▁Care y ▁of ▁Bon ▁I ver , ▁Jack ▁De J oh net te , ▁Bla ke ▁M ills , ▁y Music , ▁The ▁St aves , ▁and ▁Brad ▁Cook . ▁ ▁Early ▁years ▁Bruce ▁Rand all ▁Horn s by ▁was ▁born ▁in ▁Williams burg , ▁Virginia , ▁a ▁son ▁of ▁Robert ▁Stanley ▁Horn s by ▁( 1 9 2 0 – 1 9 9 8 ), ▁an ▁att orney , ▁real - est ate ▁developer ▁and ▁former ▁music ian , ▁and ▁his ▁wife , ▁n ée ▁Lo is ▁Sa un ier . ▁R ais ed ▁a ▁Christian ▁Scient ist , ▁he ▁has ▁two ▁sib lings : ▁Robert ▁Sa un ier ▁" Bob by " ▁Horn s by , ▁a ▁real tor ▁with ▁Horn s by ▁Real ty ▁and ▁locally ▁known ▁music ian , ▁and ▁Jonathan ▁Big el ow ▁Horn s by , ▁an ▁engineer ▁who ▁has ▁collabor ated ▁in ▁song writing . ▁ ▁He ▁graduated ▁from ▁James ▁Bla ir ▁High ▁School ▁in ▁Williams burg , ▁Virginia , ▁in ▁ 1 9 7 3 , ▁where ▁he ▁played ▁on ▁the ▁basketball ▁team . ▁He ▁studied ▁music ▁at ▁the ▁University ▁of ▁Richmond , ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁Ber k lee ▁College ▁of ▁Music ▁and ▁the ▁University ▁of ▁Miami , ▁from ▁which ▁he ▁graduated ▁in ▁ 1 9 7 7 . ▁ ▁In ▁the ▁spring ▁of ▁ 1 9 7 4 , ▁Horn s by ' s ▁older ▁brother ▁Bobby , ▁who ▁attended ▁the ▁University ▁of ▁Virginia , ▁formed ▁the ▁band ▁" Bob by ▁Hi - Test