When I Became 16 I Started Thinking

I Feel Like I Have The Greatest Life An Artist Could Dream Of.

I've Always Stuck With Gibsons. I've Had Guilds And Fenders, Too, But I Always Wind Up Going Back To Gibsons.

When I Was About 3, My Grandfather Used To Give Me And My Sister A Nickel To Sit Out On The Front Porch With Him And Sing Songs.

I Remember My First Moment Onstage Was At A 4-h Contest At The Pratville Junior High School Cafeteria Auditorium Around 1965. I Had My First Electric, A Silvertone With The Amp Built Into The Case, And I Won First Prize.

Around '75 When The Recession Hit, Club Owners Started Going To Disco Because It Was Cheaper For Them To Just Buy A Sound System Than It Was To Hire A Band.