Nick Randolph

Inspired by the guitar at age 7, Nick Randolph has known what he’s wanted to do his whole life. “Nothing gets inside me like making music does.” Moving from Boston to San Francisco in his late teens, Nick’s skill as a guitarist landed him the lead guitar slot with the critically acclaimed SF band ‘Preacher Boy and the Natural Blues’ sharing the stage with acts like Counting Crows, Chris Isaak and Los Lobos.

Sadly though, Nick’s rise to fame came to a screeching halt when he suffered a debilitating wrist injury during martial arts training (a hobby of his that began at age nine). He was forced to quit playing guitar completely, taking him off the stage and into a downward spiral of reclusive, bitter turmoil that lasted over half a decade. “Losing my ability to make music was the hardest thing I’ve ever been through, but I also learned the most and grew the most during that time.”

After healing his wrist and relearning how to play again Nick dove back into making music with a focus and a level of enthusiasm he had never before experienced, recording and releasing two solo records on his own indie label as well as producing numerous other artists and ultimately moving to Los Angeles in 2001. Once in Hollywood Nick began performing and recording around town and within two years had a deal with indie label UE3 Records. A record was made but never released and once again Nick found himself looking for his next focus.

It turned out to be something that was right there all along. Nick had participated in ‘songwriters in the round’ nights in LA since his arrival and had slowly gravitated towards a particular combination of artists. “None of us wanted to be in a band again, we were all so used to doing solo stuff. But the sound we had and the fun we had making it were undeniable. That’s how Stonehoney came to be”.