If you're reading this . . . 
Howdy and thanks for taking the time!

I was raised in a bitty lil' place called Pine in Northern Arizona. Got my first guitar at 14 and I was sold! Music was everything. George Jones, Tom T. Hall, C.W. McCall, Conway Twitty, Loretta Lynn, Tanya Tucker❤️, Jerry Reed, Merle Haggard, Charlie Pride, Billy Joe Shaver, Jerry Jeff Walker, Don Williams, Chris LeDoux, Bobby Bare, Waylon Jennings, Hank Williams Jr., Marshall Tucker, John Denver, Roy Clark and a hell of a lot more.

I'd play those records, keep picking the needle up and playin' the same part over and over tryin' to learn these great songs. By 16 couple of my buddies said "Let's start a band" and we did . . . Matching shirts and all!

Wrote my first real song for for my first real love, Sydney Denise. Wrote my second real song the year we both turned 22 and she was taken by cancer.

Writing songs became a way to deal with hard times and I've been doing it ever since. But I remember that 15 year old me holding the album cover and sayin' "I'm goin to make a record of my stuff one day"

Well it's takin' me 50 years to do it but here it is. I don't expect much just thought I'd share some of the songs and stories I have before it's time to move on!

Enjoy my friends!
Russell
~R45~