About Me
AS I REMEMBER THINGS,
1982: BORN TO ATHENA AND A SNAKE IN THE GRASS
1983: NOT MUCH HAPPENS
1984: KISSED BY THE KING OF COUNTRY MUSIC, ROY ACCUFF
1985: BEGINS TO PLAY THE DRUMS, SWIFTLY DESTROYS SAID DRUMS
1986: NOT MUCH HAPPENS
1987: NOT MUCH HAPPENS
1988: NOT MUCH HAPPENS
1989: NOT MUCH HAPPENS
1990: NOT MUCH HAPPENS
1991: FIRST GULF WAR, NO TV, SAW NOTHING, STRICTLY RADIO
1992: WORKS AS AN EGYPTIAN BIBLE SMUGGLER (PUNISHABLE BE HANGING)
1993: DISCOVERS THE BEATLES
1994: BEGINS TO PLAY THE GUITAR
1995: BEGINS TO PLAY BASS AND WRITE SONGS
1996: FORMS A PUNK ROCK BAND, PLAYS BASS, BLEEDS FROM THE HEAD
1997: RELOCATION TO GREAT BRITAIN, AND A GREAT BRITAIN IT IS... MEETS MATT ARNN ON HALLOWEEN DAY IN SCHOOL BACK IN NASHVILLE
1998: FORMS GUITAR AND DRUMS ROCKABILLY DUO WITH MATT ARNN AND START TO MAKE NOISE
1999: TWO TURN TO THREE AND FOUR HOUR SHOWS ON LOWER BROADWAY COINCIDE. MEETS A BLOND HAIRED, GRETSCH WIELDING KANSAN...
2000: THE LIGHTS DIDN'T GO OUT. PLAYED THE GRAND OLE ORPY JANUARY 1ST. THE DAWNING OF A NEW ERA? TAKES TO THE ROAD WITH THE ROCK-A-BILLY FILLY, SLAPPIN' ON A BORROWED BULL FIDDLE.
2001: RETURNS FROM EUROPE FIVE DAYS BEFORE 9-11. SPENT THE SUMMER IN AN ITALIAN BARN WITH HARDLY NO MONEY. WROTE SONGS FOR FIRST RECORD IN SAID BARN. DECEMBER BRINGS WOODSHEDDING ON LOWER BROADWAY WITH THE BLOND HAIRED KANSAN, THE WIDE EYED NEBRASKAN, AND THE WEST-BY-GOD VIRGINIAN.
2002: THE NEW FACE OF BR549, WITH THE ADDITION OF MESELF, TAKES TO THE STAGE. AT FIRST A LITTLE NERVOUS WITH BIG SHOES TO FILL. TELEVISION, RADIO, 200 SHOWS A YEAR, GRAND OLE OPRY, ETC.
2003: OFFICIAL EUROPIAN RELEASE OF "HONKY TONKIN' LIFESTYLE"(OUT OF PRINT). 200 SHOWS A YEAR. LOSS OF UNCLE, THE AMERICAN POET, RON DAVIES.
2004: BR549'S "TANGLED IN THE PINES" RELEASED. EVERYTHING GOT STOLEN IN SEATTLE. 200 SHOWS.
2005: LEAVES BR549 TO FOCUS ON ONE'S OWN MUSIC. BEGINS WRITING NEW SONGS. NOT AS COUNTRY AS BEFORE, MORE ANTHEMIC, PERHAPS? MOVES TO THE TEXAS HILL COUNTRY. BEGINS RECORDING IN PIMA COUNTY, ARIZONA.
2006: RETURNS TO BR549 AFTER THE WEST-BY-GOD VIRGINIAN IS MISPLACED BY THE MINNESOTA JAMES DEAN. CONTINUES TO RECORD IN ARIZONA. A VERY FOCUSED VISION IS STARTING TO TAKE SHAPE IN THIS PLACE... RETURNS TO NASHVILLE, THE HOME OF COUNTRY MUSIC.
2007: FINISHING STAGES OF RECORD TAKING PLACE. ALMOST THERE, FOLKS, ALMOST THERE. "TENNESSEE" EP RECORDED ONLY TO BE SOLD AT SHOWS. STILL NO WORD FROM THE SNAKE IN THE GRASS...
