How much do you want to know? Im a big ole sumbitch. 6'7" tall and somewhere around 300lbs. I'm around 46 years old, married, and got two kids.
I was born in Lebanon, TN, 30 miles east of Nashville. My mama was Bettye Dean Hawkins and my father was L.T. Jenkins. They were forced to divorce because killing each other is still illegal. My mama got remarried to Joe F Wall from Murfreesboro, TN. Joe primarily raised me and adopted me and my two brothers when we were young.
I'm kin, on the Jenkins side, to about half of Wilson County, Tennessee in one way or another. I joke that I had to leave Wilson County in order to find someone to date that I wasnt kin to, but truth be told, I was never really that picky. The truth is that I'm the pretty one in my family, and even drunk, the rest of my family is just too damned ugly for me to want to go get nekkid with.
In 1980, I was convinced by my Dad (the Joe Wall dad), the Williamson County Sheriff's Department, and the local Navy Recruiter, that a change of scenery might be good for me, and the US Navy had more training oportunities that the Tennessee Department of Corrections offered. I soon left for what would become a 20 year hitch in the Navy. I retired with a good conduct discharge which is pretty amazing when you realize that I have a very strong anti-authority complex.
I got married for the first time in 1992. I am still married to my first wife, who also happens to be my last wife (I aint going that shit ever again). She just so happens to be my bestest friend, even though I often embarrass the shit out of her. I have two wonderful kids and a great dog. My wife and kids own a dog and a bunch of cats who aren't so great. But even retarded animals need someone to love them.
I play acoustic guitar and I own a mandolin. I have perfected the art of rhythm mandolin. I don't need to do all that fancy lead playing stuff. That ain't my gig. I'm more of a JJ Cale guy than a Sam Bush guy, I'm just hear for the groove, I like the Chop. I like playing music, mostly the kind of music most suited to getting drunk and divorced to.
I don't drink. I used to, but I decided to stop after I received a suicide note from my liver. I was recently asked if I have a problem when I drink, the answer is "No, I don't have a problem when I drink. YOU have a problem when I drink." I dont care what you do, I'm no crusader. I just worry about works and doesnt work for me.
I am a freelance music writer and a professional rat cage washer. My writing work can be found on .."http://www.twangzine.net"http://www.twangzine.net . I occasionally write for Americn Songwriter and No Depression. I have also written for, Country Music, Country Weekly, Paste, Harp, and just about anyone else who will pay me.
I don't do politically correct. I don't normally go fishing for friends either. Hopefully you have read all of this before you made your friends request, as my coments on your page will probably end up beiong something crude and ignorant. I do crude and ignorant quite well.
