Christopher Long Show Biz Guru: BIO

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Raised in Missouri’s rugged

Ozark Mountains and on

Florida’s sunny Space Coast,

Christopher Long is an author,

show biz analyst, entertainer,

and a rising name in Christian

ministry. Known for his Erma

Bombeck-like conversational,

common sense style, Long has

been called everything from a

"spiritual lightweight" and a

"pathetic loser" to a "mighty

man of God" and "the most

interesting man in the world."

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Long first was lured into the professional entertainment world at age 15 when he promoted a local rock concert event as a student government project in 1978. By the 1990s he was involved with bringing various top-name acts to concert stages throughout Florida’s central east coast.

Since 1985, Long also has been the frontman for the outrageous, Florida-based, award-winning rock act Dead Serios. The band scored a college radio hit in 1989 with the rap / metal single, “Butterbean Queen," and were featured in such prestigious periodicals as Billboard and Thrasher.

Long (L) with Dead Serios in 1989.

In the 2000s, Long established his name as a music / entertainment writer — contributing reviews, interviews and features to various print and online publications, as well as becoming an in-demand special events personality and DJ.

Based on his personal 20-year relationship with the multi-platinum-selling band, Poison, Long’s debut book, A SHOT OF POISON, arrived in stores on April 1, 2010. By July, the salacious tell-all ranked among Amazon’s top rock titles.

Christopher Long at 2013
Florida meet-and-greet.

Following his spiritual awakening later in 2010, Long began developing his next writing project. Combining accounts of his personal experiences in the entertainment world with a bold Christian message, his second book, C’MON! - My Story of Rock, Ruin and Revelation, was released on January 17, 2012 and it quickly became a popular faith-based Kindle title.

In June 2012, Long received his first of two degrees in Theology from East Coast Christian University, located in Merritt Island, Florida. By year’s end he had attended the annual BigStuf Christian youth conference in Daytona Beach and had participated in his first of many international missionary trips. In 2013, Long also served as a ministry leader for the week-long Untamed youth camp in Gainesville, Florida.

Christopher Long with
his son Jesse in 2014.

His third book, SHOUT IT OUT LOUD: Stories of Fast Times and Faith, From the Show Biz Guru, was released on May 13, 2014. Entitled, SUPERSTAR, Long's fourth book currently is in development and will mark his fiction debut.

From book signings to music-related events to charity fundraisers to countless church happenings, Long juggles a hectic, year 'round personal appearance schedule. He continues to contribute lively entertainment, political and faith-based content to such publications as Ink19.com, as well as his own popular Show Biz Guru website. And in November 2016, Long's weekly radio show, My Country, debuted worldwide on the Real Country Radio Network.