Singer/guitarist/songwriter logged first major-label recording contract as member of folk trio Children of Rain on Dot Records (1966)…on-going 50-year career as Nashville studio session singer, recording artist/songwriter, concert artist…charted local No. 1 song (Coverunner Radio, Redondo Beach, Calif.) with “Bell Rock Light,” off Scottish Influence CD in 2003…Kerrville Folk Festival “New Folk” finalist (1999)…with former wife Pam appeared on over 400 live television shows, including weekly feature performances for over six years on Nashville’s WSMV Noon show…has been heard on over 1,100 radio and television commercials, including Captain D’s Seafood Restaurants, Tennessee Pride Country Sausage, Burger King, and Toyota…on-camera principle in more than 25 TV commercials…enjoys concurrent career as author (32 books) and feature-story writer.