My Dad gave it to me on the day I was born.

I play live every chance I get. I have done a lot of coffee houses, churchs and outdoor events

It has made independent artist more avalable to the public

I don't know, It depends on the deal.

I have been influnced by so many different kinds of music. I think I fell in love with music the first time I heard the Beatles. My influnces are mostly great song writers.

The Smokey Mountains,

I am basicly an accoustic guitar player. My main guitar is a Tacoma 6 string, I also play an Epiphone 12 string. In the studio I will use what ever is available to get the sound I am looking for. For the more country sounding songs I used a Fender Telecaster and I think we used a Strat on songs like Something Different and That's How much He loved me. My Producer, Eric from EDB Studios in Warren MI, had a great sounding nylon string guitar, that he played on Fogiven and Heart as Hard as Steel. We did so many different things to make each song fresh and different.