I think it's going to take my whole life to sort of get people to know what my perspective is.

My mother was really into big band. It was played in the house all the time.

My first solo was in church when I was five.

Ive always seen myself as sort of this funky, eclectic artist.

I made a Christmas album a couple of years ago and just put it out on my Web site. It kind of smacked of this flavor. All of the reviews said it was Western swing even when it was Christmas standards.

Aledo will always be home to me because I spent the first 27 years of my life there - it's such a special place - and because of the experiences I had there, I've become the person I am today.

I think it's going to take my whole life to sort of get people to know what my perspective is.