I grew up in a little community called Tabor, Texas. Its just north of the home of the Fighting Texas Aggies, College Station! I was a country kid, and as a child I spent most of my time horseback or bare foot running around Tabor. My mother worked for A&M and my father was an ex surfer/bull rider, that became a truck driver by trade. By the time I was 8 or 9 my older sister was a d.j. and editor for a radio magazine. Through her baby sitting me at her work, and taking me with her to interview up and coming country musicians, (many of which are now veterans of country music) my musical influence began to grow. As a teenager, I got into rodeo, and rode bulls professionally until just after the birth of mine and my wifes second child. Injuries had gotten me to the point that I couldn't ride anymore, and music found me again. After years of singing my wife and kids to sleep, for my 29th birthday, my wife bought me a fender tele, and told me I needed to pursue music. Im not even a year into it and now im performing. I can't thank God enough for the positive influence that my wife and kids have brought to my life. But, as an end note, I do have to say, riding bulls was a hell of a lot easier!