Doug Averkamp

Back in the day when the 'Sultan's Of Swing' album was released, I heard it at one of my older brother's friends house and was hooked into something that at the time didn't know was my journey of becoming a songwriter.The next weekend after that day, I rode my bike from the country farm 5 miles west of Oshkosh WI, into the Exclusive Company record store and bought the album. On the way home, I couldn't resist the urge to stop at a recreation area called South Park and spent hours reading the sleeve that contained the lyrics to Knopfler's masterpiece.That was then, but I'm here now not sweating about why it took so long to get here..... I'm just thrilled I finally looked myself in the heart and turned onto the road to get me where I need to be. Since I've only been coming to Nashville for about a year now, I can't thank everyone enough who has accepted me into the 'real-world' of living on a diet of simple and true (RVV).I hope you enjoy hearing what we have to say.....