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. more...
