So here we go....

I have been kicking around the idea of doing a blog about music for awhile now.  Just trying to find time to do it was the one thing holding me back.  For those that know me, knows that I have loved music and have been singing since I was a little child.  I started playing guitar at around 15 or so, and started a band a few years later with my best friend Rob Oxford, Dave Conley, and Billy Irby.  We played for a few years with different members thrown in here and there, also a few different names.  But music was instilled in me long before the band, it always seemed there was music in the house, whether it be my Dad playing his guitar, or my mother listening to the country countdown while getting Sunday supper cooked, or the numerous different records or tapes that my older brothers and sister had brought home.

I remember very fondly when I was four or five and seeing the 8 track, yes 8 track, of Lynyrd Skynryd's "One More From (For) the Road".  The one thing that I have never forgotten is Ronnie Van Zant asking, "What song is it you want to hear?"  Then hearing the crowd shouting back "FREEBIRD!"  It still gives me chills to this day.  The range of different music in our house was great and varied.  From country to bluegrass to rock to gospel, just about everything was played, and growing up in the 70's and 80's there was some great music out there.  I always seemed to be about 10 years behind on my music, while most of the kids in my junior high and high school was wearing Poison, Bon Jovi, or any other rock/metal band (hair metal is a term that wasn't used at the time), I was wearing my Skynyrd tribute shirt. I listened to that music also, but I was more about Skynyrd, the Eagles, ZZ Top.

I'm just giving you a little background on me and some of my tastes in this blog.  I am going to try to update this every week or two.  I am not an expert by any means, but I listen to a range of different music.  I plan on talking about different musicians, genres,  and what I love about them.  As I've gotten older, I find myself at 40 listening to things that I would've never turned an ear to at 16.  So just a little bit to expect, and I hope whoever read this enjoys it, and maybe discovers new and old music to enjoy.