Background
Storey was born in Casa Grande, a farming community in southern Arizona, to parents Jerry Storey and Ida Mae Storey.
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After getting kicked out of high school for sneaking liquor on a field trip, he earned his General Educational Development and studied political science at Arizona State University.
Career
His most recent album, Roots & Wings, was released in April 2013. Here he helped plan and performed in the first Mill Avenue street festivals. In the early 1980s while performing around the American Southwest with the Storey-Richards Band, a Nashville-based repertoire agent spotted and contacted Storey.
He was offered a record deal with Columbia Broadcasting System/Epic Records (later becoming Sony Music Entertainment).
Later he was hired by PolyGram Records as a full-time staff songwriter and returned to Arizona. This led to collaborations with musicians like Pam Tillis on the 8 Seconds.
Even though recognized as part of "the rising Nashville elite" in the 1980s, Storey"s time in Arizona and Latin America has given rise to a style uneasily categorized. He also spent several years teaching music-oriented courses at Casa Verde High School and Central Arizona College where he was distinguished as an award-winning instructor before retiring in 2012.
He currently resides in Flagstaff, Arizona, where he creates most of his music
