My name is Cliff. I went to the altar about the age of 13. Asked Jesus into my heart about the same time I started playing guitar. For the next 28 years I called on God only when I needed Him, a “bungee chord” Christian, if you will. I was also a victim of the “performance treadmill”. When I would come back to God due to a problem in my life and He would answer my prayer I would try to live a perfect life only to fail. Then I would give up and go back to a life of sin.

I started playing guitar in bars and clubs at the age of 18 for 6 years straight. I took the talent that God gave me to serve the devil.

Approximately 8 years ago, in 1995, Betty got saved and I got interested in having a relationship with God again. We started riding motorcycles with some Christian bikers and began attending church. I learned about the awesome Grace of God that if I were to fall all I had to do is confess, repent and get back up. This was the greatest thing I had ever learned to enable me to walk the Christian walk.

On August 15, 1997 my daughter, Jaime, had a premature baby at 26 weeks in pregnancy. He weighed 1lb 13 oz. His lungs didn’t work and had a level 2 brain hemorrhage. That night I told God that if He would make this baby whole I would serve Him for the rest of my life. Avery is now 6 years old in the first grade and is perfectly healthy.

One Sunday at church I heard that still small voice say that I would play my guitar for Him. I looked over at Betty and said, “God wants me to play my guitar”. She looked back at me confused and said, “now?” So I dusted off my guitar and I formed a small family band with Betty on the drums, her son, Johnny, on bass, her son, Ramon, on keys and our dear friend, Kathy (Katfish) Evans, singing vocals. As the years went on the band matured, members changed and we’ve evolved into the band we are today. I find it a great honor that God has let me use my guitar that I used to play in smoke filled, disgusting bars to play Praise and Worship, lift up the saints and reach the lost in His mighty name.