BIO

Born and raised in Indianapolis, Indiana, U.S.A.  My mother played

accordion; I played vacuum cleaner (the then-version of Guitar Hero)

to the radio as a kid,  The first instrument I owned was a banjo-

everybody else had guitars- which I strummed in church.  I switched

to guitar once I realized it was better for playing to “24 Hours At  A

Time” by Marshall Tucker.  Unfortunately, there were a lot of better

guitar players than me at the jam sessions held in our basement, so

I often played a bass guitar someone left there.  My first amp was a

60-watt Sears Kenmore bass model, unbelievable square-wave

distortion!  I also got my first studio experience singing background

on soul songs for the Tillman Royals, which was thankfully never

I came to Germany in 1978 with little more than my guitar and a

folding pipe to visit my mom and meet my grandparents.  I met a

young lady, and as the story goes.... in 1981 I joined my first band

“Las Palmas,” which by the time I left in 1988 had become regionally

very successful.  After a 1-year break, “Nordlicht” and later

the “Oldtimers” followed, taking me into the current millenium.  A

David LaMotte concert in 2000 really opened my eyes and ears for

singer-songwriter acoustic music, and I began to redirect my musical

priorities.  During all this time, I also had  “real jobs” which developed

into a successful career with a globally productive automobile manu-

facturer, which I left in 2007 to concentrate solely on making music.

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