I was born and raised in a very typical middle class family. My parents were both raised with a Christian type background, but neither one of them had a personal relationship with Jesus while we lived at home. However, as we were growing up, church was for special occasions, such as Easter and Christmas. My mom stayed at home during the day to take care of us kids and my dad was a struggling business man, doing everything he could to climb the corporate ladder of success.

I was born in December of 1960 and raised in Silverton, Oregon. I was blessed to grow up in a Christian home with wonderful loving parents. We attended church regularly and did bible readings every night at the dinner table. I didn’t realize it at the time, but I have grown to learn how fortunate I was to have that foundation of faith and knowledge of God’s love.

I was born in California in the spring of 1962. My father was in the Navy so we traveled a lot. It seems that we would move every two or three years, and we always seemed to move all the way across the country. We moved from California to Florida, then to Hawaii, then to California, from there to New York, then my dad retired and we moved to Washington State

Growing up in Pocatello, Idaho, I was the oldest of three children. It was Mom and Dad, my two younger sisters and me. I went to school and church and was just like the kid from Wonder Years with a typical suburban upbringing. I remember sleeping out under the stars with neighbor kids in the summer and listening to all the Motown hits of the early 60’s on my little AM radio. It was then that I began my love for music.

I became a Christian in 1980 and currently attend Cedar Mill Bible Church. I have been playing bass since 1979 and my current bass is a Ken Smith "Burner", 5 string, 24 fret bass, which I have had for over a decade.

I have been involved in many music projects in the past, most notably playing with the groups Macrofish (2004-2006), Rock Solid (2000-2004) and SandleFoot (1989-1994). I also currently play with the Cedar Mill Bible Church worship team as my schedule allows.

My first experience with music was in the early 1960’s when I watched Dick Clark on American Bandstand. That’s when I knew I had to play the electric guitar. I wanted to be just like the lead guitar player in the band because, don’t you know, that’s how you get all the girls. I picked up my first guitar and loved playing it right away. Being left-handed I discovered that during that time there weren’t any left-handed guitars around, so I figured out how to play a right-handed guitar upside down and backwards.