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RAISED IN ROCKLAND COUNTY NY, REAL RAMAPO HILLYBILLY BLOOD HERE, NO IMATATION, GROWING UP 40 MILES FROM NEW YORK CITY OFFERED ME THE BEST OF BOTH WORLDS BEING IN THE WOODS AND CITY..MY MOTHER LIT A FIRE UNDER MY ASS THE NITE THE BEATLES PLAYED ED SULLIVAN SHOW.....NEVER TO BE THE SAME AGAIN, STARTED DRUMMING...ANOTHER GREAT PASSION IS THE BIKE, I PLAYED AN IMPORTANT ROLL IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF BMX IN THE 70s AND IN MY TEENS WAS THE NORTH EAST NBL BMX CHAMPION POINTS LEADER IN 1976 NORTHEAST CHAMPION, 1977-1979. TRAVELING AND RACING...A GOOD PART OF THE COUNTRY, PLAYED BASEBALL, CROSSCOUNTRY, INDOOR TRACK, ALSO DURING THIS TIME HAD A RADIO SHOW THAT DISCUSSED THE FINE POINTS OF BMX AND MOTOCROSS, AND FLAT TRACK RACING, ALONG WITH SPINNING RECORDS OF THE TIME..... BY THE TIME I WAS 18 AND OUT OF SCHOOL, DEVOTED MUCH OF THE NEXT 4 YEAR TO MUSIC AND MY BAND, AND FLORAL BUSSINESS INTREST STARTED TO CREEP IN.....AND WHILE DECORATING ROOMS FOR WEDDINGS AND PARTYS GREW INTO A THRIVING ADVENTURE, SLOWLY BECAME THE MAIN FOCUS, THUS PUTTING MUSIC ON THE BACK BURNER.BUT LIVING IN ATLANTIC CITY THERE WAS NO WAY NOT TO BE INVOLVED IN MUSIC SCENE, ONLY TO RETURN AND DIVE RIGHT BACK INTO IT....AGAIN....MORE TO COME I HAVE BEEN DRUMMING FROM 1965-2008DRUMMER FOR .......... HIGH VOLTAGE AUNTIE JANES LACE PANTYS THE LIPS OCEAN BAND RAW CHAIR MARK WALSH & FRIENDS 3/4 TON ARMED PHROFETSMALCOM LANCE THE INSOCONCENTRATORS LO AND THE TRACKERS MISSISSIPPI PIG FARMERS AND JAMMED AND RECORDED WITH HUNDREDS OF SHLEPS ALONG THE WAY..... WORKED WITH LIVE AND RECORDED, ENGINEERED HUNDREDS OF ACT, (((HERE ARE JUST A FEW))) COLECTIVE SOUL MISFITS AGENT ORANGE THEATER OUTLET TODD WOLFE KROKUS ANN MURRY FRANK MARINO LES DUDAK VINCE NEIL TOASTERS DADDY LICKS BANDRALPH NADAR LISA LOEB PEARLS AND BRASS MOUNTAIN MURPHYS LAWALLEN IVERSON RAPSTERS NAKED BEGGARS UFO BUDGIE DIRTY BLONDES GEORGE CARLIN CLINT HOLMS ANDERS SISTERS MILES DAVIS JIMMY CARISMA AND THE SPIDERS SOUTHSIDE JOHNNY & THE ASBURY JUKESSANDS RESORTS HARRAHS MARINA GOLDEN NUGGET PLAYBOY CELTIC FEST RIVERFUSION OI FEST SEVEN WITCHES19TH STREET THEATER CHRISTMAS SHOW BELIVE CONCERTSDJ AT RAMAPO COLLEGE WRPR 90.3 FM 1976-1981 AND "THE ROD THE BOD SHOW" LEHIGH UNIVERSITY WLVR 1994-2000 29 YEARS OF LIVE AND STUDIO AUDIO .....