After spending his early years in rural Wisconsin, Westgrove followed a long path before winding up in Nashville to truly start his music career. His first step out of his midwest bubble started when he moved to California shortly after high school. He worked the music scene there, performing and working as a highly sought after recording engineer and producer.
Shortly thereafter he made a move to Colorado where he would earn his bachelor’s and master’s degrees in Aerospace Engineering from the University of Colorado at Boulder. But music kept drawing him back. Leaving a great job commanding NASA spacecraft the rocket scientist raised what little funds he could, by selling most of his belongings, and headed toward Music City. It was finally time to get back to his roots of music and country life. It was time begin paving his way through the country music industry.