BORN IN: Tupelo, Mississippi

LIVES IN: Portland, OR

PLAYING SINCE: 1986

BIGGEST INFLUENCES: Ralph Hardimon, Dennis Chambers, Will Calhoun, Jacques Delécluse, Debussy, Bernstein, more

MOST MEMORABLE PERFORMANCE YOU PLAYED IN: Country Music Festival in Canada in 1997

MOST MEMORABLE PERFORMANCE YOU DIDN’T PLAY IN: Beastie Boys-“Licensed to ill” Tour

CAREER HIGHLIGHT: 2007 WGI Westview High School placed 5th in Scholastic A

FAVOURITE SABIAN CYMBAL: HHX, Paragon