A guy who wasted a lot of his life drinking when he should have been paying attention,learning,and taking advantage of situations that were presented to me.That said,it's been a fun ride.I have always loved music.I play guitar and was vocally trained by my friend/brother John West.Recorded a two song demo with my friends in Asylum and had some fun.Moved to Redding Ca. while there began my spiral into alcoholism.But met great people,got married to Joan and was blessed with my wonderful daughter Danica.Back in NY now,I am a PPG certified automotive refinish technician(I paint cars)I still play music for fun.I have loved KISS since 1977 and always will.I have been fortunate to have met,jammed with,worked for,am friends with or hung out with some great musicians including..Trace Allen,David Anthony Moyer,Shane Fuller,John West,Lonnie Park,Mike Mathis,Dave Watts,Matt Surrett,Motorhead,Black Sabbath,Nazareth,38 Special,Christopher and Phil Caffery,Hal Patino,Mark Slaughter,Jeff Plate,KISS,Ace Frehley,Derrek Hawkins,Anthony Esposito,Scot Coogan,King's X,Micheal Kenney/Iron Maiden,Tesla,Mike Suppa and the FACELIFT guys,Poison,Kim Simmonds/Savoy Brown,The Outlaws and many others along the way I'm sure.Music is my life,my home resembles a Hard Rock Cafe with memorabilia,instruments,arcade games,and other fun stuff.Sobriety has made a huge difference for me.I would live no other way now!I made mistakes,destroyed friendships and burned bridges trying to be someone I wasn't.I try now to be non- judgemental,open,honest,loving and fair.But as a bi-polar recovering alcoholic,I still make mistakes,just hopefully forgivable ones.
