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Born in 1948 in Washington, DC.
Lived in Northern Va, Newport News, Va and Omaha, Nebraska until my teenage years.

Wrote my first song with a friend at age 11.

Moved to Chattanooga at age 14.

Started playing a baritone ukelele given to my dad by Arthur Godfrey at age 14 and got an electric guitar soon after that.

Pursued music with vigor until the late-'60s. As a married father, I quit playing music in order to chase the buck and be responsible, 2 things I wasn't very good at.

I continued writing songs, however, and, over the next 30 years, the dream of the big stage and the hit songs hibernated just beneath my mainstream world. In 1998, while developing an intense interest in performance poetry, I had three surgical operations in a period of three months. During my recovery, I self-published 2 books of poetry and began using my guitar to write more songs. The open mic stage beckoned, and, in April of 1999, I began performing my stuff...