Southern Exposure (featuring Billy Currington)

From left to right: [partial] Clayton 'Buz' Swindler (pedal steel), Jason Connelly (guitar), me (keys), Ronnie Davis (drums), Billy Currington (vox, gtr), Edwin Powell (bass)

• 30 years as professional singer/musician

• over 1200 song repertoire in pop, rock, country, etc. 

• 29 instruments, including keyboards/piano, guitar, bass, drums, mandolin, ukulele, various percussion, banjo, ocarina, concertina, fiddle, dulcimer/strumstick, Xaphoon, sansa/mbira (including chromatic), lap steel guitar, pennywhistle, jaw harp, and others

• has opened for (or co-headlined with) various artists in concert, including: Billy Greer of Kansas (and accompanied him onstage), Billy Joe Royal (twice), Universal Studios' Blues Brothers Revue, Bobby Braddock, Carl Chambers, Chad Brock, Chris Cagle, Cowboy Crush, Cyndi Thompson, The Coasters, Daryle Singletary, David Kersh, David Allan Coe, David Ball, Doug Supernaw, Gibson-Miller Band, Hank Williams III, Hope Partlow, Jameson Clark, Jason Aldean (as hosts of the Jimmy Dean/True Value Country Showdown), Jesse Chambers, Jim Carlton, Jim Stafford, Jo Dee Messina, Jon Corneal, American Idol contestant Katelyn Marks, Lari White, Lee Greenwood, Little River Band, Lobo (Kent LaVoie), Lonestar, Mark Chesnutt, Mark Wills, Michael Petersen, Pat Greene, Rhett Akins, Richard Leigh, Shannon Lawson, Tammy Cochran, Tony Arata (twice), Warren Brothers, Bruce, Buddy and Joni Canova, Joe Spann

• was in a band with Billy Currington, called “Southern Exposure” for about a year, at the Cavalier Country Club in Savannah GA in the 90's.

• Has performed onstage with David Ball, and with members of these bands: Kansas, Gallery, Young Rascals, Collin Raye, Ray Price, George Jones, Ty England, Curtis Day, as well as backing up-and-coming artists Lance Stinson, Craig Reynolds, John Lehman, Michelle Murray, Tyler Hammond, and Paul Parr, among others

• appearances include: local TV (performing in a live broadcast, in interviews, and featured in 2 seasons of a local TV show, The Cavalier Dance Club), radio (in Savannah and elsewhere, in live music performances, in a commercial, and as a guest dj), as an extra in the major motion picture, "Something to Talk About"; in magazines, newspapers, benefits and concerts

• recorded by MTV productions for VH-1 at this reunion of famous singer/songwriters from Central Florida (I'm about the 11th pic in this slideshow taken that night)

• original song in Esperanto featured in this Canadian podcast

• Has performed for: Christina Ricci, Pat Upton (lead singer of Spiral Starecase), Kevn Kinney (of Drivin' 'N' Cryin'), and Neil Diamond