Member Since: 5/10/2007
Band Website: none
Band Members: just me
Influences: Earliest thing I remember is my mother playing the piano. She had her degree in piano and composition, and had an all-girl band that did some vaudeville show tours. She taught piano while I grew up, and played classical, jazz (Andre Previn), and standards ("Tea For Two"). Early memories of the family singing in the car, harmonizing. My two sisters had great voices. Early television music...The Everly Brothers on Ed Sullivan, the old Tex Ritter Show, with the Collins Kids (they were AMAZING!). The first lp I bought (and still have) was "Dobie" by Dwayne Hickman (it had hilarious songs on it). Then one fateful day, my sister, Judy, taught me "My Bonnie Lies Over The Ocean" on the ukelele, and I was hooked. I loved the old Stephen Foster songs...and was ready for the Kingston Trio, The Limeliters, the Brothers Four, and then Peter, Paul & Mary, when they burst on the scene. So many folk influences: Ian & Sylvia, Gordon Lightfoot, The Chad Mitchell Trio, Tom Paxton, Tom Lehrer, Phil Oches, Bob Dylan, Joan Baez, Judy Collins, Eric Anderson, The Smothers Brothers, The Big Three, Tim Rose, Shel Silverstein, Simon & Garfunkle, The Mamas and the Papas, Donovan, Bert Jansch, John Renbourne, Davy Graham, Pentangle, The Beatles, The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Country Joe & The Fish, The Youngbloods, Jefferson Airplane, The Byrds, Roger McGuinn, Chris Hillman, Herb Peterson, Clarence White, Fairport Convention, Blodwyn Pig, Doc Watson, Mississippi Fred MacDowell, Arlo Guthrie, Elton John. The list goes on forever, doesn't it? Like, everyone I've ever heard! Julian Bream, Segovia, Montoya. Tim Hardin. James Taylor, Joni Mitchell, Bruce Cockburn. Big thanks to my friend, Paul Potash, who had been in The New Christy Minstrels, and worked the door at The Troubadour in Los Angeles. He got me in to see so many amazing artists there, and I will be forever grateful...thanks! All the people I've had the great fun and privilege to play with: starting with my brother, John, the girls in Spokane, the Concords in Yakima, then L.A.: Li'l Jimmy Rolleston, Seals & Crofts, Chris Crosby, Bernie Pearl, Jim Fielder, Paul Potash, the one and only Dale Bobbitt, Dan Dugmore, Hilton Valentine, Barrie Jenkins, Ove (Henry) Gregerson, Marc McClure, Ron Eglit, Kevin Kelley, Pal-Fattie, C.W. (Charles) Mundy, Allen Wald, Jimmy Photoglo, Doug (my dear friend) Welbaum, Vince Gill, Fontaine Browne and all those guys, Danny & Craig, and the whole AZ gang, Paul ("Pa") Beer, Brent (no stoppin' him) White, Gale Pearson, Hard Times, and my mucho amazing amigo, Mark $ and the one and only Peso $. John Redgate. Phil & Jill, Bobby Benjamin, Dennis (mi amigo) Anderson, Eric Miller, Mark & Susan Olivieri, Gary Hollins, Roderick T (the tanky boy), Carl Oberg, Dave Kennedy, Al Babyock, Steve Price, Shane Irwin, Amanda, Sharon, Jeremiah Bivens, Jody & Shonna, Wade & Julie, Ken & Barbie, Chip Davis, The Great Charlie McCoy, Al Lewis, Josh Henson, Artisan Guitars, everyone at GC Nashville, Bruce Williams. Plus, Bob Morgan, Jim & Deby, Brad Johnson, Dennis & Linda, Denny & Shirley, and Mike & Sue. HUGE THANK YOU for all the inspiration, to Tommy Emmanuel. And big thanks to my inspiring sons, Taylor and Linden...and, my writing partner and adventure buddy, my sweet wife, Karen.
Sounds Like: Take your pick: A)Me B)Someone Else C)Bunch Of Someone Elses D)All Of The Preceding E)None Of The Preceding
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