Solo was born in Louisville, Kentucky to parents of Cherokee and African decent. His grandparents were tobacco sharecroppers from Sharpsburg, Kentucky and they introduced Solo to horses at a very young age. Solo worked at his Uncle Rev Lucian Hyatt’s horse stable in Louisville most summers. After graduating from Woodward High School in Cincinnati, OH, he attended Tennessee State University in Nashville where he took up the country and western look and cowboy lifestyle. A jack of many trades, Solo has lived all over the United States. He finally found his way to New York City in 1997 to work as a union electrician Local 25. He met Vern & Little Red at various stables in Long Island. He stumbled upon the Federation while they were looking for a venue to maintain a cowboy lifestyle. Solo trains horses, team ropes in rodeos, and shows his reining horse Zen “Top Sail Shot”. He is presently opening the Muddy Water Riding Academy in Cincinnati, OH. His biggest influences are his Uncle Lucian, Haile Selassie, and Bob Marley.