I was an inquisitive child and found my way into the attic at my gram’s where I found my grampa’s guitar. It made some cool noises so I kept playing with it. I broke one of the strings because I turned the knob too much. The guitar was locked away so I couldn’t do any more damage to it. That was my first experience with an instrument, I was 3. I started taking accordion lessons when I was seven. It was great! I was hooked. At 11, I fashioned my first drum sticks from dowel rod and started practicing on coffee cans with the plastic lids. I got my first drum kit at 13 and joined my first band, "The Outlaws", 

which lasted only three weeks (they replaced me with a sixteen year old that was better.) I didn’t let that stop me I started my own band with some school chums called "Us" that lasted 6 months. I joined another band at 14 called "The Forgotten Delta", we never made it out of the garage we had a good time though, plus I learned a great deal. I got interested in playing the piano and started getting up at 5A.M to go to the high school and practice in the lunch room (we had an arrangement with the custodian) till class started. I managed to fake my way through 4 years of accordion without learning how to read a note; I learned to play by ear. Many of my fellow students had heard me play over the years so they asked me to play in the senior mixer. I did and have been playing since. In 1973, I joined a jazz band and played with them for five years and in all that time we never came up with a name but we did win a battle of the bands contest in 1977. Picked up my first synthesizer in 78 and started to learn how to read music. Formed a group called "Crazy Horse" in 80 played around town with them till 83. Auditioned with John Grant in 1984 to make the "Back in America" album which sold over 1,000 copies and started work on a second that didn’t get completed. Being part of the recording project got me into original material and I started to write. I joined another band called the "Earthmen’ in 86 doing mostly originals, but I’ve always wanted to be able to play both of my instruments in the same band. I joined "Fifth Avenue" in 1994 and honed my skills on the drums for another 5 years. I took some drum and piano classes while earning my science degree. April and I played together in the band "Nasty Habits" for a year, that’s how I met these guys and the rest is history

 
 

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