Where do I begin, well I suppose like most people reading this you’ll want to know all about my roots. That’s where we all get our influences and the ambition to pursue our chosen path. Where did my love for real country music start? I was born in Co Antrim in a small farm house quite close to Ballymena, the youngest of a family of eight children. Four boys and four girls.

From the beginning music played a part in our daily lives. I grew up listening to the popular records of the time which would have been the likes of Johnny Cash, Merle Haggard, Marty Robbins, Slim Whitman and George Jones to name but a few.

I was also influenced by my sisters love of the top lady country singers who were dominating the radio waves at the time, including Lynn Anderson, Patsy Cline, Tammy Wynette and of course Dolly.

I Started to learn Guitar around the age of eight with the help of a wonderful lady called Mrs McCann, a local teacher. At primary school I also had the opportunity to learn the violin, but at that time the Johnny Cash style of guitar was all I wanted to explore, since then I have wished many times I had taken up the Fiddle, as in the modern era the country fiddle is so widely used.

Family gatherings and sing songs were my first introduction to performing the country songs I loved, looking back now I can see how big a part these get togethers played in forming my future Singing career.