Member Since: 21/01/2007
Band Website: wordsandmusic.us
Band Members: I mostly do a solo act. At many of my shows I invite a guest to do a set, to provide a little change of pace for the audience.
Click here to order my latest CD, Thunder, from CDBaby.
Influences: Cole Porter, Rodgers and Hammerstein, and Noel Coward in the first place, followed by Woody Guthrie, Pete Seeger, the Chad Mitchell Trio and, I admit it, Peter, Paul and Mary. Then came The Band, Bob Dylan, Eric Andersen, Janis Ian, Bruce Springsteen and John McCutcheon. Season heavily with Tom Lehrer. Is that enough? The reason I write songs, however, is the incomparable Tom Paxton.
Sounds Like: I sound like the guy at the next campsite at Winfield. The upstairs neighbor in your dorm at college. The forgotten singer at the back of the room in that bar, the name of which you wish you could remember. My recordings up the ante a bit, and my new CD, Thunder, has great flair and polish, while preserving the immediacy of a live performance. In person, I hope l sound like I believe in and sing for the song, not for the applause.
Record Label: Thunder