In the Middle of the Night, I Searched for Stories

In the Middle of the Night, I Searched for Stories

In the middle of the night, I would wake up under a heavy, red blanket. I’d peer out into my dark, little room from high on my brass bed and survey the shadows on the walls. If there was nothing scary, I’d slide the blanket off my little body and prepare for...
You’ll never know until you walk through the door.

You’ll never know until you walk through the door.

There are many people who want to write a book, start a business, or release an album but few people do it. You may not know what to do. You’re scared. You don’t want to fail. Putting yourself out there is a risk. I understand. You have to step into the...
I was named after a hitchhiker. What’s your story?

I was named after a hitchhiker. What’s your story?

Yes, that’s true. His name was Kip Gentry and my parents, Bill and Nancy, picked him up in a blizzard before I was born somewhere between Nebraska and Wyoming in their Volkswagen van called Bilbo Baggins. Thankfully, I wasn’t named Kip because...
Everything is possible.

Everything is possible.

That’s me laying on a piano bench several years ago, putting it together in my head. Making albums and performing and doing more of it. Later, I burned out, made more music, burned out again, kept the wheel going. I climbed, soared, dove, crashed, burned,...