Place of Birth: Waycross, Georgia and, no, I don't give a hoot in hell for the Georgia Bulldogs

Hobbies, Interests: The Blues (of course), Boating, Fishing, rocking on the porch of my St. Johns River cabin and Florida Gator sports.

Family Facts: Raised in the wilds of North Central Florida near Gainesville. Graduated from the University of Florida in 1967. Spent 5 years as a captain in the U.S. Air Force stationed in Germany before returning to Orlando, Florida in late 1971. Have been a Banker (day job) for the past 35 + years and a part time Blues Programmer for the past 16 years. Recently retired from banking and just groovin' in the New Music Capital of The American South .

Influenced By: My Mother was my original musical influence. She was big into the jazz standards of the 40s and 50s (Sinatra, Tony Bennett, George Shearing, and many more). When I first discovered Rock & Roll and then the Blues she thought I had literally lost my mind. Then she caught on. Before she died she became the biggest fan Stevie Ray Vaughan ever had. Go figure.

Other Stuff: Married to Susan for 40 blissful years with two grown children, Buffy and Steven and two new Grandsons. That’s Grandson Chase (the smaller and much younger of the two) in my picture.

Favorite Quote: I bought you a brand new Ford, you said I want a Cadillac! I bought you a ten dollar dinner, you said thanks for the snack! I let you live in my Penthouse, you said it was just a shack! I gave you seven children and now you want to give 'em Back! Oh Baby, how Blue can you get? B.B. King , 1963

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