I was born and raised most of my life here in southern Ohio 　　and from the young age of 12 I began writing songs. 　　At the age of 14 my mother bought me my first guitar and I 　　learned to play it soon after. It was a D-28 Martin and I 　　fell in love with it right away. Learning to play it was not 　　all I thought it was going to be. The hurting and cutting of 　　my finger tips was enough to make me almost give up learning 　　to play it, but an old friend told me one night as were playing 　　the guitar on my front porch(2 am in the morning) that a quitter 　　never wins and a winner never quits. To me he was Donald Lytle 　　who had a record out at that time as Donnie Young and later changed 　　his name to Johnny PayCheck. I believe that if it was'nt for him 　　and John L. Lewis that at that time,I may have given up playing. 　　Growing up back then ..we had no inside plumbing and got our water 　　from an old hand pump on the backporch,.our intertainment was from an 　　old radio as we had no tv back then. 　　Listening to the country singers was my great times . 　　Thanks to all you country music lovers, ,I hope to get my songs 　　out to the public. Without you, artists like myself would get nowhere. 　　I was featured in Country Roads Magazine July-December 2004 Issue. 　　 　　STEVE BUTTS- -MUSIC CRITIC - COUNTRY ROADS MAGAZINE 　　 　　Steve Butts-Music Critic- Reviewer--Country Roads Magazine 　　This CD clearly reflects a talented country singer-songwriter who has 　　the ability to combine lyrics and music together in order to bring together 　　a collection of beautiful traditional country songs. Daddy's Last Letter is 　　only a sample of what you will find in this great collection. What you want 　　from a song you will find here, as there is no middle ground for Blue Star 　　brings you only the best in real traditional country music...His voice is 　　reminiscent ,but not a repeat of the old country singers who made country 　　music what it is today.