Songwriter and multi-instrumentalist has collaborated with Steve Earle, Sam Bush, Emmylou Harris, John Cowan, Verlon Thompson, Guy Clark and many others while touring regularly with his own band.
Won the 2007 Song of the Year award from the Americana Music Association for his song "Hank William's Ghost” which appears on his album The Invisible Man (2006).
Performed vocals, mandolin, guitar, accordion, pedal, lap steel and banjo in Robert Plant’s Band of Joy.
Album A Crooked Road won the award for the Country Album category from The 10th Annual Independent Music Awards.