IT'S AMAZING HOW MUCH YOU REALLY LOVE THE PEOPLE YOU HAVE GROWN UP WITH. YOU DON'T COME TO THE FULL REALIZATION OF JUST HOW MUCH UNTIL THEY HAVE LEFT EARTH.
I THINK IT IS A GOOD THING TO REMEMBER THE ONES WHO HAVE BROUGHT LOVE IN YOUR LIFE. THE ONES YOU REMEMBER ARE KEPT ALIVE IN A MOST TENDER WAY. EVEN THOUGH ALL WE HAVE IS THIS VERY MOMENT, THE MOMENT THAT IS NOW AND NOT ANY OTHER. FOR WHAT IS PROMISED YOU IS RIGHT NOW.
THOSE WHO HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO THE INSPIRATION OF MUSICAL STOREHOUSE ARE THOSE WHO PLAYED A LOVING ROLE IN MY LIFE IN EVERY POSITIVE WAY. THEY HAVE HELPED NURTURE THE LOVE IN ME THAT NEEDED TO GROW
NORA LEE WAS A PERSON I NEVER MET BUT HAD MANY INSPIRING COVERSATIONS WITH OVER THE PHONE. SHE TRUSTED PEOPLE IN A WORLD THAT HAS BECOME FIERCE AND NORA LEFT THIS WORLD IN HER LATE EIGHTIES BY A VIOLENT HAND OF A SON WHO HAD LOST HIS WAY IN LIFE
RALPH A BROTHER INDEED. I LEARNED FROM HIM THE ART OF DEFENSE AGAINST THE MOST AGRESSIVE ENEMY IN LIFE AND THAT BEING OUR OWN THOUGHTS THAT WE MUST LEARN TO TAKE CAPTIVE.
THE GREATEST ROCKER . I HAVE ALWAYS BELIEVE IF THERE WAS SOMEONE THAT WAS TO BE A STEP UP FROM JIMI HENDRIX THIS WAS THE GUY. A STYLE THAT HAS NEVER BEEN DUPLICATED TO DATE. HIS MUSIC MEANT FOR DEEP THINGS IN MY LIFE.
JOE WAS A TRUE BROTHER OVER THE YEARS. SOMEONE WHO BELIEVED IN ME AND WAS ALSO THERE FOR OTHERS WHO NEEDED A HELPING HAND. HE WAS A BROTHER TO THE END AND A SUPPORTING FAN OF MY MUSIC
NANCY GIARDINA WHO WAS BEAUTIFULLY TRANSPARENT AS A PERSON COULD GET. HER HONESTY AND LOVING NATURE WAS BEYOND REPROACH. A VITAL PERSON OF PRAYER AND MEDITATION. HER FAITH CARRIED ME THROUGH ALL THE YEARS OF MY LIFE. SHE WAS MY ONLY AUDIENCE AS I LEARNED HOW TO WRITE SONGS. SHE WAS SOMEONE I COULD TRY OUT MY NEW SONGS ON AND NOT HAVE THE FEAR OF REJECTION HANGING OVER MY HEAD
PETE SR. HAD THE CREATIVE FIRE FLOWING IN HIS VEINS AND PASSED THEM ON TO ME. HE WAS MULTI TALENTED IN MANY WAYS. HE MADE IT POSSIBLE FOR ME TO HAVE THE TOOLS I NEEDED TO PURSUE MY MUSICAL GOALS IN LIFE.
THANK YOU DAD
THERE ARE OTHERS LIKE RUSSELL RAKESTRAW , BECKY WESTBROOK, GEORGE TODD, PAT RYAN, NENA GIARDINA, AND MANY MORE THAT WERE POSITIVE FACTORS IN MY LIFE GROWING UP.
I THANK YOU ALL
ALL OF THE PEOPLE THAT I HAVE GIVEN HONOR TO ON THIS SITE HAVE GONE TO THE OTHER SIDE AND HAVE STARTED THEIR LIFE IN THEIR NEW SPIRITUAL BODIES, YET THOSE WHO REMAIN WILL NOW KNOW THEIR INFLUENCE THAT THESE SPECIAL PEOPLE HAD IN MY CREATIVE LIFE
