At 17 years old he wrote his first song "Without Him". Elvis Presley was at the first public performance and asked to record it for a new album "How Great Thou Art". Over 100 artists recorded the.song within a year of it's publication.
Recorded with Elvis Presley, Eric Clapton, Elton John, Billy Joel, Duane Allman, Little Richard, The Who, Steve Winwood, and Mick Fleetwood.
Youngest son of Eva Mae and Urias LeFevre, the pioneering Southern gospel family.