The Leeds resident -- a singer-songwriter, producer and member of Suburban Love Junkies, Caddle and Leaderdog -- has been playing professionally since age 16, when he traveled the college circuit in a cover band. He's been riding the roller-coaster of the music business ever since, weathering ups and downs, hits and misses, triumphs and disappointments.
"It is a ride," Watters says. "It takes you into different things."