The sum of my instrumental skills are that I can play "Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring" on the guitar; I can one-finger "Yankee Doodle Dandy" on the piano - with almost no mistakes; and, I can play "Home On The Range" on my cheek with a pencil. Other than that... I'm a singer... or I was a singer.

I actually took a guitar course in college and got an A, but that doesn't mean much. However, I learned how to play it well enough that I practiced one song ("My Sweet Lady" by John Denver) at least a hundred times before I sang to my first wife (Chris) at our wedding reception. Other than that, I took violin lessons as a kid... but I stunk. I even took a few piano lessons because my mom was a good piano player... but I stunk. When it comes to musical intruments... I stink a lot!

I’ve been a singer all my life. We were too poor to afford much, but I remember taking singing lessons when I was a kid. As I got into high school, I sang in the choir and was selected to the KMEA State Choir. Later on, I sang in the church choir. I tended to think of my voice as similar to James Taylor or Jim Croce – which if it was… wasn’t too bad.

Before I list the subcategories, I wanted to mention that in my humble opinion, the following three songs are the greatest versions of any songs ever written with the all-time best - Over The Rainbow by Katharine McPhee.

Over The Rainbow - Katharine McPhee

You Raise Me Up - Josh Groban

Hallelujah - k.d. lang

Below are five subcategories under "Music" which are linkable on the left column, but I'm including them here as well.

James Taylor, Jason Mraz, Bruno Mars

Duets

My Recordings

My Songs

My Poems