- born in greenville, sc
- moved to north sc  
- moved to myrtle beach, sc
- picked up baseball
- found girls
- put baseball down
- picked up guitar
- found girls who were more fun
- moved to franklin springs, ga 
- moved to nashville, tn
- picked up songwriting
- married wrong girl
- laid down songwriting
- divorced wrong girl
- picked up songwriting again
- married right girl
- had 3 awesome kids
- wrote hits with over 25 million plays at radio
- quit trying to do that
- picked up guitar again
- started making up songs for myself
- songs got way better
- made 4 cds
- started performing way better songs
- feel better now