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Tello’s album is a collection of bluegrass, rock, country and Americana music, but he said throughout his career he has been in several bands and performed many genres.

“I’ve played in Reggae bands. I’ve played in classic rock bands (and) punk rock bands. I’ve played in red dirt bands, bluegrass folk, Irish, disco and funk. It’s all music to me,” Tello said.

Tello said the making of his album was a long and difficult process but he was relieved and happy when it was completed.

“It started at the very beginning of 2017. The studio was in Midwest City. I had to go there after work and sometimes on weekends I got really cranky towards the end It was a lot of work,” Tello said.

The 54 year old began his musical journey when he demonstrated a natural talent and played the French Horn in band at Edmond Public Schools. Tello started taking guitar lessons in the late 70s.

“I was having trouble scoring with the ladies and I couldn’t afford a Trans Am and I thought guitar playing would be a great way to impress women,” Tello said.

Though it began as a way to meet girls, Tello said music became a passion after he met his best friend and played bluegrass.

“I didn’t really get serious until the late 80s when I moved to Boulder, Colo., which was an incredible music scene, and I met Kane Hollins,” Tello said.

According to Tello, the two worked at a local restaurant and one day decided to make music with their guitar and banjo.

“He came over to the house I was renting and I knew three or four bluegrass songs and we played them together, and that was the beginning of my music career,” Tello said.

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“We took our instruments and our backpacks and hitchhiked all over Colorado during the mid 80s. Then in ’86 we shouldered our packs, grabbed our instruments and hitchhiked Boulder, Colorado to Wyoming, Montana, Washington, Oregon, Utah and back to Colorado,” Tello said.

This adventure lasted two months and though it was challenging, the musician said he’s grateful for the experience.

“Approaching a music career like that is like trial by fire so I learned a lot at that time,” Tello said.

For Tello, being in a band and performing in sympatico is a passion.

“The best feeling in the world is when you’re in a band, on stage and everything is firing on all cylinders,” Tello said. “Everybody knows exactly where they are, you know exactly what that person’s going to do.”

Tello added that it can be a challenge to keep a band together.

In addition to his solo performance, Tello is in a trio, The Brave Amigos, with musicians Jeff Nokes and Edgar Cruz. 19 at the UCO Jazz Lab.

“We commonly play gigs where we’re wearing the audience out because we just keep going and it’s time to quit and I’m thinking ‘God I’m having so much fun I don’t want to quit.’ It’s been awhile since I had that,” Tello said.

By day Tello works as a food broker but music is his first passion and he said he performs more than 100 shows a year.

“From nine and a half years on I was an Edmond boy. I was quite a lot of trouble and I did all the drugs . The people I ran with in school were all bad kids,” Tello said.

Into adulthood Tello struggled with alcohol and drug abuse but he said he has been sober since 1990 after he hit rock bottom.

“I got to a point where I didn’t want to drink or do any more drugs and I didn’t want to go through life without booze and drugs. I came to a spot where I didn’t know which way to go,” Tello said.

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“It’s my left hand. It’s an important hand for a guitar player. So for a good eight months I wasn’t a guitar player and I had no idea what I was if I wasn’t a guitar player,” Tello said.

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In my teens and early twenties I had a lot of sexual partners. I a bit older now and I met a wonderful man but I am so ashamed of my past. I afraid if he finds out how many people I slept with he leave me and I am terrified of him learning the truth about how bad I used to be. Must I tell him of my past or can I lie about it?

I sorry this is making you feel so anxious. Can we start with why you feel Having many sexual partners, if the experience was consensual and enjoyable, is nothing to be ashamed of. Even if past experiences were negative or upsetting you should not feel shame for having had sex with different people.

Of course it easy for me to say this. I know in reality it isn easy to escape such feelings. Culturally we still judge those who have many sexual partners (particularly women) very negatively. Telling you just to stop feeling a particular way isn much practical help. Knowing it unreasonable for others to judge you, however, can sometimes give you enough confidence to ignore negative views.

Imagine if a friend or loved one was in the same situation as you. Would you tell her she ought to be ashamed of herself? Might you, instead, ask her to think about why she feels so sad and guilty and encourage her to seek help with that instead?Can you shift from blaming yourself to looking at these past relationships and reflect on any good things you got from them? Perhaps they taught you patience, love, friendship, or to explore different experiences and pleasure? If they were negative perhaps you learned more about your limits and how to walk away.

Asking for extra help

There can be reasons that cause us to regret sexual experiences in the past. Particularly if experiences were exploitative, abusive or felt outside your control, in which case the following organisations could assist:

Rape Crisis

If you are concerned your past experiences might have resulted in a sexually transmitted infection (STI) being tested may be reassuring. NHS clinics are free, confidential and will help you talking to your partner if it turns out you do have an infection requiring treatment.

If your feelings of anxiety are getting in the way of your daily life you can ask in confidence for your GP to refer you to a counsellor. This is free on the NHS although waiting lists and service availability vary. If you are at college you could get confidential help from counselling services there. Or refer yourself (paid for).

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Have your worries about your past come from things he has said? Does he appear to have strong views about sexual behaviour, perhaps influenced by faith or political values?

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Complete disclosure about all past sexual experiences was very much part of advice giving in the past, and still is within some areas of sexual health care.

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If you do decide to talk to him about your past I consider it purely in the context of how it benefits you, brings you closer and adds to your relationship.

Remember, you are the one who decides how much you want to disclose and when.

Petra Boynton is a social psychologist and sex researcher working in International Health Care and studying sex and relationships. She is The Telegraph agony aunt. Please note that by submitting your question to Petra, you are giving your permission for her to use your question as the basis of her column, published online at Wonder Women.
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It’s honest comments like these from Dhoni which make him respect all the very more time and time again. More than Pune or Chennai or any other city, I am eager to see what Dhoni will do this time to Indian team’s contribution. Look what Ashish Nehra has become. He has once again become a regular atleast in the T20 formats after being with CSK (and he has been a good pick so far). I wish Dhoni’s energy and fighting attitude rubs on to RP Singh this time in Pune and we can hope to see him also in the Indian team. Remember, RP can be one of the best left armers when in full flow. All the best Dhoni

It’s honest comments like these from Dhoni which make him respect all the very more time and time again. More than Pune or Chennai or any other city, I am eager to see what Dhoni will do this time to Indian team’s contribution. Look what Ashish Nehra has become. He has once again become a regular atleast in the T20 formats after being with CSK (and he has been a good pick so far). I wish Dhoni’s energy and fighting attitude rubs on to RP Singh this time in Pune and we can hope to see him also in the Indian team. Remember, RP can be one of the best left armers when in full flow. All the best Dhoni

Truth has been spoken. CSK It was not just a team. It was a family including CSK’s fans. How well CSK played and made their fans proud. Dhoni Raina partnerships and celebrations, Bravo’s dance in Yellow jersey, seeing CSK always in the top 4, the theme songs, whistle podu titles are going to be missed certainly. How well the team was groomed and bought up as a greatest force in IPL. All hard work in maintaining the core players has been spoiled by some dirty people. The wrong doings of few people have hurt its management, team and its fan. Not just CSK. RR too. Will miss CSK family. Im in tears 🙁

Feels like am being ripped apart thinking of Dhoni wears a different jersey in this IPL. Nevertheless my support will always be with Dhoni which ever team he plays and for the other CSK players if they dont play against Dhoni and his team.

This is precarious position for a CSK fan to be in. 5 of our top 7 are with Gujarat. Only MSD and Faf are with Pune. If i like CSK for the winning combination, I should naturally go for Gujarat. But this man is something out of the sentiments. He defines CSK. He created and lived with the team. He s not just captain but the brand himself. I would support Pune just because MSD is the captain of the team. The only thing I would hate is, seeing Ashwin and MSD in non yellow jersey. God that would hurt. Pretty sure I would shed tears when I see them on TV. Same for the CSK guys over Gujarat as well.

IND over the years has produced many a great cricketer with Gavaskar,Kapil,Sachin,Dravid,Laxman, Yuvraj, Dhoni being super 7. IND’s great successes big world title wins over last 5 decades have been during 1979 86 (Gavaskar /Kapil as captain) 2007 onwards (MSD as captain). MSD has led teams that have beaten superior teams in all formats far more than any other captain. But for missed opportunities of test series wins in SA/NZ/ENG/AUS due to batting/fielding errors the overseas test series wins ensemble would have been complete. By his performances as player captain, MSD has leapfrogged as the best ever captain in all forms of world cricket in last 50 years. During last 3 yrs IND has won 12 test matches with top 2 match contributions in batting by Pujara(6),Vijay(5),Rohit(4),Rahane(3),Dhawan(2),Kohli(2),Dhoni(1),Ashwin(1) in bowling by Ashwin(11), Jadeja(8), Ishant(2) others(3). Players who have made outstanding contributions in test ODI wins have played for CSK as well. wow! great cricketing knowledge yaar. Do you know any of CSK players before first IPL?? except MS.

Dhoni the selfish cricketer, Dhoni the unsung villain of Indian cricket. Yes Dhoni is selfish. How selfish he is, he preferred to stay with the team during his first baby birth. How selfish he is, could have easily announced the retirement from test cricket before the match and could have had a grand farewell. How selfish he is, always stands at the corner when other mates are posing for a pic after winning a trophy, stands front and takes the blame if team loses. How selfish he is, always sends the top performers for press conferences after a win, he comes when there was a loss. How selfish he is, always backs his players when they are struggling for form. Vijay, nobody. Ashwin, nobody. The only star purchase they made was that of Dhoni himself. Even their overseas players: Faf was nobody, Bravo was an OK all rounder. Heck,
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Nehra who made a comeback now, people laughed at us when we bought him. Dhoni is a far greater captain than Ganguly ever was. Ganguly had Kumble and Harbhajan and couldn’t defeat the Australians at home; in fact, he chickened out of the Nagpur Test. Dhoni has a 10 0 record against Australians at home. And away, they both won only 4 Tests. Limited overs, again, Dhoni is about 100x the captain Ganguly ever was.

No matter how much I like Dhoni, this is a fact that he got more than an undue advantage at CSK. CSK always had the best players and it appeared that they were very well aware of the sequence (or maybe they decided/influenced the sequence). They played very shrewd and got the best players at best prices. So while I do think Dhoni is the best captain India has had after Ganguly, I would not say that he was primarily responsible for the CSK dominance in the IPL. This time round though, he will have a fair fight in his hands. This team will not get such privileges as the CSK. It has had to bid fairly and will now have to win solely on merit of its players and the coaches.

This is why I believe the IPL needs to take a leaf out of other well established pro leagues in sport such as the NBA, NFL, MLB, NHL, EPL, Bundesliga, La Liga etc. When some officials from a team commit acts of fraud, fixing etc, that said individual(s) need to be penalized, NOT the entire team/franchise. It simply doesn’t make sense. It only complicates the matter furthermore. Now after 2 years, we all know RR and CSK will be back. So what happens then ? Will those teams get back all their former players ? Cause that’s only fair. I simply cannot stand another fresh auction. That’s just too green and immature in my opinion. Besides, MSD is a household name for every CSK fan. I can understand where he’s coming from.

I cannot afford to underestimate any team that MSD is leading. Over the years he is proved to be a great captain. He gave Joginder final over to win World T20. CSK played as a team and most of them grew up to play for India. Pawan Negi the highest paid uncapped player this year was a part of CSK! Ashish Nehra was a part of CSK who came back strongly into the Indian team now!

They have great team. Steve Smith, Faf Du Plessis, Kevin Pieterson, Ishant Sharma, Irfan Pathan, Ashwin, Dhoni, M. Marsh, Rahane, Rajat Bhatia. I will not be surprised if Dhoni can even tap the best out of Adam Zampa who seem to have a cool head as a bowler.

Doesn’t make any sense to me that the Chennai fans are being penalised for wrong doings of a few. Would have made a lot more sense to penalise the CSK owners by getting them to force sell completely (100% of their stake to a real 3rd party) and continue with the CSK franchise under new ownership, with the same team. The people of Chennai are an emotional lot you can see that by the way they worship their cinema stars, and they did the same with their IPL team. They took it to heart. All that faith, emotional attachment, affinity, killed. Dhoni at least has the guts to admit that it won’t feel the same playing for a new franchise in such circumstances.

Doesn’t make any sense to me that the Chennai fans are being penalised for wrong doings of a few. Would have made a lot more sense to penalise the CSK owners by getting them to force sell completely (100% of their stake to a real 3rd party) and continue with the CSK franchise under new ownership, with the same team. The people of Chennai are an emotional lot you can see that by the way they worship their cinema stars, and they did the same with their IPL team. They took it to heart. All that faith, emotional attachment, affinity, killed. Dhoni at least has the guts to admit that it won’t feel the same playing for a new franchise in such circumstances.

I cannot afford to underestimate any team that MSD is leading. Over the years he is proved to be a great captain. He gave Joginder final over to win World T20. CSK played as a team and most of them grew up to play for India. Pawan Negi the highest paid uncapped player this year was a part of CSK! Ashish Nehra was a part of CSK who came back strongly into the Indian team now!

They have great team. Steve Smith, Faf Du Plessis, Kevin Pieterson, Ishant Sharma, Irfan Pathan, Ashwin, Dhoni, M. Marsh, Rahane, Rajat Bhatia. I will not be surprised if Dhoni can even tap the best out of Adam Zampa who seem to have a cool head as a bowler.

This is why I believe the IPL needs to take a leaf out of other well established pro leagues in sport such as the NBA, NFL, MLB, NHL, EPL, Bundesliga, La Liga etc. When some officials from a team commit acts of fraud, fixing etc, that said individual(s) need to be penalized, NOT the entire team/franchise. It simply doesn’t make sense. It only complicates the matter furthermore. Now after 2 years, we all know RR and CSK will be back. So what happens then ? Will those teams get back all their former players ? Cause that’s only fair. I simply cannot stand another fresh auction. That’s just too green and immature in my opinion. Besides,
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MSD is a household name for every CSK fan. I can understand where he’s coming from.