Recorded live at Be Here Now on Jan 1, 1970
•2012 – Enters the studio to record his first real album. Can’t wait to share it.
•2008 – Graduates High School. Enters Ball State University in the Fall as a Pre-Med major. Realizes he hates Pre-Med the first week of school and decides to pursue music instead. Never looks back.
•2005 – The Homecoming re-brands themselves as Hostile Waters. They record an EP that never gets released.
•2003 – After refusing guitar lessons, Dad tricks Ernest into playing guitar by purchasing a guitar and lessons for sister. Not to be outdone, Ernest takes up guitar. Thanks Dad.
•2002 – Mistakenly tells parents he wants to take up the Cello thinking that is the name of the Upright Bass. To this day it’s the best mistake he’s ever made.
•1998 – Starts piano lessons. Will complain about them for the next 11 years until he stops and suddenly feels an immense void take shape in his life.
•1995 – Picks up a guitar for the first time. Doesn’t receive immediate reward and quickly puts it down.
•1990 – Born in Oak Park, Illinois