What is your ancestry?
I’m Lakota and Choctaw.
So where are you from?
I’m from Oklahoma. Oklahoma City, to be specific.
Have you always been interested in music?
I was born with a guitar in my hand. It wasn’t easy on my mom.
Tell us about your introduction to the limelight.
As a kid, I used to take my guitar and stand under the gaslight in our front yard. I’d wait for a car to come by, and then I’d start strumming.
So when did you learn how to play for real?
Around the fourth grade. That’s when I started taking lessons. Before that, I didn’t even know how to tune my guitar. So I learned how to tune my guitar and read music at the same time.
Under Influences, Jimmy Webb’s name stands out. Why?
He’s from Oklahoma; I’m from Oklahoma. ’Nuff said.
There’s no "Sounds Like" on your page.
Because it would sound pretentious to say, "I sound like Robert Folsom."
That’s never stopped you before.
Did you have another question?
When you were little, you knew you were going to get a spanking from your mom, so you put rocks in your back pocket. Why?
Because I knew ... Hey! How’d you know about that?!
Well, you’re asking these questions, right?
Right. And I know what you’re going to ask next. Don’t even go there.
But it’s music-related. You have many band stories, but one in particular ...
I said, don’t go there.
Aw, c’mon. I’m just funning ya.
Yeah? Well, fun this: This interview is over!
But ...
Hey! Where’d you go? Geez, try to ask a guy a question ...
