THE GROUNDWORK:
Foundations:
I kept touring with my folks right up until my voice started to change and crack. Then I picked up the guitar. Verdie Glenn was the town guitar teacher and was a million years old. he got me started on a good foundation and then it was off to a younger high school guy named dustin cleckLer that got me hooked on the inevitable: Classic Rock. which then of course back my entire identity at eleven years old. Combine that with a role in the “Wimpy Kid” movies, I was a walking recipe for social disaster.
playing guitar with the crew during our lunch break while filming Wimpy Kid 2
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PB:
My youth pastor, Jason Kelley, was the first person to really give me a shot at playing in a band. he let me start leading the youth worship band in the seventh grade, a job I held in a couple different churches for the next 9 years. This was a pivitol point in my formation as a musician. it was tough and I sucked, but it was consistent. I owe a great deal to pastor jason.
I still haven't hit my growth spurt yet ca. 2011
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Chops:
Once my guitar and vocal chops started to take shape, it became pretty apparent that if I was gonna travel farther and play more shows and the local ones, I'd need something to show for it. Mom took it upon herslef to track down gospel producer Joyce MArtin to help me put together a full blown album. Joyce brought on Jim Reilly of “Rascal Flatts” to track drums and Will Douhgty of “poison” to play keys among a whole host of other players. We cut that album and ten days and then took it on the road across the southeast for the first time. I was fifteen.
Jim Reilly (Rascal Flatts0 and Will Doughty (Poison) working out charts in the studio
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