High School Years
Spiezio attended Morris High School in Morris, Illinois and was a student and a letterman in baseball. In baseball, he was named his league's MVP and was an All-State selection. His sophomore year he was nicknamed "The Man with the Golden Guitar", a name that has stuck with him his entire life.
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