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In the early 1980s, Syracuse, New York native Rick Cua was a member of the secular rock band The Outlaws. After giving his life to Jesus, he set out on his own as a solo Christian rocker, releasing several hit albums in the 1980s and 1990s. It has been about a decade since the last Cua release, “Like A Cool Drink,” and the bass-playing singer-songwriter, who had been helping manage other artists’ careers in the interim, decided it was time to return to his own active music ministry with the new CD, “Won’t Fade Away.”

With a unique mix of blues, pop, rock, and praise & worship styles coming together on “Won’t Fade Away,” Cua makes a triumphant return to the Christian music scene with his new disc.

As an ordained minister, Cua leads a small group and serves in the worship band at his church in Franklin, Tennessee. His active church life is evident on “Won’t Fade Away,” where many of the songs, such as “All Over Me,” help illuminate the idea that God refreshes and restores His followers.

With “Won’t Fade Away,” the formerly big-haired rock star manages to borrow musically from both the past and present sounding like a mixture of the Rolling Stones, the Beatles, Keane, and Matt Redman. Rick Cua is a seasoned artist with a musically potent new CD worth buying.