Wrondal Burch Woodall was born in Shawnee Oklahoma, grew up in Visalia California, and spent much of his time playing piano in bars, honky-tonks, state fairs, on hay trucks, and in casinos. In between musical gigs, he backpacked in Hawaii, fought forest fires in the Sierra Nevada Mountains, lived in a commune in the Hollywood Hills, and placer mined gold on the Feather River. He says his major influences are the writings of Truman Capote and Thomas Wolfe. 

Hall Monitor in 2nd grade.