You know, if you don't do nothin, you don't do nothin.

While we got hotter and thirstier as the heat beat down on us. The somebody would call in a voice full of elation

I've been playing music all my life, from being a choir soloist at Symphony Hall as a youngster to playing in bands through high school and college at Kent State. Went in the service at 17, out before I was 21.

I liked the way they treated the first, second, and third place finishers equally. It was an amazing year. I only entered two song contests this year; I won one and placed second in the other. And I entered each of them a day or two before the deadline.

I'm proud to be paying taxes in the United States. The only thing is - I could be just as proud for half the money

You know, if you don't do nothin, you don't do nothin.

Now I'm fortunate to have a good band in CA, and play many solo gigs as well. My point is that I stopped playing in bands and played solo for four years, to get back into the groove and pulse of writing and singing and who I am on stage.