He first took up the guitar at the age of 11 in his hometown of Minneapolis. He moved to Dallas Texas at 17. After spending 4 years in Paris, France, he returned to the United States in 2006. He now resides in a converted loft in Bill Clinton’s former high school in Hot Springs Arkansas. His new piece titled True Story of an Incident at Chateau de Vincennes with the Daughter of a Chinese Opera Star~ by Will James