Bio
Album
"Howlin' At The Moon" - Release date December 15, 2007.
The album was recorded, mixed & mastered in Nashville late October with producer/engineer Larry Marrs (former bass player & harmony vocalist for Marty Stuart). It features some outstanding session musicians, including: Drums & Mandolin : Steve Holland(Anita Cochrane, Mila Mason) - Bass, Harmony Vocals, Acoustic Guitar: Larry Marrs (Marty Stuart, George Jones, Martina McBride, Ricochet, Tracy Byrd) - Electric Guitars: James Mitchell (Dierks Bentley, Cledus T. Judd) - Pedal Steel: Robby Turner (Dixie Chicks, Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson, The Highwaymen), Piano & Keyboards Garland Craft (Oak Ridge Boys, T. Graham Brown) - Dobro & Harmonica: Mike Douchette (Alabama, Tammy Wynette, George Jones) - Fiddle: Kim Marrs (Nashville String Kings).
The Songwriter:
"I write story songs with a lot of visual landscape, mostly about people, places, situations, love, pain, and the whole damn thing. My ambition is to write the perfect song...one that reels you in from first breath and note to last, and causes you to hit the "start" button again, and again, and again..."
The Artist:
"I appreciate artists who's performances shine through their music. Springsteen & Bono deliver raw, and true energy on the stage, not cloned choreography. I'm inspired by their authenticity & inject as much of that type of energy into my performance as possible. Not as a copy, but because that is the person that I am. It comes from the songs, and music..."
Influences
I grew up listening to a combination of the Eagles, Kenny Rogers, Deep Purple, Steve Miller, Boston, Scorpions, Eddie Rabbit, Charlie Daniels, Waylon & Willie, Aprile Wine, Prism, Johnny Paycheck, Dire Straits, Bob Seger, Van Halen, Led Zepplin, AC/DC and a broad mix to extremes. It's hard to say where the heaviest influences come from because of my time in the radio buinessin where I was exposed to every great country artist - and writers too numerous to mention that have hooked me, reeled me in, and netted me on country shores. To name a few: Marty Stuart, Johnny Cash, Vince Gill, Rodney Crowell, Kevin Welch, Steve Earle, Dwight Yoakam, Radney Foster, and a thousand others songwriters who have climbed the mountain and humble me with their craft and courage to pursue a life in songwriting.