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My father gave me my first guitar when I was about eight years old. Seems I was always using his guitar to learn with when he wanted to play! After I received my first guitar I started learning some chords, putting melodies together and developing my ear.
When I was about 12 years old my father needed a bass guitar player for his band and I was the one he chose. Since I was already learning and playing guitar it was not too difficult for me to transfer what I had already learned on guitar to the bass guitar. So, I started learning what it meant to be a supporting rhythm section musician and was soon playing at NCO dances, local jamborees and retirement homes along side more seasoned musicians. These were all jobs “booked” through the local musicians union and that along with working with more experienced musicians served as great lesson of what being a working musician was about.
As I grew older I went through the usual plethora of bands ranging from Progressive Country to Blues and Rock and Roll. I also lived in Nashville Tennessee while playing “on the road” for a couple of years with some regional acts and eventually moved to Texas to play in a band with my one of my uncles.
After playing a lot of different types of music it seems I would always come back to what I have considered my favorite music and what I grew up playing which is older country/western and bluegrass. In the last few years I have moved closer and prefer playing Gospel/Bluegrass music. I find it to be a more honest form of music that holds closer to its original roots.
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