 1980.
Website: http://brucehibbard.com
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