HE WAS NAMED AFTER AN UNCLE KEN, WHO WAS A PRECISION HIGH DIVER IN THE CIRCUS. A CARNIE……..MAYBE THAT’S WHERE HE GOT THE BUG TO PERFORM, TO BE ON STAGE. JUST SHOW HIM AN AUDIENCE, SHOWTIME.

HE BEGAN PLAYING GUITAR AT AGE 14 AFTER RECEIVING ONE AS AN 8TH GRADE GRADUATION PRESENT. HE SAW THE BEATLES PERFORM AT THE INTERNATIONAL AMPHITHEATER AND WANTED TO BE A LEFT HANDED BASS PLAYER AFTER SEEING PAUL MC CARTNEY PERFORM. HE CONVERTED A SIX STRING RIGHT HANDED GUITAR INTO A FOUR STRING LEFT HANDED BASS. LOOKED KIND OF WEIRD, SOUNDED EVEN WORSE.

HE started PLAYED PROFESSIONALLY SOON AFTER….HE KNEW A COUPLE OF SONGS. PLAYED THE SAME SONG FAST AND SLOW. NO ONE KNEW THE DIFFERENCE BUT THE BAND. HOW THINGS HAVE CHANGED!

PRACTICE !! PRACTICE !! PRACTICE !!

HE PLAYED IN NUMEROUS BANDS THOUGHOUT THE YEARS. VARIOUS STYLES, FROM ROCK & ROLL, TO BLUES, TO TOP 40, TO COUNTRY AND EVERY STYLE IN BETWEEN. NEVER FOND OF DISCO. ALWAYS WANTED TO BE IN A REGAEE BAND – NEVER COULD GET THE DREADLOCKS JUST RIGHT…….BEEN INSPIRED BY EVERY MUSICIAN THAT I EVER HAD THE PRIVLEDGE OF PERFORMING WITH.

LIKE TONY, I WAS A MEMBER OF THE NATCHEZ TRACE BAND. WHERE I LEARNED HOW TO DRINK TEQUILA. TALK ABOUT WASTED DAYS AND WASTED NIGHTS!!!!

HE WAS A FOUNDING MEMBER OF THE BREAKIN LOOSE BAND, A BAND OF EXCELLENT PLAYERS WITH SIMILAR MUSIC DIRECTION. PLAY GOOD MUSIC, HAVE FUN, ENJOY THE EXPERIENCE. LIFE IS TOO SHORT TO GET TOO SERIOUS.

I WANT TO CONTINUE PLAYING MUSIC UNTIL THEY PUT FINS BACK ON CADILACS.

ON A PERSONAL NOTE, I WOULD LIKE TO THANK MY WIFE SUSIE, MY SOULMATE, FOR BEING THE INSPIRATION, FOR BEING THE ONE CONSTANT IN MY LIFE, THANKS FOR BEING YOU……..AND I WOULD LIKE TO MENTION ELVIS. AS ANYONE THAT KNOWS ME CAN TESTIFY, ELVIS IS A MAJOR PART OF MY LIFE.