Gene Loveland

Adopted at three days old by parents Lynn and Pat, Gene Loveland grew up in the small town of Glenoma, Washington, located 100 miles south of Seattle. As an active child, and after a narrow escape from the wrath of Mt. St. Helen's where Glenoma is 20 miles straight south from the epicenter, Loveland still spent the majority of his childhood outdoors, riding motorcycles, fishing, hunting, and playing with his pet deer who he affectionately named Bambi (no joke). After graduating from White Pass High School, Loveland went on to study communications, radio & television, and theater at Centralia Junior College. During his second year at Centralia Junior College, peers and local critics recognized Loveland's acting potential when he was cast in the role of a disturbed coal miner in an original play which received critical acclaim by local reviews. Deciding to shift his focus away from schoolwork, after his Professor told him he would fall back on his fall back plan Loveland left college and took a job at the local lumber mill in order to pay for his recording sessions in Seattle with Producer Bill Gibson. After only a few demo songs Loveland was chosen by Art Ford of Capital Records to be the lead singer for a "young Eagles type band" only to have the project fall apart on Loveland's birthday. So instead of giving up he packed his bags and drove to Los Angeles. In Los Angeles, Loveland devoted himself to music and film, landing his first TV role on The Young and the Restless. In…