Aromatherapy: Inspiration CD

Work became scarce around Wood County, so Pappy sold the farm and bought a trailer. My two older sisters left home for college so Pappy, Mom, my brother Jim and I hit the road to high adventure following the highway construction life.

One place we stayed for a while was up next to a waste pit in West Union, WV. Pappy used to park his D-9 dozer in the front yard and eat lunch at home. Jim and I spent every spare minute we could on and around the big Cats. Everyone on the job treated us like we were their own, so it was a lot of fun. Unfortunately, we couldn't get away with anything!We moved on from there to other jobs in other towns. I got used to moving after a while and learned pretty fast that in a new school, the best thing to do was to pick out the meanest kid the first day and pick a fight. After all, why waste time? I got into high school and took a shine to football, and played for three years. I ended up with a blown out knee, so I got into chorus, and found out the girls liked a singer better than an athlete.

I had been dabbling with different bands on and off for years and even did a brief stint as a drummer for an oldies band. One of our trips to Texas brought up the opportunity to go on the road with a swing band doing shows with Willie Nelson, but Mom and Dad's better judgement prevailed there.

I joined the Air Force after graduation from high school and had a chance to sing with the Keesler Male Chorus, a group of elite Air Force musical personnel. I picked up some good voice training there, but when my training was over, I moved on to other things.