MARITAL STATUS: Married

HEIGHT: 6' - 4

WEIGHT: 212

HAIR: Brown

EYES: Brown

PARENTS: Fred & Peggy

FAMILY: Wife Lynne, children Rachelle, LaRetta, Richhard & LaVenia

BIRTHPLACE: Sacramento, Calif.

BIRTHDATE: July 6th

HIGH SCHOOL: John F. Kennedy High, Tumon Bay, Guam USA

FIRST MUSICAL PERFORMANCE: Johnson Hall Talent Show, age 4

FIRST PAYING MUSIC GIG: San Pablo AFB Teen Club, Sevilla Spain 6th Grade

FIRST PAYING NON-MUSIC GIG: bagboy @ San Pablo AFB commissary

HOLIDAY FOOD: macaroni & cheese, greens, peach cobler

FAVORITE FOOD: Chinese

FAVORITE DRINK: Rootbeer

CURRENT RESIDENCE: Los Angeles, California

BEST PITCH: Fast Ball

INFLUENCES: My Grandmother Ann E. Shirrells (she had a beautiful soprano!) Marvin Gaye, Stevie Wonder, Dennis Edwards, (Temptations) Aretha Franklin, Maurice White (Earth, Wind & Fire) and Luther Vandross

HOBBIES: Scuba Diving, Weight Training & Reading

FAVORITES SONGS YOU'VE WRITTEN: I'm Sorry, Your Eyes, Just Call & When You Turned Me On You Turned Me Out

FIRST BAND: Cornflakes

SOME OF HIS FAVORITE SONGS: (OTHERS)You Make Me Wanna (Usher), Another Sad Love Song (Toni Braxton)

ALL TIME FAVORITE SONG Never Too Much (Luther Vandross)

FAVORITE SONG WRITERS: Babyface, Stevie Wonder, Quincy Jones & Donald Fagan

FAVORITE AUTHOR: Stephen King

FAVORITE PLACE: Home

PET PEEVE: Dirty Bathroom Sinks

GOALS: "To Live Happily Ever After"

FAVORITE SPORTS TEAM: Dallas Cowboys

FAVORITE SPORTS: Football & Basketball

FAVORITE TENNIS SHOES: Reebok

PETS: A Chow Named "Cleopatra & Tom Cat Named "Quincy Jones"

FAVORITE ACTOR/ACTRESS: Samuel L. Jackson/Angela Bassett

FAVORITE RESTAURANT: Hunan Palace/Murray's Soulfood

FAVORITE ICE CREAM: 31 Flavors Burgundy Cherry

FAVORITE SINGER: Luther Vandross/Toni Braxton

ONE OF HIS FAVORITE ALBUMS: Luther Vandross: Forever, For Always, For Love

I NEVER LEAVE HOME WITHOUT...Kissing Lynne, Kiriandra, Paris and Chance Good-Bye!

CAR: Ford Explorer, Eddie Bauer Edition and a SAAB 900 Turbo

LATEST HOBBY: Video Photography!!! His next project is to edit a composite video of the last family reunion using his Macintosh Computer