I was born into this world in 1956 in Bangor, Maine. One of six
children in a military family, I moved to Morocco when I was four. Then
at the age of seven, we moved to the promised land of California to the
small town of Atwater.. I became the first child in my family to
express an interest in becoming musical. My first musical instrument
was a battery powered transistor radio. The local top forty station is
what I enjoyed listening to most. My favorite band was the Beatles and
by the age of ten I persuaded my parents to buy me a guitar. They also
paid for lessons, which lasted about two months. I suppose that was
about the time when my instructor began to feel guilty for taking my
parent’s money and discontinued the lessons. There I was, two months
into my musical career, abandoned. So I went to the music store, bought
a Beatles music book with chord charts, put my fingers where the dots
were, and began making music. That’s basically how I learned to play.
Since that time a lot of life has come and gone. By 1980 I was ready
for some kind of positive change. I actually received Christ because
somebody cleaned my kitchen. What?! Yes, it’s true. I was a bachelor at
the time and you know what a bachelor’s kitchen can look like. My
friend Chico used to pick me up for work and this one time while I was
getting ready to go, he went in and overhauled my kitchen. He had
talked to me about Christ many times but this was the first time that I
actually saw Christ through him. That next weekend he invited me to his
church and during the song “Just as I am” I went forward and accepted
Jesus. I’ve been going to Jesus just as I am ever since. It’s been
getting better all the time!

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