Mike Stocksdale

The 20-something musician grew up across the street from Palos Verdes High School.
Stocksdale took what he admits to being a circuitous route to becoming a songwriter and performer. When he was eight years old, he bugged his parents for a guitar, which they finally bought for him at Mr. B's music store on the Hill. "But, after a couple of months, I thought it was just too hard. I didn't pick it up again until I was 16 or 17," said Stocksdale. He went off to college at Indiana University choosing to study psychology rather than music.

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