Early in my songwriting I tended to stick to the truth. The first verse of First Kiss really does come close to accurately describing my first kiss. I was camping with my family and my parents usually took vacation around the same time as their friends. Their friends had two sons, one a year older …
Anyone who knows me knows that I love cats. I still remember being 5 years old and asking my parents for my first cat. That year, my parents woke me up early on Christmas (not the other way around somehow) and they directed me to open a very specific present, a present that had holes …
From the front seat of a Ford truck, or was it a Chevy, my parents and I listened to the radio. Country music of course. The first song I remember singing along to was Shackles and Chains by Patty Loveless. I had no idea what the song was about, but I sure loved to belt …