I used to be a special education teacher.  One day a student came to me and called me a hypocrite.  I asked him why and he said this… “Everyday you play your guitar for us and tell us we need to find our calling in life and then pursue it with all our heart.  And here you are with all this musical talent and you’re doing nothing with it.”  This prompted me to try.  So, that summer I scheduled some shows and after 3 weeks sent a song I wrote into Oprah Winfrey. She liked it so much she had me sing it LIVE on her show for 45 million people.  My life changed.  Since then, I play 250 shows per year, record 4 albums, won the Bob Dylan Songwriting Award twice, had a song inducted into the Packers Hall of Fame, was a semi-finalist for X-Factor, and two years ago sang with Seal (Kiss from a Rose) in a Super Bowl 50 commercial.