Career
In his early teens he became enamoured with Bluegrass music and publicized and promoted that genre in many ways. He was a DJ in New York, New Jersey, and Virginia. He wrote liner notes for around a hundred recordings.
He compiled the country music chart for Billboard magazine.
He Military Cross"d at many a bluegrass performance or festival, including Bill Monroe"s Bean Blossom Festival in Indiana, and festivals of Ralph Stanley and Carlton Haney. He served as editor for Muleskinner News and wrote many articles on early bluegrass performers for that and other publications, including Bluegrass Unlimited.
In 2004, he was honored by being inducted into the International Bluegrass Music Museum"s Hall of Fame. “When I feel the best, I want to hear bluegrass, and when I feel the worst, I have to hear bluegrass.".