I grew up poor in the Blacklands and cotton fields of Cowhill,Texas. I started playing guitar at age eight, performed on stage in a honky tonk at eleven and wdrotemy first song when I was thirteen. After high school, I put my guitar down and went off to see the world compliments of Uncle Sam. Ten years later I came home to Cowhill to finish my education and pursue a career in upper level academics. After I graduated with a Master's Degree in Sociology, I put my academic career on hold forone year to play music full time. After that one year I was convinced that music and not academia was my true calling. Afterwards, I left Cowhill to seek my fortune and fame as a rock star. Ten years later, I'm still trying! In addition to playing music for over 35 years, I have performed on stage all over the world. I am also a songwriter with over 100 compositions, a musician fluent in a variety of instruments including the piano and most stringed instruments. As a singer my repertioire includes over 500 songs and spans three centuries. I have also recorded over 17 different CDs and albums of my own material.