Birthplace

Philadelphia, PA

First Band(s)

The Nobles, Beams, The Get Right Band, Robert Hazard & The Heroes

First Concert

Mahalia Jackson - Bucks County Playhouse

Best Concerts

John McLaughlin - West Chester University 

David Sylvian - TLA, Philadelphia, PA

Laurie Anderson - Tower Theater, Philadelphia, PA

Top Ten Desert Island Albums

1. Avalon - Roxy Music

2. A Walk Across The Rooftops - The Blue Nile

3. Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence - Ryuichi Sakamoto

4. A Salty Dog - Procol Harum 

5. It’s My Life - Talk Talk

6. Their Satanic Majesties Request  - Rolling Stones

7. Kind of Blue - Miles Davis

8. Piano Concerto #3 - Philip Glass

9. Desafinado - Stan Getz, Antonio Carlos Jobim, Joao Gilberto

10. Adagio for Strings - Samuel Barber

RUNNERS UP (!):

Art of Noise

2002 Tryptomatic - Jam and Spoon

Southbound - Doc Watson

Late Night Jazz - Chet Baker

Built On Glass - Chet Faker

Retrospective - Buffalo Springfield

Untitled - The Byrds

Mr. Heartbeat - Laurie Anderson

Screen Behind The Gate - Enigma

Paris - Malcolm MacLaren

Favorite or Most Influential Song/Single

That changes every time I think about it…

Favorite Hooters Gig and/or Tour Stop

It’s hard to top Live Aid and The Wall concert but there are moments that surprise you when you don’t expect it.

We can all turn around and know something incredible that’s bigger than anything has occurred and then afterward go, “What just happened tonight…?”

Hard to define…. Serenadenhof, Nuremberg, Germany was pretty up there and one of those Keswick shows last time….

Favorite Road Food

My food palette is all over the place!  I enjoy finding a good Italian restaurant and fresh seafood on tour is always good! 

Yet a bratwurst or a flammkuchen at the end of night on a late overnight bus ride hits the spot.

My back pages

I’m an avid gardener, enjoy food and traveling, art and theater.

live Gear

Various Fender and Gibson guitars, Kemper Profiler Amp, Paul Beard Dobro, Alvarez Mandolin, Kallenbach OM Acoustic Guitar and A-Type Mandolin