I was born in The Year Of The Dragon!
100% CAJUN!
I am VERY PROUD to live in the great state of TEXAS!!!Hello everyone! I was born at sea! No, literally! I was! Long story, but I was born on a boat in the middle of the Gulf Of Mexico! This may explain my deep love for the coastal regions of the world! Sure, I love the mountains, but I love flatlands, and more so if they are close to the ocean. Although I grew up in a very small town in south Louisiana, right in the heart of Cajun Country, I have now lived in Houston most of my adult life! My family are "true" Cajuns and I am very proud of my Cajun Heritage!
I am a normal All-American boy who loves music, the great outdoors, sports, traveling and spending time with my friends and family. My mother's family is from Brighton, England and my father's family is from Bordeaux, France, which makes me half-British and half-French.
My love of music started at a very young age as my parents always had the radio playing around the house. I first decided to start learning music in the 4th grade at the age 10 and began with the trombone.
Soon, I was first chair and was the youngest member of the classical, jazz and orchestral groups in my school. I was voted All-State and competed in the State finals, where I came in first place. I moved on to learn the trumpet, saxophone, keyboards and began to be very curious about drumming. When I was 14 years old, I saved up money to buy a guitar, even though at the time I knew absolutely nothing about playing it, and bought a Martin acoustic guitar, along with a Mel Bay chord book. I loved the guitar from the start and soon abandoned all other instruments. To this day, I regret that I have not spent more of my life committed to learning and playing the guitar, but it's never to late to try, right!
Over my life, I honestly cannot recall every guitar I have owned but I currently own 4 guitars and 1 bass. I get a thrill over playing my guitars and really desire to improve my playing skills over the rest of my life!
I was also very athletic as a young man and played Football as a starting Quarterback and Linebacker both in high school and College, a right-fielder in Baseball and a right-forward in Soccer. I was also involved with Track & Field, competing in short dash sprint races and long jumps. I still have a great love for mountain bike riding and love to jog, hike and swim.I also am a motorcycle enthusiast! I have owned several bikes over my life and currently own 2.Cars are a big part of my life as well! My father raced drag hot rods, roadsters, pro stock and funny cars and some dirt tracks during my teen years and it got me hooked on anything about cars. I love to talk cars!!I am married to the most wonderful person on this planet and we have one son and one daughter. We own 7 acres of land and a home about 17 miles west of Houston, Texas. It's a great home! We are animal lovers and own horses, cattle, dogs, cats, fish, and the usual variety of farm animals.
Oh, I also own the largest RUSH fan group in the world!
Anything else you want to know, JUST ASK!
Nowhere else I'd rather be!
LSU CLASS OF 1986!