[1] Born in South Carolina, He then moved to Muncie, Indiana where his was the drum major at Northside High school as well as the lead in several musicals.
[3] He has toured as a background vocalist and percussionist with Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band,[4] Bon Jovi,[3] and Hall & Oates.
[7] Starting in 2002, he began putting on his own funk-influenced holiday production, Holidelic,[5] which has seen guests such as Fred Schneider, Vernon Reid, John Forté, Elmo Shropshire and Celeste Holm.
[3] He has also worked and performed as a percussionist and backing vocalist with American rock band Bon Jovi in 2003 during This Left Feels Right Live session, and he became the touring percussionist for Bon Jovi in 2016 to support the band's This House Is Not for Sale Tour.
[3] In video games, he provided the voice of Paul Chuck in Um Jammer Lammy,[8] as well as his vocals to the songs "Throw It All Away", "Rhythm and Balance", "The Supernatural", "For True Story" and "Supporting Me" for the character Shadow the Hedgehog in Sonic Adventure 2.