Music is life for me I eat sleep and breath it however I do find time for many other things in my life. I enjoy spending time with my younger brother Joe, my dad Marvin, and everyone else who has helped us to start building some really wicked chopper style bicycles. I'm also an avid paintball player. but if I had to pick only one thing that I could spend the rest of my life doing it would be spending time with my new girlfriend/ Mary and my some day step-kids Trinity and Chelsey
All my guitar heroes. Without which I would have never been inspired to start playing.
Good Lord! Where to start I like everything. When I was little my cousins use to give me hell because while they were all into the rap scene of the 80's I have all but worn out that Buddy Holly's greatest hits tape yes I do mean the (TAPE) my earlist memory of wanting to play guitar was seeing that old VanHallen video where Eddie played his guitar with an electric drill ( I was like maybe 6 or 7 at the time) I remember thinking " holly crap you can really do that I have to learn how" Zakk wylde is the fuckin' man (hands down the best damn guitarist out!)Ohh yes lets not forget Bush Randal or Captin Geech and the Shrimp Shack Shooters....HaHaHa ( Those two were for you SHANE!) On a much more serious note I had forgotten to mention one of the biggest influences on my guitar playing. may God always keep Stevie Ray Vaughan's soul at peice.
I love Almost Famous, Rock Star, Walk the Line, That thing you do, Hystaria the Def-Leppard Story, and Thunder alley, and of course Eddie and the Cruisers.
How could you not love South Park??? Ok so my girlfriend doesn't get it but ....whatever!
Are too boring to read by the chapters so there are few of them that I will take the time to read(The Outsiders was good though) other then that it's only guitar and paintball relatied magazines for me. Guitar World is my favorite!
Other then the Guitar players that have inspired me along the way if I had to narrow it down my top 3 would be (1)My Uncle Andy (for keeping me safe and being like my dad during the years that I didn't have one) (2) My Step-Dad Marvin that will never be thought of as a "STEP" Dad ( for treating me like his own and taking on the responsibility of raising a family you have givin up so much for us) (3)and my new girfriend for saveing my soul and showing me the way to let myself live a happy life again.but I also need to take the time to thank my mom, I know that she doesn't think that I would ever think of her as a "Hero" but that's only because she is so much more than that to me! and though I don't allways show her it. I love and respect her for so much! she had to give up so much for me and without her I would not be the strong independant person that I am today (even if I still can't spell to save my life ..LOL) I LOVE YOU MOM don't you ever forget that! you are more than a hero you...you are my "MOM"