I'm married to a beautiful southern hick (as she calls herself) named Judith. She really hates it when I call her by her given name, so she goes by Jay Dee (her initials). We've been married for just over eight years now. She's really cool cuz (among other reasons) she never complains about my guitar playing or my other hobbies at all! Recently, she joined the US Army! She wants to be a nurse someday, and is in Basic Combat Training trying to achieve her goals. She's been having a rough go at it, but she's hanging in there and I'm proud of her! I'm a college graduate (Summa Cum Laude), earning a degree in Information Technology with emphasis in Computer Programming. Now I'm looking for a four year college to further my education.
I have two sons who live with their mother in Lincoln, NE. Ben, 16 this year, is the oldest, and Mike is 13 this year. Both are growing so fast that they're gonna be taller than me in a couple of weeks! Ben is following in my footsteps by getting into music. He plays the alto sax and the piano. From what I hear, he's practically a prodigy on both! Mike hasn't really decided exactly what he wants to get into yet, but he has plenty of time. When I married Jay Dee, I got a new daughter along with a new wife. Kayla is 11 physically, but mentally she's gotta be at least 19 or 20! She's still a Spice Girl all the way and it really shows in everything she does. She decided to take up music, but I'm not real sure how serious she is about it. She plays the recorder right now, but the stuff they are playing seems pretty simple, and I can kind of tell she may be bored with it. Lately she became interested in playing the guitar...! I wonder what I can do to help her...!
Right now I'm stationed at Ft Story, VA working for the Department of Training and Doctrine at the Armed Forces School of Music, which is actually on Little Creek NAB. I do Information Technology work now as I focus my goals past my retirement date, which is coming around the corner! But I still play guitar for the US Army. Yes, that's my job. Yes, it's a tough life, but somebody's gotta do it. Anyway, I lucked into this job in 1990, when the Army decided it was a good idea that I didn't fly helicopters anymore. I was looking for something to do so I wouldn't have to be a generator mechanic again, and was introduced to the First Sergeant of the 98th Army Band at Ft Rucker, AL, and the rest is history. I've been learning how to play jazz better for the last 10 years, but I've been playing guitar for a grand total of over 25 years now. In my musical career so far, I've been to some pretty great places, including Spain, Iceland, Germany, Belgium, the Netherlands, France, and the United Kingdom. I've also been to Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, and Iraq, but that trip wasn't very much fun at all.

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