Growing up our home was always filled with the sweet sounds of guitars, fiddles, harmonicas, and mandolins, as several of my father's friends would gather around in our home for regular jam sessions. And, if music wasn't being played, the radio and old vinyls were to such legendary artists as: Hank Williams, Hank Snow, Loretta Lynn, Eddie Arnold, Tammy Wynette, George Jones, Ferlin Husky, Ernest Tubb, Johnny Cash, Jim Reeves, Bill Monroe, just to get the list started..

....Artists that have influenced my life in one way or another have been John Lennon, The Beatles, Eric Clapton, JJ Cale, The Doors, Bonnie Raitt, Delbert McClinton, Dwight Yoakam, Buck Owens, Loretta Lynn, Hank Williams, Lucinda Williams, Doc Watson, Bill Monroe, The Dixie Chicks, Arlo Guthrie, Sam Bush, B.B. King, Taj Mahal, Willie Nelson, and countless others that I could not possibly mention them all here, through their style of music, lyric, and personalities. ....~*Through your music you all have brought me much joy, imagination, peace and release. God Bless you all, and thank you*~....