I've been performing and teaching acoustic music on guitar, tenor & 5-string banjo & uke in a variety of styles for over 30 years. I have played at venues and festivals around the world and now live quite happily in my adopted hometown of Olympia, Washington.
Recent performance projects include western swing style take-off guitar with Red Brown & the Tune Stranglers; guitar & tenor banjo with the gypsy swing band Hot Club Sandwich; a swing duo project with vocalist LaVon Hardison; mandolin and tenor banjoist with the Old Timey outfit Deaf Lester; guitarist with the modern jazz/lounge group The Greta Jane Quartet; guitar and 5 string banjo with fiddller/ swing violinist Eliza Welch; as well as regular solo performances on guitar and banjo.
I've also recently been host to "Jazz in the Cellar" at Swing Wine Bar & Cafe, a weekly series that has afforded me the opportunity to play with some of the Northwests finest musicians including Neil Andersson & Michael White from Pearl Django; swing violin legend Paul Anastasio; Steel guitar masters Dan Tyak & Ben Bonham and the mistress of the ukulele Del Rey!
If you are interested in booking a gig or guitar, banjo or uke lessons, please drop me a line. Thanks!
