R Michael Torrey began his musical career at a very young age, torturing family members with repeated renditions of Broadway show tunes, Gilbert and Sullivan ditties and popular songs of the day. They all swore he had no talent whatsoever and tried to interest him in the less-challenging fields of brain surgery, cow punching, or astronaut and they still hint that it might not be too late.

In the 1970's he participated in numerous bands, a couple of successful duos. Micheal settled in Florida...