Music…the expression of the soul. I was shaped by my early years growing up on a farm in the Midwest where boys who weren’t “rough and tumble” weren’t thought much of. Dad wanted someone to fish and hunt with. Ha ha, he got me. Found what he wanted in my brother and I just spent most of my time making music in church. Gifted creative boy, I was. Married young, wife got sick with kidney failure in the beginning stages of my attempt into the professional music world. After playing a Sunday night songwriter showcase at The Bluebird Cafe in Nashville and a road gig offer by a music row exec, I had to pull in the reins of my venture to focus on my family, raise my young sons and live a normal life. Kidney failure and 2 transplants costs a lot of money. Was blessed to have enjoyable work, but I had to work a lot to cover all the mounting medical bills. Life was not a party, but we got by. She passed in 2013. I grieved pretty deep.

By this time both my sons had successful careers and families of their own. I re-married in 2015 and the new beautiful one began pushing me to write and record again. With some help from some young friends from work I began to try again. The business has changed in 30 years, but I figured, why not ! I’m putting my 57 years of love, laughs, hurts, rejections and triumphs into song. Maybe I can say something that touches someone.

Mandy&#x27;s Madness is following

Mandy's Madness is following