My wife Nona is currently having an exhibit of some of her paintings from the past few years at the Pacific Beach Taylor Gallery. This is evoking some strong memories because it was during those quiet years of…
read more →When I write a song it starts out as a melody built around my own acoustic guitar voicings. I lean toward lots of open strings and droning doubles. I always hear my music in this simple setting: acoustic guitar and…
read more →I have always been infatuated with the power words can have when they are interpreted - when their meanings and sounds are probed and illustrated. For the last 7 years or so, I have had the pleasure to perform with…
read more →I bought this guitar new in 1968, with the intention to use it to make my first record, a folk album with my sister Mary. This was way before DIY became fashionable and feasible for anybody. We recorded very simply,…
read more →Well, it was the Ides of March – Saturday evening March 15th – when we gathered at the place where music is always treated with respect. Of course I'm talking about dizzy's. I had a few new songs and a yearning to dig…
read more →On Saturday March 9, 2013 I ambitiously gathered a crew of nine crack improvisers to perform an evening of my music at dizzy's. Of those I chose, only 2 had ever played my music before: my longtime friend percussionist…
read more →"This is a mans world, but it wouldn't be nothin’ - without a woman or a girl " Yeah, James Brown has got that right. Everything man does can be enhanced by collaborating with the right woman. I've found that this is…
read more →I stay so busy setting up, promoting, and hosting the dizzy's shows that I don't get the opportunity to perform live myself much anymore. Since I'm actively involved with each dizzy's presentation, that sort of takes…
read more →Dizzy's did it again this year - celebrated Bob Dylan with a tribute concert on his 71st birthday, Thursday May 24. It was a magical evening dedicated to the poetic music of the man who has had such a profound impact on…
read more →I remember, as a boy, sitting spellbound listening to the sonorous tones of masterful Welsh actor Richard Burton reading. Somehow he was always able to tap the innate tempo of whatever he was interpreting, and make…
read more →Even though my sister’s Mary’s been gone almost 9 years now, I think of her at every dizzy’s show when I look up and see the wondrous collage of jazz icons she made. Ever since she gave it to me, it has hung on the left…
read more →Contrabass virtuoso Bertram Turetzky and I will be performing together next at the Soka Bluport International Jazz Festival on Saturday afternoon, October 29 @ 3PM. We will be showcasing the highly entertaining piece…
read more →Being an acoustic guitarist, I am partial to the rich tones and expressive percussive qualities of the contrabass. San Diego happens to be home to some world renown bassists, and the mentor to most of them is UCSD…
read more →I rarely get the opportunity to perform my own music live anymore. Hosting dizzy’s events keeps my nights busy, but doesn’t stop me from playing guitar & writing music during the day. Every once in a while, I take the…
read more →On Thursday, November 11, 2010 - the eve of Neil Young’s 65 birthday - dizzy's presented 5 acts paying tribute to this enduring songwriter/performer. Each act performed 5 of his songs – 25 great Neil Young compositions…
read more →On September 29, 2006 - a dozen years after recording a series of songs I had composed based loosely on the themes & writings of the beat & jazz poets of the 1950's - I thought it would be interesting, as well as fun,…
read more →Making this album was a true labor of love, involving the talents & time of many creative people. Once the album was complete, it made sense to gather everyone who had been involved, & celebrate with a live performance…
read more →It was time to take some chances with my live performing. I was writing some interestingly edgy pieces that bordered on theatre, so I decided to explore what I could do with the warehouse space & some visual aids. The…
read more →My friend filmmaker Rob Amato came up with this idea to try to film a live performance of a song out in the middle of nowhere. I was game & pulled in my audio specialist buddy Peter Carpentier to see if he thought such…
read more →For the fun of performing live, I put together a groove-oriented quartet that featured Troy Jennings on the baritone saxophone, James East bass, & Eric Comer drums. I called the group Beat.itude, because the groove or…
read more →In the fall of 1970, we became associated with The Bitter End College Coffee House circuit, coordinated by a woman named Marilyn Lipsius. They sent us on a tour of college campuses, a week at each school. We would stay…
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