Michael JUDE Sherman judemichaels:  

2189 ............................My life in a nut shell ...................... ...................................... From playing the cello in the third grade in Muncie, Indiana to tybee I have literally come a long way. I landed at savannah in the early 90¿s. I have been a regular act at a plethora of places for the past 11 years, although I can hardly be called the ¿house band¿. I prefers to expand my audience base by playing in relatively nearby venues ¿ Charleston, Hilton Head, Atlanta and downtown Savannah. As I put it, ¿Why put your eggs in one basket when you can put them in thirty baskets?¿ The son of the head of the Music Department at Ball State University in Muncie, Indiana (alma mater of David Letterman), I have been involved in music basically my entire life. Sadly, my mother is deaf and has never heard me play. However, there was never a problem having band practice at my home. I started with the cello, later mastered the bass and some piano in elementary school and played in the school orchestra in fourth grade. At age 14, I ran away from home to play in a rock and roll bands. Got married at 16. to lori conklin, it was great lasted 3 years .. but found that I had to have a day job and could pursue my music at night.I had no contact with my family for several years, but returned home around the time of my 18 th birthday (mainly to get my prized cello). In California, I learned to play guitar literally ¿on the streets¿. I later went to a ski resort in Colorado played cello with rick coker, and then on to Chicago,played bass in a grove blues band, then to rehab in muncie Ind........ . During my time in Atlanta, I got involved with landscaping THEN got married again. to Sindy McClain. It lasted 4years...I know!!! ,and I music was on hold ¿ mainly playing on weekends. my instrument of choice at that time was the guitar and I played numerous little bars in Buckhead, Decatur and Little Five Points. During my landscaping career, the Governor¿s mansion was a client. and it was there that my music career was really launched. I got big private parties and was able to devote my energies full time to music. son past away ,got a divorce quit my job,,I know....... In 1991, I went to Hilton Head - thinking ¿this is the place to be¿. Unfortunately, it turned out to be a ¿commercial wasteland¿ and I ended up on River Street in ...Expand for more