I've been making music since I was 14, but for a while, I was afraid to perform.

I was just a music lover who wondered what it would sound like if Otis Redding strapped on a guitar and played in a punk band. That's it.

I guess I would call my music 'blues punk.' There's a lot of influences.

I've grown up on gospel and blues music, and now it's a huge part of who I am.

Folk-punk artists like This Bike Is A Pipe Bomb or Paul Baribeau were popular in the Florida punk community. I saw people early on combine roots music with more aggressive music.

Music helped me to get out of a rough period in my life when I really struggled to see any future for myself and was terrified about what was happening to the people around me.