Ed's been playing music for the past 20 years starting with guitar, then branching out to banjo, pedal steel guitar, slide guitar, and harmonica. Some notable bands he's been in include Transmit This!, the WRAL-TV house band that opened twice for the NC Symphony at Koka Booth Amphitheare. Transmit This! also won the 2008 Corporate Battle of the Bands as the "Band from Beyond" where Ed played the role of John Lennon in performing the Beatles' "Revolution". He is currently the front man for a Neil Young tribute band, Faster Horse (https://www.reverbnation.com/fasterhorse) and plays with Higher Ground, a country / folk praise band at Holland's United Methodist Church. Ed also spent three years as the praise band leader for Journey of Grace praise band at Garner United Methodist Church. He enjoys playing basketball, tennis, disc golf and attending car shows in his modified Ford Mustang.