Early Years
Zentz began performing professionally in Norfolk, Virginia in 1962, in the group "The Troubadours," with James Lee Stanley. While in college, he was a founding member of the College of William & Mary's "Minutemen" singers from 1962–64, and president of the Old Dominion College Folk Music Society from 1965-66.
Beginning in 1966, Zentz began two years serving as a sonar man in the U.S. Coast Guard, aboard the high-endurance cutter CGC Sebago. Upon leaving the Coast Guard in 1969 he was hired as a songwriter for the Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour. After the show was cancelled, Zentz remained in Los Angeles, teaching guitar at Long Beach City College and continuing to perform and write. In 1970 he won the William E. Oliver Songwriting Award in Los Angeles for his song, "Jeremy."
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