AGE: 66

HOMETOWN: Augusta

MEMBER OF: Vocalist for PlayBack "The Band"

FAVORITE CONCERT ATTENDED: Stevie Wonder at The Omni, Atlanta, early '80s. "I don't go to that many (concerts), but that was a good one for me. ... First time I ever saw him live, you know. It was nice."

FAVORITE ARTISTS: Otis Redding, The O'Jays, The Temptations, James Brown, Johnnie Taylor

MUSICAL ROOTS: Started playing bass at 18. "It was a friend of mine; he was a guitar player, and he would play the guitar and I would sing. ... And so I decided I wanted to play bass. So he started teaching me how to play the bass. ... And after I learned a few songs, that's when I went to Macon (Ga.). ... After I went to Macon, that's when I met Otis (Redding) and played some gigs with him."

FAVORITE FOOTBALL TEAMS: The Atlanta Falcons and the Pittsburgh Steelers

TV FAVORITES: Sanford and Son, All in the Family

EMBARRASSING MOMENT: During a gospel show at Bell Auditorium, mid-'80s. "A friend of mine -- me and him put this song together. ... I stepped up to the mike and started singing my gospel song. You know (how) you ad-lib at the end of the songs? You know what I'm saying? You're going out, and you're ad-libbing a little bit? Guess what I said: 'Ooh, baby.' ... The people out there, they just started laughing. ... Somebody said, 'You should have said, 'Ooh, baby Jesus.' ''

FIRST SONG HE SANG ON STAGE: Wilson Pickett's I Found a Love

UPCOMING GIG: PlayBack "The Band" will play at 8 p.m. Sunday at the Eighth Street bulkhead at Riverwalk Augusta, as part of the Candlelight Jazz series. Admission is $6.