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Hey Hey

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About Me

I am a mid-30's Dad with delusions of Rock stardom.I named my oldest Son after the cooler Elvis, my youngest son is NOT named after a pitcher, my Wife accepts my obsessions, we have a dog named Sasha, and two cats named Elwood and Loki.Donald "Duck" Dunn is the greatest bassist of all time.

My Interests

My family, my band 50 Grit, music, photography/art, and history.

I'd like to meet:

George Harrison, Levon Helm, Rick Danko, and Stephan Ambrose. Oh... I forgot John Browning, John Cantius Garand, and Eugene Stoner.

Music:

Beatles, Elvis Costello, The Band, STAX/Volt, and then in no particular order: the Hoodoo Gurus, Bob Dylan, Kitchen Radio, The Cheap Ones, The Riffbrokers, The Small Change, Crown Aruba, The Long Winters, Harvey Danger, Warren Zevon, XTC, Blue Rodeo, Wilco, the Jayhawks, Uncle Tupelo, Golden Smog, Sycophant, Robert Johnson, Early R.E.M., the Clash, Soundgarden, Sabbath, Neil Young, The Picketts, The Old 97's, Let's Active, John Wesley Harding, Freedy Johnston, Steve Earle, The Young Fresh Fellows, The Model Rockets, Billy Bragg, John Lee Hooker, Jimmy Reed (my favorite bluesman), Oh hell, there's lot's more, but I'm sleepy now.

Movies:

Empire of the Sun, Saving Private Ryan, Band of Brothers, That Thing You Do, I am Trying to Break Your Heart, Kundun, The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou, Capote, Bubba Ho-Tep, Dr. Strangelove, The Outlaw Josie Wales, The Godfather trilogy, High Plains Drifter, Bad News Bears, ...

Television:

Dirty Jobs, House (I like to listen to my physician Father-in-Law laugh at the Zebras).

Books:

Douglas Adams, Stephen Ambrose, Anne Rice, Mark Salzman, Nick Hornby, Richard Marcinko, Tom Clancy, historical non-fiction.

Heroes:

My Father, my Father-in-Law, my Grandfathers, and my wife's Grandfathers. Tim Scott, Richard Dangel, Steve Kim, David Suzuki, Lao Tzu. Virgil I. "Gus" Grissom, Edward White, Roger Chaffee, Francis R. "Dick" Scobee, Michael Smith, Judith Resnick, Ellison Onizuka, Ronald McNair, Gregory Jarvis, Christa McAuliffe, Rick D. Husband, William C. McCool, Michael P. Anderson, David M. Brown, Kalpana Chawla, Laurel Blair Salton Clark, and Ilan Ramon.

My Blog

New Guitbox

Well... I got me to thinkin' and I know that it's a bit dangerous when I start doing that, but what am I gonna do. I've been without an acoustic guitar for awhile and I miss playing it for my kids. I&...
Posted by Hey Hey on Sun, 07 Oct 2007 01:38:00 PST

New Bass!

Well, I placed the order three months ago, and it's finally here! I've never played a fiver before, and it is taking some getting used to, but I am really digging it!The neck is quite a bit clubbier t...
Posted by Hey Hey on Wed, 05 Jul 2006 02:04:00 PST

New ampage!

O.K.... My esteemed colleague would like to hear about my new amplifier. For X-mas my company gave me a new GPS receiver and a nice little check. The check was spent all in one place on a new Fender ...
Posted by Hey Hey on Tue, 17 Jan 2006 12:10:00 PST

GPS geekage

So my Wife and kids are at my folks in Oregon to let my folks get their grandparent time right? So what do I do to pass the time? My homework?Surely you jest. Of course not.I play with my new handy da...
Posted by Hey Hey on Tue, 17 Jan 2006 09:54:00 PST

How the drummer stole Christmas.

So our drummer called me Friday afternoon and told me that he was leaving 50 Grit. Even though he was cool about it, and I had a nagging feeling that it was coming, I'm still pretty bummed out about ...
Posted by Hey Hey on Mon, 26 Dec 2005 12:56:00 PST

Waiting for the stork...

On Friday it will be one, which will make four very happy people! Right now my nerves are very fried, but I dream of taking long relaxing naps with my newborn son. We ask that all my friends send...
Posted by Hey Hey on Wed, 07 Sep 2005 11:36:00 PST

I want a tattoo.

In 39 minutes I will be 34 and I want a tattoo. My first. I even think I know what I want... After watching the Beatles Anthology for the 14-millionth time, while working on a paper for school, it ...
Posted by Hey Hey on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

Birthdays.

In the middle of the road, Is trying to find me. I'm standing in the middle of life with my pains behind me. But, I got a smile For everyone I meet. Long as you don't try dragging my bay, Or d...
Posted by Hey Hey on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

O.K. now that was fun!

Well, it was stupid being nervous about that gig, because everything went great! The crowd was huge, very receptive, and very tall. I had never played at the Tractor before, and I was really pleased w...
Posted by Hey Hey on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

See the Man with the Stage Fright.

Tonight 2/3rds of my band 50 Grit (myself and Theron) are doing an acoustic duo opening set for Ian McFeron's CD release party at the Tractor Tavern. The last time I performed in front of this many...
Posted by Hey Hey on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST