Guitarist originally from the Fort Worth, Texas area. (Cleburne & Euless).

Burns played in bands throughout his school years, jamming three or four days a week with bands who were booking, although he attributes much of what he learned to his father, who he described as a "tasty country player." After high school, he began playing at nightclubs, park festivals and an occasional battle of the bands. Then he moved to Houston and started playing The Cellar located on Market Square in downtown Houston.