Douglas Jessop

Douglas Jessop has been a construction worker, draftsman, dishwasher, short order cook, janitor, bus boy, messenger, painter, handyman, dancer, sports team mascot, secretary, clerk, lawyer and law professor. Born in West Point, New York in 1951 and raised in Colorado, he has lived in NYC, Boston, Houston and Denver - where he practiced law for 25 years. He arrived in Los Angeles, California in 2009 with a small dream - learn to play guitar a little better. He fell in love with his neighbor and now plays guitar in his own alter ego project, Jess Wayne.

His first book, "Before They Were Songs" is a collection of love poems written to his neighbor who became his muse and wife.