Warren

Warren grew up watching his father, Milton, do something that would quietly shape the rest of his life. He watched him play, listened as his dad and his siblings gathered with fiddles, guitars, voices, and sang old country songs. He learned early that music wasn’t something reserved for a stage, it was simply part of being a family.

Warren carried that music into a very different generation. A blue-collar electrician, husband, father of five, and hardworking family man, he helped build a family business from its rural Minnesota roots while raising his children on a hobby farm. Money was often tight and life wasn’t always easy, but faith, family, hard work, and music remained at the center of their home.

The old country music of his father became the foundation for Warren’s own musical journey. As a teenager, he traded some of those country rhythms for rock ‘n’ roll and started a high-school band. Over the years, he added guitar, harmonica, songwriting, church music, and plenty of old-time country jams, but he never left those early songs behind. He still performs them today.

And when Warren became a father, he made sure the music kept moving forward. His children had instruments, lessons, good music education, and a home where making music was encouraged. Family gatherings still meant somebody reaching for a guitar, somebody singing, and eventually another generation joining in.

What Milton gave Warren wasn’t simply a collection of songs. He showed him what music could do, bring a family together, carry memories forward, and give people something worth passing on. Warren did the same for his children. The songs changed. The generations changed. But the music never left the family.