At age six wanted a Roy Rogers wind-up plastic guitar and got a real half size one instead, so had to actually learn to play. First real gig was at 13 at the battle of the bands at the Cotillion where he almost had to change his whity titys when he saw the 1,000 plus crowd. Over the years ( and there are a few) he has played in a wide variety of bands and types of music, but has come back to his first love good ole classic rock and roll. LD plays a Stratocaster, a Telecaster and a Les Paul Special through a Mesa Boogie Nomad 55 Amp, as well as a Roland GR30 guitar synth to round out the big sound of the Boomers. Besides the Boomers he also plays with the River City Jam and one of the Ascension Lutheran praise bands. He is married to his wonder wife and drummer Joni and has two great kids.