Music

A Roadside Dream

It all began outside of a roadside Moose Lodge. Like most great dreams do. He heard his Momma sing Tammy Wynette, Dolly Parton, and Dottie West to a crowded room of drunken locals. Only six years old at the time, he wasn’t allowed entry into the bar. He stood on his tiptoes to see through the cracked window panes. Sure it was the crowd bobbing along to a known string of hits. But what was truly memorable was the look on his Momma’s face. Pure joy. And at that moment, he was hooked. Soda notes now that she once said to him, “Country music is like the bible. I live it. It can tell us what to do, what not to do. It can tear you up from the inside. And when you sing it, you better tell the truth.” 

Influences 

Soda seeks to carry on his Momma’s torch for this music and wants to continue to discover his own truth through the process.

A Few Favorite Albums

Wanted! The Outlaws
Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson, Jessi Colter, & Tompall Glaser
I Am What I Am
George Jones
Rockin’ with the Rhythm
The Judds
Don’t Close Your Eyes
Keith Whitley
The Lonely, The Lonesome & The Gone
Lee Ann Womack
A Sailor’s Guide to Earth
Sturgill Simpson
Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music, Vols 1 & 2
Ray Charles
Lubbock (On Everything)
Terry Allen

Projects in the Works 

He is currently working on two projects. A debut country single and an accompanying EP to his flash fiction series The Morgantown Project which will further explore the backgrounds and desires of the developed characters in this first collection.