Hey Y'all,
just a little about me and what I do.Born in Londonderry Northern
Ireland Relocated these days to Minnesota USA,I started my musical
adventure so long ago it's darn near the year 1 LOL. Got my first
guitar at the tender age of 14 almost drove my family insane till I
learned to play it.But heck my Mom bought it to me so she only had
herself to blame. Well practised hard almost every spare minute usually
confined to the bathroom ( acoustics were better LOL) though it caused
a few problems when someone had to go cause oft times I was singing and
strumming so loud I didnt hear the agonising cries outside the door.I
sounded a bit like the proverbial banshee wailing back then in fact me
& the cat sang harmonies. By 19 I was out there doing my Thang on
the pub and club circuit earning a crust or two and picking up all the
playing tips I could from my peers this stood me in good stead for
future years where I toured extensively all around Europe in Country
& Country Rock bands life was good tiring but good, then I got
married HECK that put an end to the touring LOL but not the playing I
concentrated on doing more gigging around Ireland then. Started
songwriting in my late 20's but most never saw the light of day as the
bread & butter was earned doing the Covers of the day folks just
didnt wanna hear the inate ramblings of the singer/songwriter.
That was the trend till I kinda quit for a while in my late
thirties but still kept writing just for my own pleasure. Then came the
age of technology and the INTERNET That got me kinda interested in
playing again so I dug out the guitar and for the first time ever
people actually clapped when I sang an original song . It felt good so
I kept on going LOL.
Through the internet I met & teamed up with Dixie Vornbrock a
songwriter from Minnesota , we kinda hit it off almost instantly and
started producing some darn good songs ( If I say so myself ) We met
for the first time face to face in the summer of 2004 and married Feb
2008 and still produce sweet music together and will for the forseeable
future . Some of those songs are featured here so go ahead and listen
thats why we write them. Hope you enjoy our musings !!!!
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