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Born in Hollywood CA... based in Austin since 1972... Honorary Texas Citizen 1973... acknowledged the reality of Yeshua HaMoshiach, 1985... married Dr. Kathy Van Winkle October 1994... raised to the Sublime Degree of Master Mason November 1996... Western Swing Society Hall of Fame, Sacramento CA 2003... Texas Steel Guitar Hall of Fame, Dallas TX 2005... SIGNIFICANT GIGS: Linda Ronstadt's Stone Poneys 1968... Michael Martin Murphey 1972-75... Jerry Jeff Walker Lost Gonzo Band 1973... B.W. Stevenson Band 1973... Alvin Crow and the Pleasant Valley Boys 1975-79... Texas Fever 1980-88... Classified Advertising manager, Austin Chronicle 1988-1998... Johnny Bush and the Bandoleros 1992-2006... Cornell Hurd Band 1997-2003... James Hand Band 2003-2005... Gary P. Nunn and the Sons of the Bunkhouse 2006-2007. Did the 2007 Michael Martin Murphey Cowboy Christmas Tour, and again in 2008, as well as some non-Christmas gigs with MMM and the Rio Grande Band. I'm alsopicking locally with the River City Ramblers. I guess I can't hold a job, huh?OH MY GOD!!! I LEFT OUT SUNNY SWEENEY... I only filled in with the newest country diva a time or two, but she left me anxiously waiting by the phone for the next gig... only to sit in disappointed loneliness staring at a telephone covered with cobwebs! And her steel player is my friend!! ARRGH!! CALL ME, SUNNY!!