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I became a musician as a teenager after being primarily inspired by an old copy of "Smash Hits", a now long out of print compilation of the most well known songs of Jimi Hendrix. Although my first mission in becoming a musician was to become a guitarist, I became enamored of the Bass the second I picked one up in my first trip to a music store in Muscle Shoals, Alabama. From then on I had little interest in pursuing guitar, although I do dabble in the instrument from time to time. The sound, feel, and role of the Bass in music felt natural to me and immediately appealed to me more than guitar even though I had no understanding of music except as a fan at the time.At the age of 16, I began Bass lessons but was quickly disillusioned by an unattentive instructor so I began to teach myself by soaking up books on theory and practicing technique by playing along with the radio and whatever albums I was listening to at the time. By the time I was 17 I had gotten my first club gigs, mostly jamming with blues and classic rock bands at the time.By 19, I started playing various bands as a full time member. I played and traveled with Shoals area bands Stained Mecca, Barrelhouse, and in 1994 along with Russell Mefford, Chris Quillen and Scott Kennedy, the Fiddleworms were born. This was my first band to gain local and regional interest/success, and to this day easily the band I am most proud of . During this time I also had the privilege of jamming with Muscle Shoals greats such as Roger Hawkins, Spooner Oldham, Donnie Fritts, Kelvin Holly, and Chalmers Davis among many others.In 2001 I relocated to Huntsville, Alabama to work on original alt/pop band Dragmatic along with Tom Cremeens and Brother Cane alumni David Anderson and Scott Collier. By this time I was also giving Bass instruction and working with Mike Roberts and Scott Kennedy in blues/rock power trio Five O'Clock Charlie.
