- Born February 8, 1971, in Fairbanks, Alaska, but his family moved to Stockbridge, GA when he was a few months old.

- Backing vocalist and bassist.

- Loves the Beatles

- Took up piano at 11, drums a few years later, and began as a percussion major--studying timpani and marimba -- at Georgia State...then bought his first bass guitar the day he joined Collective Soul!