In spite of having bursitis and becoming addicted to escape via drugs and alcohol at the age of thirteen I achieved my ambition to become a studio musician by the time I reached my nineteenth birthday. I had a spiritual awakening with the death of King Curtis in August of 1971 and two years later in the Fall of 1973 following a nearly fatal auto accident in December of 1972, I began the  Buddhist practice of chanting Nam Myoho Renge Kyo, “The Ship To Cross The Sea of Suffering”. But it wasn’t until 1998 when I joined a local Nichiren Shoshu Temple that I was able to fully overcome my addictions and do the work that I do today. Along side my wife Marva and our fellow temple members; all around the world we achieve balance in our lives with the organization of priorities through this practice. This not only permeates our families, ancestors and those who are associated with us, but also possesses a mystic power that extends expansively and purifies all phenomena in the world.

In between teaching and recording projects you can see and hear me live on tour with Southern Soul & Blues icon, Gregg Allman.

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