I grew up in farm country and started to learn to play music by watching the farm-hands who got together on Sun. afternoons who would drink and laugh and pick Bluegrass and Country-Western on traditional stringed instruments. That's where I picked up the bug for making music, being amazed by the sound combinations coming from these guys and the beauty of their old instruments handed down from father to son; this one old guy had a Marten Guitar that sounded more like a church organ to me. I got myself a cheap guitar and started to learn and eventually turned to bass. The Beatles came along and I was off like a rabbit. A lot of Basement bands playing everything from Dylan to Sabbath. I was recording in local studios by age 16. I was in Baltimore's first Country-Rock band and although it was a beautiful trip, nothing lasts forever, some things longer than others. Many bands later, I ended up a Blues-Man playing with the Muddy Water's Band, too bad Muddy was already gone but, I spent a year working in New York, playing with the excellent drummer, Charles 'Honey-Boy' Otis who was the original drummer in the Fat's Domino Band's recording of Blueberry Hill. He was very cool, always wore a suit. We were invited to play at the Norfolk Blues Festival sometime in the late 80's, early 90's (I don't really remember the year) and were treated like stars as I played with Muddy's band AND legendary Bluesman Pinetop Perkins and we were nowhere near being the headliner, but it is amazing to perform before 40,000 people. A few years later I was rear-ended in a car accident and my hands started to fall asleep when I played, so had to stop performing. You have no idea how much pleasure I get to be able to create the music in my head this way on the computer and I hope my music reflects the joy and intensity of every song I post. If any of you think I laying down on the job, let me know.