Jethro Mantle:  

Who am I? Who was I? Why all the questions? Oi voi! High School was fun. I enjoyed playing music with the guys from Ivory Strings: Garry Gammon, Travis Colllison, Jeff Bush, Erik Truelove, Rusty Church, and others. Wish I would have concentrated a little more on school and enjoyed being a teenager more. I dropped out of one of these schools after my junior year, then got my GED and started working in a door factory. That sucked. I married at 18 to someone that I should not have. That sucked too. I began to develop carpal tunnel syndrome in my wrist, so I left the door factory and went to a commercial art school. After graduation I moved to Southern California where I illustrated a medical catalog then began selling medical supplies. After about a year, I moved back to the Rogue Valley area and decided to pursue a degree in CAD at Rogue Community College. I ended up transferring to Oregon State University and achieved a Bachelor of Science in Forest Management in 1995. I continued to pursue music, though I focused more on solo work on the piano. In 1992, I recorded and released 'Pieces', with the funding of a friend from OSU, Kyle French. Although we produced a limited amount of these, they sold quickly. Wish I could have made more... After graduating from OSU, I worked as a forester for a local timber mill, cruising timber in Northwes...Expand for more