Have you ever heard the Rolling Stones sing gospel? How about Humble Pie, Jimi Hendrix, the Beach Boys or Janis Joplin? Did you know Willie Nelson used to be a Sunday school teacher and once sold Bibles door to door? Have you ever heard blues great Billie Holiday's "God Bless the Child"? Leave it to two guys in the Live Music Capital of the World to come up with an alternative to contemporary Christian radio. The "Roadhouse Revival" show is reeling in music lovers of all faiths and is on the verge of going national. Starting with a magazine and now the radio program, the two rock 'n' roll drummers, fixtures in Austin's music scene, have found a way to seal their devotion to the mastery of secular musicians and their worship of God. For John Peyton, also a harmonica player, and Randy Hill, it's all about breaking new ground and hitting the right chord -- even if it occasionally strikes a sour note. "People might say, `Well, you got Willie Nelson. He smokes dope,' " Peyton said. "Well, maybe, but he sings `Amazing Grace' really well." Peyton and Hill, both secular recording artists and Christians, are the founders, producers and disc jockeys for the weekly show on rock station KLBJ-FM. The two, who also own the Christian arts, entertainment and lifestyle magazine True Believer, reach an often-overlooked market: mainstream Christians. You know, the people who are comfortable both in the secular world and in the pew, those who admit that they like watching television, reading racy novels and drinking alcoholic beverages. That audience is so large that the Ingram Book Co. -- one of the biggest names in Christian publishing -- will begin distributing the next issue of True Believer nationwide. And only seven months since the debut of "Roadhouse Revival," Peyton and Hill are in negotiations with another company to distribute it nationally. "There are no shows coming out of Austin like this," said Jim "Jimbo" Kipping, creative services director for LBJS Broadcasting, which own five radio stations, including KLBJ. Kipping pieces the show together each week. It begins with a bedroom studio run-through at Kipping's home, where the three work on the song selections. Then it's a day at the station to work on the voice material before the show rolls out Sunday morning. Though they have been criticized by some Christian camps, the magazine and radio show are receiving support from conservative, moderate and liberal Christians. The program is even attracting a non-Christian listening audience. "The `Roadhouse Revival' is to reach the unreached and tell the untold," Peyton said. "It's a come-as-you-are radio show where you don't have to change to like it. "You will hear the most talented people on the planet." The show also honors gospel greats like Mahalia Jackson and Austin's Bells of Joy. The variety not only crosses Christian lines but musical ones, offering rock, blues, jazz, country, heavy metal, punk and gospel. Between songs, Hill and Peyton offer mostly untold stories about how the secular artists came to do the songs, quick tidbits about performers' personal backgrounds, and religious trends among the artists that often go unnoticed by music reviewers. "Eric Clapton has dozens of gospel songs," Peyton said. "He puts a gospel song on each one of his albums." The show airs at 6:30 a.m. Sundays and is simulcast on the Internet. That has brought the show e-mails from listeners in other states and countries, including England and Northern Ireland. To find material, Peyton and Hill scoured their own album collections. They started hanging out in record stores. "We go to Goodwill and dig through there, and we go to the Internet," Hill said. It's how they found Janis Joplin's 1969 Woodstock performance of "Work Me, Lord." And Linda Ronstadt's "We Need a Whole Lot More Jesus and a Lot Less Rock 'n' Roll." Van Morrison, Kris Kristofferson, Lyle Lovett, Stevie Wonder, Gladys Knight & the Pips, One Bad Pig, Bob Dylan, Louis Armstrong, Taj Mahal, Doobie Brothers, the Beatles and Elvis Presley also get air time. "You wouldn't expect many of these artists to record traditional hymns, but they have," Peyton said. "For example, the Rolling Stones' `You Gotta Move' is an old black, spiritual number written by Fred McDowell and the Rev. Gary Davis."