Short bio:

Born in the early 60's in South Texas...

Married high school sweetheart...

Moved to Florida from Texas in 1991...

A wonderful daughter, a wonderful son...

My age, IQ, and waist size is quickly becoming the same number...

Chronological early musical influences: 

• The Beatles = the original reason for interest in music 

• Grand Funk = intensity 

• Black Sabbath = the riff 

• Deep Purple = intonation 

• Sweet = power pop 

• Frank Marino & Mahogany Rush = supercharged blues 

• Jimi Hendrix = outerworldly blues, better late than never 

• Robin Trower = fluid blues 

• Al DiMeola = what's this fusion stuff? 

• Steve Hillage = hippy trippy music 

• Thin Lizzy = harmony guitars

• Frank Zappa = music lessons

• Allan Holdsworth = the ultimate guitarist 

• Terje Rypdal = haunting guitar, beautiful compositions

• Jack DeJohnette = drummer who stole my ear from the guitar

• Brian Eno = ambience 

• Jon Hassell = the strangest, most beautiful music I had ever heard

• King Crimson = the best rock band on Earth

• John Abercrombie = tone and melody 

• Ralph Towner = 12 string magic

• David Torn = the ultimate experimental guitarist, the ultimate comeback story

• Steve Tibbetts = guitar heaven meets percussion heaven

• Marc Anderson = the percussionist half of Tibbetts, permanently opened my ears to ethnic percussion

• Ronald Shannon Jackson = rhythmic madness

• Vernon Reid = harmolodic madness

• Steve Vai = acrobatic rock guitar

• Bad Brains = a new intensity

• King's X = a heavy Beatles

After moving to Florida, began understanding that most music and sounds have an influence... and it is evident in my music.

ps.  The odds are quite good that I will die.