Music; Festivals; Beer; People; Concerts; Camping; Hiking; Dancing; Disc Golf; Travel; Movies; The Great Outdoors; Computers; Local Politics; Beautiful Women; Being involved in my small-town community; Meeting new people; Hanging with friends; Organizing festivals, concerts and events; and most important... My best friend... a Saint Bernard named Mountain Girl.
Who I'd like to meet?? People. People in the music biz; People who live in my area; People I already know; People I used to know; People who are fans of my festival; People who play music professionally and/or for fun; People who give good conversation; People who want to hang out over a beer; People who like watching movies; People who want to throw a round of disc golf; People involved in small town politics; Whatever. I mostly use this site for business, but I guess I'd like to meet a beautiful young woman who is interested in finding a kind and loyal (and amazingly handsome) man to spend time with. If that happens to be you, please don't be afraid to be straightforward because I am sometimes clueless and can totally miss the signal.
Music is always better when it's live! I like most genres of music and dislike very little. Some favorites include, but are certainly not limited to, Bluegrass, Jazz, World, Funk, Folk, Flamenco, Samba, Ska, Reggae, Celtic, Cajun, Zydeco, Gospel, Old Timey, Latin, Afrobeat/Afropop, older Blues, some older Rock, and a little Hip Hop. I don't really like metal, thrash or punk, and I'm not much into country - although some of the older country stuff, the classics, are cool.... I just don't like that twangy-vocal stuff. And no opera or chamber music please.
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PREVIOUS
NEDFEST BANDS:
- Albino!
- ALO (Animal Liberation Orchestra)
- Being Lara Maykovich
- Benevento/Russo Duo
- Benny "Burle" Galloway & Broke Mountain Quartet
- The Big Wu
- Bill Evans & Soulgrass
- Blackdog Band
- Blue Turtle Seduction
- Cabaret Diosa
- Cecil 'P-Nut' Daniel & Friends w/ Gail "Mojo" Muldrow
- Charlie Hunter Quartet
- Charlie Hunter Quintet w/ Ron Miles
- Chupacabra
- The Codetalkers
- DJ Logic
- Dr. John
- Euforquestra
- Fareed Haque Group
- Floodplain Gang
- Fulanis Afrobeat Ensemble
- Garaj Mahal
- Hanuman
- Head For The Hills
- Jaka
- Jamie Janover's Loop Realm
- Jive
- Joe Craven Band
- Kan’Nal
- Keller Williams
- Kutandara
- Matt Flinner Quartet
- Matt Flinner/Ross Martin Band
- Melvin Seals & JGB
- Melvin Seals' Melting Pot
- Merl Saunders & His Funky Friends
- The Motet
- Mumbouli
- Nederland Acid Jazz
- Nederland BluegrAcid Jazz All-Stars
- New Country Kitchen
- New Monsoon
- Nick & Helen Forster
- Noam Pikelny
- Onda
- Open Road
- Papa Mali
- PBS (George Porter Jr., Russell Batiste & Brian Stoltz of The Funky Meters)
- Pete Wernick's Live Five
- Phix
- Polytoxic
- Possum Logic
- Rob Wasserman
- Robert Walters' 20th Congress w/ Will Bernard
- Runaway Truck Ramp
- Ryan Shupe & The Rubberband
- Salem
- Sally VanMeter
- Salvador Santana Band
- Sam Bush Band
- Shanti Groove
- Single Malt Band
- Skerik w/ Black Frames
- The Slip
- Soul Reclusion
- Stanley Jordan
- Stanton Moore Trio w/ Robert Walter & Will Bernard
- Steve Kimock w/ PBS
- ThaMuseMeant
- Theory of Everything
- Tony Furtado & American Gypsies w/ Paul McCandless
- Tony Furtado Band
- Tony Trischka Band
- Ty Burhoe & Friends
- Victor Wooten
- Vince Herman & Great American Taxi
- Vinyl
- Whitewater Ramble
- Wookiefoot
- Yonder Mountain String Band
+ Plus More!!!
PREVIOUS
NEDFEST 'TWEENERS:
- Alan Stecher
- Alektorophobia w/ Eric McFadden & Wally Ingram
- Armando Zuppa & Friends
- Arthur Lee Land
- Blisk
- Bruce Hayes
- Cameron Byers
- Chris Connolly
- Chris Smith
- Crew Murphy
- Danny Shaffer
- Dave Watts & Kristen McFarland
- DJ Logic
- Doug Baker
- The Eldorans
- Elephant Revival Concept
- High On The Hog
- Hit & Run Bluegrass
- Ian Beert
- Jamie Janover
- Jeff Austin & Vince Herman
- John & Bill McKay
- John 'Blackdog' Ridnell
- Jubal & Rob Gower
- Junis Ponds
- Kelli LaFollette
- Leslie Helpert
- Liz Clark
- Liza Oxnard
- Melissa Selby
- My-Tea Kind
- The Nedrecks w/ Phil Moynihan & Cowboy Keith
- Noam Pikelny
- Papas In The Shed
- Patrick Latella
- Percussion De Kissidougou
- Rebecca Folsom
- Samba Dende
- Shanti Groove
- Single Malt Band
- Spoonfed Tribe's Weapons of Mass Percussion
- The Wayfarers
- Wendy Woo
+ Plus More!!!
PREVIOUS
'ON THE FLATS' BANDS:
- Blackdog & Psychohorns
- Boogaloo Communicators
- Fenye
- Honkytonk Homeslice w/ SCI's Billy Nershi
- Nederland Acid Jazz with
-- Stanley Jordan
-- SCI's Mike Travis
-- SCI's Kyle Hollingsworth
-- Motet's Greg Raymond
-- & Scott Messersmith
-- Motet's Jans Ingber
-- Jamie Janover
-- Ross Martin
-- John Zangrando
-- Kirwan Brown & more!
- Nederland BluegrAcid Jazz All Stars w/
-- LoS's Drew Emmitt
-- LoS's Bill McKay
-- SCI's Mike Travis
-- SCI's Billy Nershi
-- Hot Rize's Pete Wernick
-- Hot Rize's Nick Forester
-- Plus Everybody!
- Pete Wernick's Live 5
- Runaway Truck Ramp
- Single Malt Band
- Stanley Jordan (solo)
- The Eldorans
- Young & In The Gutter
- Zuvuya
Current Favorite:
Shaun of the Dead
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I own a huge movie collection which includes: 28 Days Later, A Beautiful Mind, American Beauty, American Spendor, Bad Santa, Baraka, Baseketball, Being John Malkovich, The Big Labowski, Blade Runner, The Butterfly Effect, Cannibal (The Musical), Contact, The Count Of Monte Cristo, Dawn Of The Dead 2004, Dazed and Confused, Deer Hunter, Donnie Darko, Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind, Fargo, Fear and Loathing In Las Vegas, Fight Club, Forest Gump, Gattaca, Go, Good Will Hunting, Goodfellas, Groundhog Day, Identity, Jackie Brown, Joe Dirt, Kill Bill 1 & 2, The Matrix, Memento, Million Dollar Baby, Mystery Men, O' Brother Where Art Thou, Office Space, Old School, Pirates Of The Caribbean, Pulp Fiction, Requiem For A Dream, Reservoir Dogs, Run Lola Run, Scarface, Scrooged, Secondhand Lions, Shrek, The Sixth Sense, Signs, Sling Blade, Solaris, Spun, Star Wars, Sweet and Lowdown, Team America: World Police, There's Something About Mary, Three Amigos, The Usual Suspects and lots more.
I don't have TV right now but when I am around it I dig South Park, Real Time with Bill Maher, The Daily Show, The Colbert Report and The Simpsons.
Most recent read: The DaVinci Code (finally got around to reading it - glad I did.) I read a lot, but not necessarily books or stories... more music industry- or local politics-related stuff. I also read a lot of random stuff online as well (your myspace page?)... and I guess I do have a subscription to Relix Magazine and Newsweek.
My Dad was a great role model, for sure. Beyond that - Some influences that kind of helped steer me into the music biz include: Jerry Garcia and The Grateful Dead, Vince Herman and Leftover Salmon, Mishawaka Ampitheater, Telluride. A few others that influenced me a little less directly, but certainly influenced some of my influences include: Hot Rize, New Grass Revival. Also gotta give props to Bill Grahm (the promoter - not the religious dude).
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