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At eleven years old, Josh heard for the first time, the sounds of AC/DC. His love of the guitar was just unfolding. Soon thereafter, he listened to bands such as Led Zeppelin and The Jimi Hendrix Experience. As his love for music grew, so did his album collection. At age 15, he was introduced to a man named Jeff Hargis. Jeff told Josh that he would teach him how to play guitar. And the love for music blossomed into a career that he had only dreamed of. "Music is the one love of my life that will never die. It is stronger than any other form of art in the way that it speaks to you. The opening chord of a song cab have the power to make you cry, or laugh, and take you to a place that you thought you could never go," says Josh. At age sixteen, he discovered something that spoke to his heart so much, that he has worked tirelessly ever since, to be a part of. "One day, Jeff and I were sitting in his basement during a practice," says Josh, "and, Jeff pulled up a song called 'Tribute To Muddy Waters' played by a man named Walter Trout. We listend and looked at each other and could not believe what we had just heard. At the time, I didn't know what the blues was. I was just stunned at the sound that i was hearing. It was like listening to exactly what i wanted out of myself." He has since formed a friendship with the great Walter Trout. "He's (Trout) my first inspiration for everything I do. Many people who listen to him think 'that isn't the blues' but i'm telling you, the guy f