 He hasn't left the road full-time since that first commercial release in 1990.In 1994 he released the album "Dog-Eared Dream", which had the successful single "Angry Words", and led to his touring as an opening act for artists including Tori Amos, Rickie Lee Jones, and The Cranberries.He signed with BMG/Private Music in 1995 and in 1999 with San Francisco-based label Six Degrees Records, for whom he released three albums.