Songwriter, mostly back in the 1980s. Closest I ever got to the big time was a demo of Honky Tonk Barmaids made it all the way to the desk drawer in Waylon Jenn
When I was young and stupid, I decided to leave home in Seattle and head out on the road to Merle Haggard's office in Bakersfield, CA. Didn't work out so well. This is my account of that fiasco. :-)