Little Red was born in 1963 in New Jersey and raised in Augusta, Georgia since the age of 3. On weekends he would head out to visit his aunts and uncles in the country were he developed his love of horses. He got his cowboy name when he moved back to New York with a Southern accent and red hair. Little Red went through his teenage years getting into trouble and eventually developed a drinking problem. In 1996, he joined a program to get better and soon decided to follow his dream of working with horses. His love of horses has taught him honesty and respect, and he feels he owes his sobriety to them. Among his heroes stand Uncle Ben Miller and R. Wright Cowboy, who taught him patience with horses.