sentences:  When Hinson was four years old his family settled in Abilene, Texas where his father had secured a professorship at Abilene Christian University.Early in Hinson's childhood his parents would listen to Neil Diamond and John Denver records and instruments such as a dulcimer and his grandmother's piano were ever-present in the house.Hinson's father bought him his first guitar when he was around 11 years old so that Hinson could perform in a fifth grade talent show.