His musical career has spanned three decades, including several hits with The Refreshments and penning the theme song for the animated television series King of the Hill.

He wrote and recorded the victory song for his hometown Major League Baseball club, the Arizona Diamondbacks, entitled The D-Backs Swing.

He was born in Tucson and grew up in Tempe where he balanced life as a suburban kid while visiting his grandparents' ranch in southern Arizona, where, he rode horses, herded cattle and fixed fences.

His love of a beach town on the Sea of Cortez in Sonora, Mexico called Puerto Peñasco (Rocky Point) came through when he decided to have his band play there for a concert in 2000.

[7] In 2016, Popmotion Pictures created a documentary of The Refreshments to celebrate their first album, "Fizzy Fuzzy, Big & Buzzy", turning 20 years old.