Sam Watkins and Fate Train

From the age of 10, music has been a very powerful force in my life. I cut my teeth on the music of Elvis Presley and Randy Travis as well as Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson and Merle Haggard. I learned the guitar and began writing at age 11. My first performance guitar was a Fender acoustic I got when I was 15. My best friend in high school, James Burke, played a Stratocaster and was real big on Garth Brooks and Chris Ledoux. I was very much into George Strait’s music by that time and together we entered a talent show. We got 2nd place but had a lot of fun and wanted badly to keep doing it!