I’ve always thought live music was about being upbeat, energetic, explosive. That’s the kind of music that influenced me as a young songwriter: The Red Hot Chili Peppers, Jimi Hendrix, The Allman Brothers, Stevie Ray Vaughan, anything that makes people move. Over time, those influences became interwoven with the interesting heavy and progressive music that my brothers were showing me and incorporating into their songwriting. Our music became an almost undefinable fusion of influences, and to this day I’m still not sure how to describe it.
When my brothers and I graduated high school, we began to seriously think about what we wanted to do for a living. They went up to App State for school, and I didn’t know what to do, so I followed. In Boone, between classes and work, we played our first real paid gigs, where our friends always supported us. For a while, we lived on a mountain, then in our cars, then on couches, and every gig was a journey. We’d never been so broke in our lives, but we knew we’d found what we loved.
If it weren’t for my parents, my brothers, and our beautiful friends who expressed their belief in us, I wouldn’t know what to do. Thanks to them, I know we can always jam and make people smile, and that’s what we hope to do.
