At that moment, a love affair began between me and and the blues, and that love affair continues to this day. I was overwhelmed by the simplicity and authenticity of the music, and that is why I have made them an integral part of my blues.

I call my style of blues Authentic...Bedrock...Blues®. When I say bedrock, I mean it in the geological sense. When you build a house, you dig through the dirt, through the clay, and through the rock. When you hit bedrock, that's where you lay your foundation. That's the way I feel about my blues. I play lots of different kinds of music and blues, but my Authentic...Bedrock...Blues® lie at the door to my heart. There is something about simplicity and authenticity that moves me. There was a time when I was falling in love with the genre, and I read everything I could get my hands on about blues, blues artist, blues history, blues anything. Those artists had done great things, and those great things were in the book I was reading. As I have gotten older, and after I wrote my first original Authentic...Bedrock...Blues® piece, "Two O'clock in the Mornin'," I began to realize that there can be another chapter in that book. It is my hope and dream that I will write that chapter.

The debut performance of The Sherwood Blues Band came Febuary 27, 1999 at the Grog & Tankard in Georgetown, Wahington DC. On that night, The Sherwood Blues Band was born. Needless to say, I was very nervous. Not only was it my performance debut, but I also wanted to do a good job representing a genre of music that I love. Luis Arce was on rhythm guitar, Morris Freeman was on drums, Bernard Floyd was on lead guitar, Bob Bigbee was on bass, and I was on vocals, harp and some old time slide guitar. At the time Cal Donnolley was acting as my manager. I am indebted to these men and I will remember them for the rest of my life. They were the first men to step up when I was trying to form a band. The entire show was videotaped by a company called Utopia Productions. I paid the guy the deposit and up until showtime, I didn't know how I would pay him the balance, which was due at the end of the show. Something just told me this was going to be a special moment and I should record it. So I did. Since that night we have played at The Kennedy Center, Takoma Park Street Festival, Blues Alley, Flanagan's Irish Pub, Harp & Fiddle, and even a nudist camp! Through it all, the best part is when people come up after the show to say they were moved by my music. Some of the things they say touch me deeply. I guess that old saying is true, it's not the destination...it's the journey.