There has always been something about the Blues that resonated within me. It might have originated because I was a huge Elvis and Little Richard fan as a boy, as well as other early rock ‘n’ roll pioneers, and still am. In the late 80’s I decided that I wanted to learn blues harmonica.

Studying and playing Blues became an all-consuming passion for me from that moment and continues to this day. Playing Blues harp also instilled in me a desire to pick up the guitar again, and I decided to enhance my understanding of music and took a couple music theory courses at Pasadena City College, and also began studying classical guitar with Scott Tennant of the LA Guitar Quartet in the early 90’s.