Randy DeVol was born in New York and raised in Hawaii from the age of 2. He grew up in the world of theatre as the son of a choreographer surrounded by music and the performing arts.
When Randy started playing guitar in his early teens he knew that was to be his love and life saver.
Moving to Los Angeles at 16 he was thrown into a career in the "biz" on both sides of the camera.
Within the first six months he landed a Coke commercial and a featured role acting in a CBS movie for television that took him to Japan. His character was that of an unconventional kid who loved rock music. Life imitates art imitates life.
Turning away from acting he continued to pursue his music career and formed his own alternative rock band during the Grunge Alternative Rock Era of the ‘90s. "
He later proceeded to utilize his audio skills as a sound technician and moved into the television and film industry, working with various production companies such as, MTV, VH1, PYTKA and BET.
Having reached several limits in the industry, culminating in 2007 with winning an award from the NY Independent Film & Video Festival. he tapped out of Hollywood early and moved his family from LA to Hawaii.
His music now was strictly personal and he was blessed with the privileged to have new purpose coaching little kid baseball, basketball, football and soccer.
When this all came to a grinding halt with the pandemic, he and his son immersed themselves into surfing, as the ocean was the only legal outdoor location allowed.
At this point he reconnected with Gary Grant, his dear friend and mentor, who was retiring after five decades in the music industry. They had worked together on numerous projects, including recording Randy’s original tracts years prior. They reunited and with a momentum of its own the completion of that project evolved within a year
"Me and My Lonely" is the albums first song produce with a video.
"Lonely isn’t alone and alone isn’t lonely." It defines what it means to be an
individual on your journey following your own solo path.
Beyond the beauty of Hawaiian iconic tropical sunsets and swaying palm trees is a world of barefoot skateboarders and soul surfers enjoying the adventures nature offers daily. We vicariously rekindle that spirit of freedom and ‘anything goes’ through these urban kids, "townies,"living the dream when things were simple and life was just about Me and My Lonely!
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