I recieved my first real guitar from a flea market in my hometown. It was all I could do to talk my dad out of the fifty dollars. I took tp playong with some work and I have not stopped. I was raised in a good, strong, Chriatian home and the sounds of my mother singing. She sang hymns, Southern Gospel, as well as traditional gospel. She was my teacher, with respect to music, and the one I have to thank for my voice. However, I thank God, first, for my love of music. My greatest joy is singing and telling the stories of Jesus. This has always been a part of my life. I just hope that I spend all of my talent for the love, joy, peace, and if need be, reproof of our God, to the hearts of the world. What an awesome thing it is to think about... when we sing praises to God. HE LISTENS! <XMP></body></xmp>