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Born in Hammond and raised in Amite, Dr. Ted J. Hudspeth is a lifelong resident of Tangipahoa Parish. Music has played a big part in Dr. Ted’s life since he was 11 years old. By the age of 14, he began teaching guitar and piano lessons at home and at Hayden’s Music Co. in Hammond. "Teaching 40 students a week and playing music on the weekends gave me a real appreciation of what musicians go through to support themselves," states Dr. Ted. He did this for three years until he began his pre-medical career in 1983 as an early admissions student at LSU. During this time, he continued to play music on weekends to help support himself through college and medical school. He has continued to play and write music with fellow physicians that he trained with since he left for college. He and his sister-in-law, Becky Eymard, have a band named Family Affair and play for gigs and fund raisers like the Strawberry Jam'n Toast To The Arts and the American Cancer Society's Relay For Life.  "Playing for the Relay for Life means a lot to me because my mother died of breast cancer when I was 7 years old. It is because of her that I wanted to grow up to be a doctor-so that I could try to cure breast cancer." Dr. Ted has pursued his dream of helping folks by working as a family practitioner in Hammond at Ochsner Clinic where he gears his practice towards preventative medicine.  Dr. Ted is the driving force behind the creation and success of Ponchatoula's first Strawberry Jam'n Toast To The Arts in which on May 26, 2001, 40 bands and 26 artists assembled in Ponchatoula for the first festival.  He also created the Northshore Regional Endowment For The Arts which is a non-profit organization geared towards teaching music and arts to local children, supporting and promoting music and arts in the area, and increasing the venues that local artists and musicians can be seen and heard.