Hello and welcome, as far as myself goes, who I love more than anyone else is my wife Teresa and my daughter Hannah.
Without them, my journey through this life would be meaningless. They are not only my two beauties but my greatest inspiration. I also am quite fond of our little dog Holly, she just gets to me with her little "beggin'" eyes.

My Parents Ralph and Sara had five children. Donnie the oldest, then Lorie, Myself, then Mary and lastly our baby sister Melinda. Even though we live in different places we still stay in touch, Love ya guys. Our Parents were taken in Nov.1996 by way of an awful auto wreck. We miss and love them deeply.

In the late 60's till the mid 70's, I was turned on to groups like Hendrix, Joplin, Cream, The Who, Iron Butterfly, CCR, Grand Funk, Steppenwolf and so many, many others.
Also the playing of my brother Donnie and his blues/bottle neck slide was very influential in my love for playing (THANKS BRO)!!! My sister Lorie for her singing and playing guitar with Mary joining in. Finally our dad Ralph (loved Country Music)who played guitar and our mom Sara (loved Jazz and Elvis), go figure.

From 75 to 80, I listened to KISS, the Doobie Brothers, Robin Trower, Eddie Van Halen, Frank Marino, Ted Nugent, Santana, Clapton, Billy Gibbons and to anyone who played the blues.

In 1980 I was introduced to Phil Keaggy and was blown away, from that point,in 1984 I began to listen to Alan Holdsworth, Michael Hedges, William Akkerman, Earl Klugh, Ry Cooder, Stanley Jordan, Pat Methany, Larry Carlton and my dear friend Mike Lacer. I also love the vocals of Russ Taff, He has one of the most powerful and effective voices out there. Players like these have inspired me to continue to play and mature into what it is now.

At current, I really love Tommy Emmanuel's playing, Phil Keaggy, Ken Rivers, Michael Kelsey, Victor Wooten, Greg Howard, Nickel Creek, Andy Mckee, Michael Landau, Eric Johnson, Pablo Andr'es, Pascal Meunier, and any player that continues to mature and to have fun while doing it.

I also thank God through Jesus Christ for giving me eternal life and a purpose to live.......