I WAS BORN IN NY AND GREW UP IN BROOKLYN IN THE 60S & 70S. BECAME INTERESTED IN POP & R&B LISTENING TO DAN INGRAM & 'COUSIN' BRUCE MORROW ON WABC & TO RECORDS FROM THE CUT-OUT BIN AT WOOLWORTHS DOWN THE BLOCK. MY FATHER CAME HOME ONE DAY WITH AN F.M. RADIO WHICH WAS THE NEW HI-TECH THING. ONE SATURDAY WHEN I WAS AROUND TEN OR ELEVEN I HEARD LIGHTNIN' HOPKINS ON IT. THIS USHERED IN MY DOWNWARD SPIRAL INTO THE MUSICIANER'S LIFE! I WENT OUT AND BOUGHT " THE BLUES GIANT LIGHTNING HOPKINS" ON EVEREST FOR $1.99 ( I STILL HAVE IT! ) AND IT WAS ON! I ALSO BEGAN MY LOVE AFFAIR WITH COUNTRY & BLUEGRASS AROUND THIS TIME, TOO. LIGHTNIN' WAS THE GATEWAY DRUG WHICH SENT ME INTO THE TAILSPIN WHICH IS MY LIFE. I REALLY STARTED BUYING A LOT OF BLUES RECORDS & STUDYING THEM, REALLY GOING FOR THE CHESS STUFF. GOT MY FIRST BASS @ 13 FROM A TENANT THAT MY PARENTS HAD. A FEW YEARS LATER I WOULD ALSO START TEACHING MYSELF HARP & GUITAR. MOVED TO THE SOUTH WHILE STILL IN MY TEENS AND FOUND IT TO STILL HAVE A VIBRANT SCENE OF IT'S OWN,BE IT SOUL, BLUES ,COUNTRY,SOUTHERN ROCK OR BLUEGRASS. I SPENT A LOT OF TIME GOING OUT TO SEE ALL THE MUSICIANS WHO WERE STILL OUT THERE GIGGING, & I TOOK IT ALL IN. WORKED MOSTLY IN THE MASONRY TRADE THRU THE MID-80S,TAKING OCCASIONAL CLUB GIGS HERE AND THERE & SITTING IN WITH WHOEVER WOULD LET ME.I ALSO BECAME FRIENDS WITH THOMAS BURT(1900-1990), A SADLY UNDER-RECORDED PIEDMONT BLUESMAN WHO WAS A CONTEMPORARY OF BLIND BOY FULLER. LIVED IN VIRGINIA FOR A WHILE AND GIGGED WITH THE APPELROUTH BROTHERS FOR A WHILE. HEADED BACK TO CAROLINA TO PLAY WITH A ROOTS/SURF BAND "THE MIGHTY DIAMELLES" FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS.I THEN DID A SHORT STINT FRONTING A HOUSE BAND IN ATLANTA, WITH JAIMOE JOHANSON ON DRUMS( THE ALLMAN BROS. WERE QUITS AT THAT TIME). I THEN WORKED WITH BOB MARGOLIN FROM ABOUT 89 TO 93,BACKING A LOT OF PEOPLE AND MAKING A COUPLE OF RECORDS, WITH BOB AND WITH JOHN BRIM.I THEN WENT WITH CAREY BELL FOR A COUPLE, ALSO WORKING WITH LOUISIANA RED ON HIS HOMECOMING TOUR TO YHE U.S.I THEN SPENT THE REST OF THE NINETYS FRONTING MY OWN BAND AND PLAYING HARP & GUITAR ,WHILE ALSO DOING A COUPLE OF SHORT STINTS WITH THE BELMONT PLAYBOYS,PLAYING IN THE U.S. AND U.K.IN 2001 I BEGAN GIGGING WITH BOB MARGOLIN AGAIN AND AM STILL DOING SO TODAY.I AM THE 2006 & 2007 BMA(FORMERLY W.C. HANDY AWARD) WINNER OF BEST BASSIST. I WAS ALSO NOMINATED IN 2005.CURRENTLY WORKING W/ BOB MARGOLIN BAND. ALSO W/ ROCKABILLY DUO THE PARODI KINGS, CAREY BELL. NAPPY BROWN, WILLIE "BIG EYES" SMITH, PINETOP PERKINS & WHOEVER ELSE WILL HAVE ME! I HAVE PLAYED WITH A
HOST OF PEOPLE, INCLUDING JIMMY ROGERS. ROBERT LOCKWOOD, BILLY BOY ARNOLD, JOHN BRIM, A.C. REED, SUNNYLAND SLIM, JOHN BRIM, SNOOKY PRYOR, JAMES COTTON, OTIS BLACKWELL, LOUISIANA RED, KIM WILSON, LEVON HELM, HUBERT SUMLIN TO NAME A FEW,& SAT IN WITH COUNTLESS OTHERS! I ALSO HAVE OVER THE YEARS FRONTED MY OWN GROUPS SINGING, BLOWING HARP & PLAYING GUITAR. MY MOST RECENT RECORDINGS ARE "AMERICAN GRAFITTI REVISITED" VARIOUS ARTISTS"{2001} BOB MARGOLIN" CHICAGO BLUES JAM"{2003},SHRIMP CITY SLIM "HWY 17"{2003} AQUALADS"SURF!SURF!SURF!"{2004} STEVEN SEAGAL 'MOJO PRIEST"{2006} NAPPY BROWN "LONG TIME COMING"(2007). I AM CURRENTLY LOOKING FOR ANY RECORDING OR GIGGING OPPORTUNITIES OUT THERE,IN THE BLUES, HONKY-TONK COUNTRY,OR ROCKABILLY STYLES,OVERSEAS INCLUDED. IF YOU FOUND THIS YOU KNOW HOW TO GET AHOLD OF ME!.. width="425" height="350" ..
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