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HAKKA" our other lap dog.
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CLICK "VIEW" IN THE SONG BOX ABOVE TO HEAR A FEW MORE OF MY SONGS (NOTE : THE SONGS ARE UNEDITED AND ARE-TRACKS THAT WILL BE RE-RECORDED SOON AND AVAILABLE ON CD )...
..LUCKENBACH, TEXAS-MAGICAL, MUSICAL HEAVEN ON EARTH!The Great Beppe Gambetta and me at The Oklahoma International Bluegrass Festival Oct 6, 2007 Photographed by Federica GambettaAwesome new Austin talent Sheila Harrison and me playing in Luckenbach Oct 19, 2007.. Home | Browse | Search | Invite | Film | Mail | Blog | Favorites | Forum | Groups | Events | Videos | Music | Comedy | ClassifiedsIN THESE TROUBLED TIMES A SONG LIKE THE ONE ABOVE PRETTY MUCH SAYS IT ALL........................................................I
am Italian/Welsh descended, and spent the first three years and eighteen summers of my life living with my loving, Italian immigrant, grandparents. This period was enjoyed with cousins and friends hiking, rock climbing, camping and exploring a virtual child's paradise in theAllegheny Mountains in northwest Pennsylvania**My dad worked for Southern Railway and so I enjoyed traveling on a "free ride" every summer on trains just like this one to my grandparent's home. It was quite an adventure for a young boy and teenager and, I suspect, this may have generated my lifelong wanderlust.Atlanta, Georgia***** Rich's Department Store where my mom and dad would take me to watch the lighting of the Christmas tree every thanksgiving.I lived with my mom and dad nine months each year in Atlanta, Georgia where I attended school, played all sports, learned to play guitar and counted each day until summer would come again and I could return to my beloved mountains.I've traveled through every state in the union except Hawaii,the countries of Canada (all provinces and territories from the Yukon to Nova Scotia, including a wonderful stint as a photographer in Quebec.Perce, Quebec on the Gaspe peninsula 600 miles north of Montreal, Canada____________________________________________________I climbed the 17,800+ ft. volcano Popocateptl and made an attempt at 18,546 ft Orizaba, I was fortunate to have lived, literally, at the base of the Cholula Pyramid, which is larger in volume than the great pyramids of Egypt. The church that you see in the far distance was built atop the pyramid as a compromise to not destroy it. Spanish conquistador, Hernan Cortez agreed to this as a favor to his Mistress and lover Cholulatecan Princess, Malinche. The pyramid's network of tunnels runs for miles throughout the area. It is truly a wonder to see. My home was across the railroad tracks at the foot of the stairs leading down from the church. My friend, Dawn (pic below) and I used to climb to the tops of many of the structures on full moon nights with bottles of wine and I would lie there and listen to her wonderful stories of the history of what transpired so many years ago. She was a Spanish language and Mexican History major. What a great time of my life that episode was.....aaaaggghhh to go back in time.My friend Dawn & me in San Francisco **************************************************I hiked and camped the ruins of Chichen Itza, Palenque, Monte Alban, Bonampak, Coba, Mitla, Teotihuacan, Uxmal, Tulum and other lesser sites.Mayan ruins at Tikal, Guatemala
Tikal is nestled deep in the jungle. Most people fly into the small airport but my friend and I took a small "people's" bus from Guatemala City. The trip took all day with many road checks by the army who was at war with Belize at the time. The trip was bizarre. An example was when I befriended a Guatemalan soldier who was armed and riding with us. We discussed military things and at one point he even gave me his machine gun to hold(probably NOT a part of his procedural rules and regulations). In fairness, like most countries, he was a young, un-educated, kid who had been conscripted into service and probably had no idea about the politics involved that had placed him there. Sounds familiar?Belize (San Pedro and other Cayes), El Salvador; Honduras (Copan, other Mayan ruins, and many secluded villages).I attended six different Universities including the University's of Alaska, Minnesota, Georgia, Colorado State andLa Universidad de las Americas in Mexico earning M.A. and B.A. Degrees and I am a Viet-Nam era veteran. I've worked in a multitude of occupations such as: musician(guitarist, singer and song writer), oil & gas exploration promoter, lifeguard( actually helped save people without preaching), ranch hand(fed bulls and chickens), aerospace ground equipment operator and mechanic, asphalt layer(nastiest job on earth), house builder, carpet installer, personnel specialist, real estate investor(still fun), teacher, coach, principal, Nevada casino bouncer,briefly spent time with the Border Grizzly Project ear tagging grizzly bears with radio sensors in the Bob Marshall Wilderness in northwest Montana, grocery delivery boy, truck driver, artist/professional photographer, entrepreneur and probably several jobs that I don't recall as I am a child of the 60's.Jack Kerouac and Herman Hesse are my favorite authors. Wandering and rambling have always been a passion and there are many places I still want to see.Anyone interested in knowing who I really am...my "soul or spirit" as it were, should listen, view and read the songs, artwork, literature and history of some of my friends that I have noted here.**************************************************FAVOR
ITE MUSICIANS AND FRIENDS This list is NOT prioritized: Is your name on here?SHADOWCAST....my son's new band.
Billy Jim Baker(a circus clown I never met but who's lyrics to "Contrary To Ordinary" pretty well sums up my life.),Jerry Jeff Walker,John Inmon(John I know that your new endeavors will turn out fantastic!),Tommy Emmanuel,Chet Atkins(RIP and may your music keep you alive forever), Eric Johnson, Bob Dylan, Jonny Lang, Doc Watson, Norman Blake, Johann Sebastian Bach, Grace Slick, Dion and the Belmonts, Dean Martin, John Denver, The Kingston Trio(thanks Bob Shane for the recording opportunity), John Fahey, Steve Kaufman(thanks Steve for playing my guitar at the 1999 Walnut Valley Festival and your tribute to Stuart...it meant a lot to me and his family).....................................................
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Duane Allman & Johnny Cash R.I.P.( as a child, I used to visit Johnny's apartment on Saramac Drive in Atlanta, Ga.), Elvis Presley, Ramblin Jack Elliott, Jerry Garcia, Woody and Arlo Guthrie, Hank Williams, Utah Phillips, Pete Seeger, ************Kahlil Gibran, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Imogene Cunningham, Henry David Thoreau, Soren Kierkegaard, Robert Schuller(Thanks Reverand for all the positive inspiration), L. Ron Hubbard, John Steinbeck, Herman Hesse, Anthony Robbins, Eldridge Cleaver(Thanks E.C. "..make sure you are part of the solution and not the problem"), Jesse Jackson, Jackson Browne, Enrico Caruso, Mario Lanza, Julio Iglesias, Bill Clinton, John F. Kennedy, Martin Luther King Jr., Lawrence Ferlinghetti(always remember the party in Mexico 1973), Pablo Neruda, Emiliano Zapata, Paulo Freiere, John Elway, Bill Mazeroski, Gandhi, Bill Mize, Gordon Lightfoot, Ian Tyson, Willis Alan Ramsey, George Thorogood, Carlos Santana, Steve Mesple, James Taylor,Dave Van Ronk(R.I.P.), Patrick Sky(thanks for putting us up in Greewich Village back in 66), Eric Andersen, Nanci Griffith, Collin Raye, Alan Jackson, Marty Robbins, Hal Ketchum, Mississippi John Hurt, John Prine, Ellen McIlwaine, Jeff Espina, Buddy Moss, Danny Smith, Florence Warner, Brooks Hunnicutt, Gene Brooks, Jay Hunter, Pat Simonson, B.B. King, Joni Mitchell, Tim McGraw,Adam Duritz, The Dixie Chicks, Chuck Pyle, New Grass Revival, Sam Bush, Wind Machine, Kevin Eubanks, Armik, Chico & the Gipsies, Donald Duck, Huey, Dewey & Louie, Uncle Scrooge (they may be only comic book characters but they sure carried me with them on a lot of adventures when I was a child), The Branch and Zitterkopf families for always being there for me when I needed someone most, and last but not least--my wonderful friend, the late, great, guitar luthier, actor and Mark Twain impressionist Stuart Mossman. The pic above was taken in Colorado 1999. My friend's Stuart Mossman and Buz Branch are seated to my left. Musicians and friends with similar interests. The pic above is my lady "Cool Breeze" anchored in a remote area along the Baja coast in northern Mexico on The Sea of Cortez. June 2006. .. Kaw Lake, eight miles from my front door is "Cool Breeze's" new home.The Three Amigos The pic above is my 1977 S.L. Mossman (one of a kind) custom made Winter Wheat/Golden Era cross guitar made especially for me by my good friend,the late Stuart Mossman.
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