Don O'Neal Don's song s have created a buzz in the community around Rochester, New York, with WDYN independent radio station playing his music in there prime time slot. I have also received airplay with KPFK radio in Woodland California, KAXE FM 89, Impact radio at Michigan University, CHRW FM 94.9, in Ontario Canada, and SIRIUS Satellite radio. My music has been described as Laid-back and relaxed, a cross between Buffet and Chesney . As far back as I can remember I have loved music. I can t remember a time in my life when I didn t play and sing Said Don. The family picture album has a picture of him at three years old holding a toy guitar and singing his heart out. My mother was my inspiration and the musician in the family she played piano and guitar. She taught me to play and we spent many hours with old gospel hymns and country ballads . Growing up, all Don s friends were musicians who couldn t wait for school to let out so they could jam. I was the song writer in the group, Someone would through out an idea and I would run with it. We played the songs I wrote right along with the current hits on the radio. By the time we were teenagers we all had motorcycles and if we weren t singing, playing and making up songs, we were ridding. Those are still my true loves today, music and motorcycles . Don always wanted to be a country entertainer and never thought of having any other job. He started playing and singing with local bands and entering songwriting contest in his early twenties. Don sung on a local television program for a while and recorded some demos in Nashville. Funny how life turns out. No one told me you can t have a family and a musical career at the same time, so I wound up working for the Federal Prison System for twenty- five years. During those years song writing became my escape, my stress reliever. Writing and singing about things I saw and experienced on a daily basis helped me cope with my surroundings and keep my life in perspective . Today Don is retired and devoted full time to music, covering the classic country songs of Nelson, Jones, Jennings, Cash, Coe, and others. I love traditional country music, both old and new Don said. This is clearly evident as he moves about his audience singing the current top 40 charts of Toby Keith, Kenny Chessney, Gary Allen, and Josh Turner.