A Loner's Companion
In the fall of 1993, while the rest of America was electing Bill Clinton as their president, most typical seventh grade boys were busy mutilating their toy Ninja Turtles or harassing their helpless little sisters. However, there was one thirteen year old that would have nothing to do with such frivolities. He spent his days in seclusion, hours in his room without the sound of anyone's voice but his own. Yet unlike his hyperactive counterparts, this young man was content with solitude. He found a best friend not in the neighbor next door, but instead in a piece of lifeless wood with six strings attached to it. Even though it caused him to forget the meaning of loneliness, this boy was not a recluse. This boy was a musician.
Roger Lee Jones was born on December 5, 1979 in Morristown, a small community smuggled into the rocky foothills of eastern Tennessee. His father, Roger, now 48, had recently begun a career as a pharmaceutical sales representative, and his mother, Teresa,......
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