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I’ve been a music performer for over thirty years and in that time I’ve played in bands, duos, trios, and solo. I played in cover bands, and I’ve done original music, and I’ve played in most types of venues you might imagine from bars to wineries, to stadiums. And I’ve Read More …
I played in the school band until the ninth grade. I liked it. I started out on tenor sax because that’s all the music store had to rent. I was maybe 8 and the damn thing was as big as me. I liked learning how to play it, but I Read More …
I recorded an album in the nineties with my bluegrass band, The String Creek Band. We made cassettes to sell at gigs and give away. We recorded at a studio in Redwood Valley, Ca called Laughing Coyote Studios. Spencer Brewer owned and operated the studio which was a custom built Read More …
Most musical performances I have been involved in are not featured in my memory banks very prominently. I know there are memories in there but I seem to process my appearances on stage when they happen and the hows, whys, and starts and fits, go away as soon as I roll Read More …
My dad was the manager for all the little league teams I played on except two years when he was doing Uncle Sam’s bidding in the jungle. He taught me to pitch. He started me early, I was maybe six and we would go out to the ball field Read More …
Children and guitars. Not always a good thing. I lived in an old house for a while when my youngest son was in his twos. The living room was fairly long and it continued in through the dining room which was equally long. Quite a hardwood runway for a little Read More …
When I was in my early twenties I took a motorcycle trip with some people I worked with and various other friends. There were probably five or six bikes and half the riders had a female companion to ride on the back. We had a four day weekend at work Read More …
I was reading an article written by Tara Ross at This Day in History today and it got me thinking. The article pointed out first that we used to celebrate January 8th as a second Independence Day, for that is the day we claimed victory in the War of 1812. But the Read More …
Mandolin Found I lost a mandolin once. It was new, it was badass, and I was using it to play music on a nightly basis with a few different bands and acts. It was made by Weber back when it was Weber himself building them. I was playing a gig Read More …