Christian punk artist Grace Graber has released her own take on Hawk Nelson's "California" in celebration of the 20th anniversary of Letters to the President, the album that originally held the punk-rock staple.
"When I was 16 years old, I had the chance to sing with Hawk Nelson," Grace Graber recalls. "This show was my first chance to really tell all of the guys about the impact they had made on me. I got in the meet and greet line, and I walked up to them essentially crying. I told them how much God had moved in my life since that song saved my life. And I was like, and 'my biggest dream one day is to sing with you.' And I remember Jason just looked straight up at me, and he said, 'well, let's make that dream come true!'"
The very next night, Grace took the stage with Hawk Nelson to sing with them during "California." She says, "After I got off stage, I immediately thought to myself, if God can do that, He can do anything. And if my wildest dream came true at 16, what else might He have for me? So California has very big significance for me because that was the song that God used to knock all of my biggest dreams out of the park, making way for what He would do with me in the future."
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