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My
love for music came to me at a very early age. I can remember
standing in the front seat of my dad's old pickup truck
singing along to 8 track tapes of John Denver. As far back as
I can recall,
my parents were involved in music. They both sang in church
and my Dad played the guitar and accordion for the church band.
The
Christmas of my thirteenth year I got a guitar and amp.
My folks signed me up for guitar lessons but I didn't stick with
them
very long. I regret it now because I might have been a
pretty good guitar player. Once I got in high school I met Clint
who
now is my drummer. He played guitar as well, and we started
playing and singing at every party we could. We would load our
guitars
in the truck when we would go out, and play them in the
parking lots of bars. After high school we moved in together
with two
other roommates. One of my roommates Nelson was a gifted
musician in the high school band and in a matter of weeks, taught
himself how
to play the bass guitar. We started practicing every day
and playing small gigs when we could, but I had trouble finding
a
good lead guitar player. So Nelson and myself moved on
and joined another band called The Legends. During that time
I started
doing
a lot of writing. The more I wrote, the more I wanted the
band back together. That's when I found Matt (Tex) Peterson who
played
lead guitar.
I
was playing as often as I could between both bands. I then
got in touch with Dub Miller and asked him
what I had
to do to take this to the next level. He gave me a
lot of helpful advice and told me I need to cut a record. My
friends
told me
about a talented singer and songwriter who played at
Puffabellys every Wednesday night (that of course was Davin
James). I went up there and stayed until the show was over so
I could
talk to
him. He is a hell of a nice guy and was willing to
produce my record. About nine months later, we had a finished
product.
Davin
taught me a lot during that time, for instance how
to write,
produce, and present myself. Anyway that pretty much
sums it up. Hope to see you at the shows.
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