Gradual also was his accumulation of enough equipment to make professional-sounding recordings at home. Actually, a lot of these people have also left Bethel. It probably doesn't have anything to do with the CD, but you never know. The rest is history. He has been writing songs for more than 25 years and has accumulated quite a few he feels just fine about performing on stage.
Some songs contain geographical references to the Western United States.
Some are amusing, some are droll, some are serious and some are not worth remembering.