BEGAN PLAYIN GUITAR AT AGE 10 PLAYED IN YUMA UNTIL 1979 THEN WENT ON THE ROAD WITH BADLANDS BAND WENT TO SAN DIEGO IN 1986 AND WORKED STUDIO AND LIVE SESSIONS THROUGHOUT SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, WAS AWARDED CALIFORNIA COUNTRY MUSIC ASSOCIATION MALE ENTERTAINER OF THE YEAR AWARD 1987 ALSO BANJO MANDOLIN AND FIDDLE PLAYER OF THE YEAR FOR SANDIEGO COUNTY. WORKED WITH HANK THOMPSON,JIMMY DICKENS AND MEL MC DANIELS IN THE EARLY '80 S CURRENTLY GIGING WITH MEMBERS OF THE ORIGINAL SADDLE TRAMP. AND BADLANDS BAND. DURING THE PAST FIVE YEARS WAS A MEMBER OF MAINSTREET TONIGHT WITH THE LATE FATS JOHNSON AND DENNIS WEAVER ALONG WITH HIS SON RUSTY CAN BE SEEN LOCALLY AT THE MINESHAFT AND PARISHES AS WELL AS JUST ABOUT ANYWHERE.
