Almost all my life I've been making music. My mother said I was kicking in rhythm still in the womb. As a child I was constantly exposed to music, hearing Mom sing as she cooked our dinners, going to Dad's barbershop quartet concerts and listening to my big brother's records. I joined the drum section of the school band in sixth grade. I was given a hand-me-down guitar for my thirteenth birthday and taught myself to play. Eventually I started writing my own songs. Long as I can remember I’ve been strumming, picking, banging and singing.

Along the road I've been blessed to work with an amazing bunch of artists and musicians. I’ve been in a few pretty good bands, recorded some albums and played countless shows in bars, music venues and festivals. I’ve shared stages with some of my musical heroes and recorded in a couple of legendary studios. I play songs I’ve written, songs by friends and cover tunes that I like.

These days my main focus is a band called Sam the Lion that I write for and perform in with Chris Curtis, Matthew Williams, Rodger Harrison and Amanda Williams Ware. We've just released an album called "Make It Stick."

I also play guitar with the matthew show, a great band that features the music of my friend Matthew Broyles. We made a couple of really good albums in Memphis at Ardent Studios and even recorded a song at Sun Records. That was surreal.

I also play a good deal of acoustic shows with my friend Steve Long as Rogers & Long . And sometimes I play drums with Steve, Chris Curtis, and David Clay in the band No Class.

Through it all, the thing that really makes this so damn fun and rewarding is the people I get to share my music with. I hope you and I cross paths somewhere along the road.

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