The son of a big band singer, Joey O began playing music as a young child.

"When I was in the fourth grade, I remember walking into the church across the street from my school and I saw a group of girls, holding guitars, seated in a semi-circle being taught by a nun and I thought, 'I want to do that!'"

"At that time, my best friend, Eddie Maciejczyk, went from playing guitar to learning Taekwando and I almost followed him in that but I chose music instead. He went on to become a world champ...