"I grew up with music. My mother taught me to play her guitar when I was ten."

When he was 14 he recieved his first electric guitar for christmas. By summer he was putting together his first band with some friends from high school.

"We went on stage with Johnny Shattuck at the old Continental Bar for our first time in 1965." After that they played at dances and participated in Battle of the Bands locally for the next three years.

"One day Bobby Cooper asked me if I knew how to play bass. " He didn't, but Dennis learned how and played bass for 25 years.

In the '90's Dennis was in a band called NightWing. Playing bass to Shark White's leads, with Bullet on drums and Jimmy Grover, also on lead guitar, Dennis and this group grew a good local following. They played well together and had fun.

Dennis hit a spot where the bass didn't satisfy him any more. He sold all his equipment and got a Stratocaster. He started building up his guitar skills again. Playing solo around the area and in Florida, he brought his abilities back up to speed.

When he was in Florida he started writing and performing the blues. Over the years between 2002 and now, the blues tunes just seem to keep coming.

The new MoBluz Band was just beginning to get attention in the local area when Dennis had to move to Arkansas. Just recently, still looking for the music, he moved to Texas. Dennis' original blues songs are the base for every performance. His blues aren't just from his heart, but from the lives we have all lived. That's why they are becoming so popular with people that hear them. They lived them, too - he just sings and plays it for them.

His future goals are getting more of his music published and keeping the life in live music.

"There's nothing to replace the feeling between a crowd and band on a hot night. You're all making the music together. No juke box can ever replace that."

Influences: Early: John Mayal, Jeff Beck, Richie Blackmoor and Long John Baldry. Later: Hendrix, Robin Trower, and the classic blues players, BB King, Muddy Waters, Luther Allison and all the rest.

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