Richardson met C.J. Snare in North Carolina and started a band called Max Warrior. Eventually they met with Bill Leverty and Michael Foster (who were playing with a band called White Heat). The four got together and started FireHouse in 1988.
Firehouse enjoyed success in the U.S. and Japan and won an American Music Award in 1991. Richardson quit the band in 1999. He is currently playing with Country Music star Craig Morgan.
He attended Conway High School in Conway, South Carolina.