My first guitar, a nylon stringed Alvarez, arrived on my 16th birthday. Most guitarists I’ve known started at a much younger age. Actually, I didn’t know I was interested in playing the guitar until I got one. There wasn’t a musical history in my family, other than my mothers 2nd cousin being Roy Acuff (a.k.a. ‘King of Country Music’) – but that “shirt-tail” cousin was a far distance away in miles and connection. From the time of my first guitar I have composed [mainly] instrumental songs. Though there are a great many lyric based songs I have heard and liked I seem to gravitate naturally to the instrumental style. Along my journey I learned the healing affect music can have on a person and since then I have always wanted what I do musically to have this aspect about it. And I hope my music will enable you to escape the noise and enjoy some quiet moments.