Don began performing at age 5, appearing as the Littlest Angel in an elementary school pageant.

As a professional singer songwriter, he recorded half a dozen LP's then added theatre to his resume and ultimately moved into storytelling and one man shows. Currently he travels the Southwest performing his song and story shows for schools, theatres and festivals.

Sanders' Latin American repertoire draws on folkloric sources and includes trickster tales and leyendas. Other shows focus on cowboys, the petroleum industry, tall tales and the timber industry.

Don's great-great grandmother was born in southern Spain, married a Scottish sailor and settled in Florida. Her son, Don?s great grandfather Alex McDonald, came to Texas, cowboyed, roped a bear, and worked as a Harris County Deputy Sheriff.

Sanders is a member of the honorary board of directors of the Kerrville Folk Festival and is on the Texas Commission on the Arts Touring Artist Roster.

He received a Master's in Spanish Literature from the University of Houston and has studied in Mexico, Guatemala and Spain.

Don was born in Houston and lives near the center of town, in an old wooden house with his wife and his 16-year-old-son.

He has just released a new recording, "El Mosquito in my Kitchen."