It's a wonder that I even like music. My father used country and gospel radio to annoy the whole family. Instead of rising to an alarm clock, my dad would wake the home with Tammy Wynette or Conway Twitty at full blast. We were taught that Southern culture was beneath us yet all the while knowing deep down that we were dead level with all things southern just like the rattlesnakes and palmettos. I didn't even notice my own southernness until I moved to New York. Once there, I built new songs upon images of my boyhood times in Florida swamp country and the Carolina hills. A new guitar style emerged that's part dixieland banjo and part lap steel.
My songs always honor the south and sometimes poke fun at it. Being a Libra I need an artistic forum to balance comedy and tragedy much like the theater. To that end I've created the mostly satirical Swamp Cabbage whilst my solo work is the sound stage for my emotional and pensive adventures.
For the last six years I've recorded and toured the US, Europe, Canada, Australia and New Zealand with Woodstock legend Richie Havens whose latest release is on Universal/Polydor France. During time off from shows with Richie, I play festivals and do short tours with Swamp Cabbage and occasionally perform solo.
