“I was raised around big band and jazz. My mother’s favorite singer was Al Jolson and I listened to him when I was little. I took up the saxophone when I was 10 and had my own band when I was 16. After high school I played with a few big bands. I had an uncle who is a jazz fanatic and taught me everything. I always loved Sinatra and saw him sing several times. I sing in the same key. I practice 2 to 5 hours a day and do a lot of his older stuff. I like the old love songs by George Gershwin and Nat King Cole. I do Bobby Darin, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis and Neil Diamond. I can do 10 to 12 singers. If the show is straight Sinatra, it is A Tribute to Sinatra, the Man and His Music. If there are different singers, it is A Tribute to Sinatra and friends. We live close to Reno and I perform there and do dinner-dance shows. It helps keep Sinatra’s music alive and introduce it to younger generations. I do weddings with my wife, she will marry them and I will sing to them. I have been doing this for 40 years. If you are going to sing from the Sinatra songbook, you better be good. It is as simple as that. I had rectal cancer and was cured in the first six weeks. We told the doctor I would be healed because I had faith in God that He would do what He promised. The doctor used the word miracle and he was shocked. I don’t know how people live through sickness and tragedy without the Lord. We can’t do this alone.”
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