BORN IN BAKERSFIELD CALIFORNIA
GREW UP LISTENING TO THE SOUNDS OF MERLE HAGGARD,MARTY ROBBINS ,BOB WILLS,LEFTY FRIZELL AND MANY OTHERS.
BOUGHT MY FIRST GUITAR IN 1965 AND IN 1967 WAS ASKED BY MERLE HAGGARD TO OPEN HIS SHOWS.
STARTED PLAYING NIGHT CLUBS AT THE AGE OF NINETEEN WHICH LED TO HIS FIRST RECORDING CONTRACT IN 1970. I HAVE TRAVELED AND PLAYED ALL OVER THE COUNTRY AND IN 1980 SIGNED MY FIRST SOLO RECORDING CONTRACT WITH MERCURY RECORDS.
I HAVE WORKED ON AND RECORDED MANY ALBUMS SINCE THEN INCLUDING HIS LATEST ALBUM TITLED
“SOMEDAY WE,LL LOOK BACK”
SPECIALIZING IN CORPORATE AND PRIVATE EVENTS OF ALL KINDS. I STILL TRAVEL TODAY PLAYING FIDDLE AND GUITAR AND SINGING THE CLASSIC SONGS OF YESTERDAY TO THE SOUNDS OF TODAY.
I NOW SPEND MY TIME BETWEEN MY RANCH IN THE SIERRA MOUNTAINS AND SANTA BARBARA.