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Chip

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About Me

Born and raised in Virginia, but now wouldn't think of leaving the Pacific Northwest. I tend to be quiet and thoughtful (and try not to be a hermit). Spend the majority of my free time going out to live music, which Portland is GREAT for!! My passion in music tends toward bluegrass and old-time string band music, but still love the old rock 'n' roll. I have made it my avocation to record and document the bluegrass and old-time scene in the Northwest. I do this to archive the live music, and to spread it around on the internet (with the permission of the bands involved). I am the archivist for Cross-eyed Rosie, The Flat Mountain Girls, and Deadwood Revival, and you can usually find me at most of their shows, and many other live shows all around Portland. I am very non-judgmental, and tend to get along with everyone. Just don't cross me! Always looking to make new friends, so say hi.

My Interests

Reading; live music; recording and spreading live music; hiking; exploring Oregon

I'd like to meet:

I would like to meet someone that wants to go to live music with me. They should like bluegrass and old-time string band music (that means REAL country music... not what passes for country music these days. Think Flatt & Scruggs, not Brooks & Dunn).

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Music:

Bluegrass; old-time string band; classic rock bands; Grateful Dead; Cross-eyed Rosie; The Flat Mountain Girls; Uncle Earl; Reeltime Travelers; Martha Scanlan; The Wilders; The Lonesome Sisters; Bill Monroe; Stanley Brothers; Reno and Smiley; Doc Watson; Norman Blake; Bruce Molsky; Yonder Mountain String Band; Benny Galloway; Broken Valley Roadshow; Country Gentlemen; J.D. Crowe; Deadwood Revival; Tommy Jarrell; Del McCoury; Foghorn Stringband; Josh Cole Band; Emerald Valley Boys; Rachel Harrington; John Hartford; High On The Hog; Kid Mellow & The Sleepy Eyed Johns; Lee Highway; Uncle Dave Macon; The Morgantown Rounders; Carolina Chocolate Drops; Tim O'Brien; Gram Parsons; Charlie Poole; John Prine; Tony Rice; Peter Rowan; Seldom Scene; Lauren Sheehan; Steep Canyon Rangers; The Tallboys; Neil Young; Whiskey Puppy; Zach Driscoll & Three Quarter Time; Eric Clapton; Jimi Hendrix; Neil Young; Bonnie Raitt. Oh, and Billie Holiday (nothing like listening to Billie!!)

Movies:

Lord of the Rings series; Clint Eastwood flicks. I am a sucker for Katherine Hepburn, Cary Grant, Humphrey Bogart. My favorite all-time movie is "You Can't Take It With You"

Television:

The Sopranos: 24: OPB; History Channel; Discovery Channel

Books:

Read mostly historical books (biographies, Civil War, etc). Don't get much out of novels, really, but just did read the whole Hobbit- Lord of The Rings cycle for the 5th time. And I love the novels of Charles Dickens.

Heroes:

My son, Ben