In a word: Music. Another word: Radio, specifically, 101WKQX Chicago! (APD/MD/PM drive). Here are some other words...Stabbing Westward, the Dreaming, producer.

Big Bucket showed prodigious ability from his earliest childhood. Already competent on  guitar and drums, he composed from the age of five and performed before European royalty. At 17, he was engaged as a court musician in London, but grew restless and travelled in search of a better position, always composing abundantly. While visiting LA