I grew up in a town just outside of Boston MA.  I attended Boston College High School and Marquette University. Boston was one of the best places to grow up music wise, as we had several small venues, such as Paul’s Mall or the Jazz Workshop whereby new acts would try out their material.  It was also home of WBCN, probably the best progressive rock radio station ever!  A great college town as well with over 50 colleges and universities. I graduated from Northeastern University in Boston in 1978. I had already joined a program through the Marine Corps, like ROTC.  So, upon graduation I was commissioned a second lieutenant in the U.S. Marine Corps, and made my way down to Pensacola Fl. for flight training.  I spent the next 7-9 years on active and reserve duty, as a RIO in RF-4’s and F-4S’s.  What a trip that was…literally, having had spent some time on the carrier USS Midway. What a trip that was…literally, having had spent some time on the carrier USS Midway as well.  Try taking off from a ship in the black on night. Oh man!  Then you have to come back and land on it.  We called that a controlled crash. My old man was also the guy that ended WWII, when he dropped the second atomic bomb on Nagasaki Japan, ending WWII.  He wrote ‘War’s End’, by Charles W. Sweeney. When I got out of the Marine Corps, I worked as a stockbroker for a while in Laguna Beach, CA. until I started my own business, helping people get out of debt.  I began writing a while ago, however have several books “in my head” I want to publish, so stay tuned!