[Lower55]

I'm 48. When I was 7, I played at the Saenger theater in New Orleans. I've been playing professionally ever since. I'm almost retired now, but I still play almost every weekend. I bought a farm. I have a little more that 200 beef cows on 400 acres. I've had three planes. 2 Cessna's and a Beechcraft. My friend was just killed a week before thanksgiving in a plane crash. He was playing in a Always Patsy Cline show at the Grand Casino in Biloxi. Even he made around 3k a week....He played on tons of albums too. He played for Hank Jr. for a few years. I miss him...But I sure enjoy a good argument, as you can tell....lol

[ventana]

Hats off to you if you made it that far. The music biz has to be the toughest one to survive and actually create a career out of short of being a fine arts painter. Guys who go into the commercial arts can always work in advertising in any of the media, tv; print; internet, etc. They can see their work and make a decent living. Guys who go into music, after either coming up self-taught or going to a Berklee or Manhattan School of Music or something like that either end up playing in a wedding band or shelving it. Not too many make a career out of it as session guys. Well, I would have to say, also, dancers actually may have it the toughest. How many ballerinas ever make it to the big companies, and they train for years and have incredible discipline and talent. Of the arts, music and dance qualify as the toughest, and you are a success!