Birth Date: 11-18-75
Birth Place: Edmond, Oklahoma
Wife: Veronica
Pets: Rocky (Yellow Cockatiel)
Favorite Football Team: OU, Go Sooners!!!!!!
Favorite Food: Italian
Favorite Songs: Let Her Cry, Turn the Page
Influences: Hootie and the Blowfish, Garth Brooks, Gary Allan, Cross Canadian Ragweed
In My Off Time: When I’m not out performing, I like to spend time with my wife Veronica. I love to stay at home and just record music.
I first learned to play guitar in 1993 on an old arch top my grandfather loaned me. At that time, I had bought the Hootie and The Blowfish CD, Cracked Rear View, and I learned every song on the CD. A couple of years later I became friends with one of the best guitar players I had ever seen, Shane Conaway. He showed me so much and helped me develop as a guitar player. Shane introduced me to country recording artist Ty England (formerly with Garth Brooks.) I landed a job with Ty, and this is where I learned the value of fans. For the first time, I really saw how music affects people. While working for Ty I was a road manager, booked shows, helped put tours together, and got to do shows with people like: Hank Williams Jr, Willie Nelson, Lone Star, Blake Shelton, Cross Canadian Ragweed, Tracy Byrd, and the list goes on. I would have to say that Ty was one of my biggest influences and showed me the ropes when it came to performing. I would watch how he would connect with his fans and how important they were to him. Without the fans, who is any artist? In April of 2003, I came to Florida for the first time for the Florida Fair Buyer’s Convention to book shows for Ty. On Saturday, the 26th of April, we were packing up to head home when Mike (Ty’s Bus Driver) and I thought, “since were coming back through Florida in a couple of weeks, we should try to book a club.” The first club I found was the Dallas Bull. Little did I know, that in a few moments, my life would change forever. I went there that night to book a show for Ty, and met the love of my life, Veronica. After falling for her, I decided to move to Tampa. We were married on July 16th 2005. In the begging of 2003 I started playing my own shows and found that I some what of talent for entertaining. In 2008 I decided to write and record my first studio CD. Produced by Shane Conaway and Jarod Evans and recorded in Norman Oklahoma. On This project I was privileged enough to write with recording artist Cody McCarver of Confederate Railroad. Currently when I am not performing and working on my solo career, I am playing guitar for Nashville Recording Artist, Chad Brock.
I would like to thank all my family in Oklahoma and Tampa for all of their support. I would also like to thank all the fans and friends that show up to support this dream of mine. It really does mean a lot! I love you guys!
