Complex sentence: Hinson has been performing country music since his teenage years in the late 1960s and began going by the name Jimbeau Hinson in the mid 1970s to avoid any confusion with Muppets creator Jim Henson.
Split into simpler sentences: Hinson has been performing country music since his teenage years in the late 1960's. Hinson began going by the name Jimbeau Hinson in the mid 1970's to avoid any confusion with Muppets creator Jim Henson.