Little League baseball, undefeated champs.
North Utica, Troop 16 neighborhood gang member.
Falling in "grade-school" love at least 35 times.
Wrote first song “I Wish I Was a Miracle Boy” using tv theme song,
1st plastic guitar for Christmas, with colored strings.
3 high schools during my sophomore year.
Accepted a Tellano guitar, wooden, in return for accepting all the social upheaval.
Learned guitar, gave up on school.
Watched the moon landing with my high school sweetheart.
Moving out of home at 17.
Experienced Woodstock... what more can one say?
"Peace, love, Woodstock... what sign are you?"
Pot, hash, mescaline, LSD, Boone’s Farm Apple Wine.
1st solo public concert in 1969.
First met Bruce Springsteen sleepin' in my living room at 101 Concord Place.
Become part of Tinker West Productions.
Lived in a tent in Highlands, NJ, cut my hair for $100.
Took off cross-country, looking for the "soul of America" never came back.
Sold all my musical gear, bought and mandolin and a bicycle, headed off to Nashville, 1st time.
Failure.
Syracuse University inspired urban living.
Read “The Prophet” by Kahlil Gibran
Took part in the 1970 Washington DC protests, became a conservative after witnessing the reality and the un-humanity of what took place.
Niagara Mohawk. meter reader and Gas Mechanic. (my father was proud)
1st marriage, 1st son, and only son.
Met Oswago and introduced to metaphysics and intense spirituality.
Read “Thinking and Destiny” by Harold W. Percival
School Bus driver for disadvantaged kids.
Met Barry Mills and Troika Productions.
Recorded in NYC, and met with Columbia Records and John Hammond Sr.
Left the “music business” after being unable to accommodate Columbia's requests.
Hello, Maine?
McDonald’s french fry cooker.
Day Care teacher and two-handed fish packer.
Salvaging brain cells to take the AST’s.
University of Maine at Orono,
Mechanical Engineering School. (my father was prouder)
Living in the backseat of my Dodge Monaco.
1st job out of college, Stone & Webster, Boston, Mass.
IBM. Data General.
Made friends with Nashville as Cory Blue.
Played on the Grand Old Opry stage with Del Reeves.
The Baker Company, head of R&D.
1st heard Rush Limbaugh on the radio.
Kewaunee Scientific.
Founded Fortunet OnLine Gaming. Lost everything I had.
AT&T Internet Specialist of the Carolina’s.
Born again!
Read “The Bible” by God.
1st Christian Marriage.
Early retirement.
Bought farm, built home in the mountains of North Carolina.
1st Baptist of Boone, 40 Days of Purpose leader, baptism under fire.
Baptized in Rich Hill Creek by Pastor Wayne Brown.
Sold farm, moved to South Carolina to take care of dying mother.
Then took care of dying father.
Took care of dying mother-in-law.
Stage 3 Tonsil Cancer, became a cancer survivor.
After two years feeling came back to my fingers, and my throat healed enough so that I could sing again.
CHRISTIAN: a believer and follower of Jesus Christ.
SAGE: wise through reflection and experience.
Decided to be... the Christian Sage.