So, you're wondering, "who are you?" and "what are you doing?",

    Well....good questions.

Who I am 
    I've been playing music for longer than I'd like to admit. I started playing in bands for real in high school. I played with the band "Free Reins" (later "Free Rein" pretty slick, huh?) for all of the 80's. In the 90's, I played with "Birdhouse", doing 99.5% original material and releasing a cd, Serendipity Doo. In 1999 came the Rusty Griswolds (basically Free Rein). After not playing in 2003/2004, I decided to do the solo thing in January, 2005.  After some coaxing, I decided in March, 2006 to join a group of guys from various area bands to form what eventually became The Whammies.

What I'm doing
   Right now I split my time between playing solo and playing with the Whammies. When playing solo I  play some popular cover songs, some not-so-popular cover songs with some original songs thrown in. (the not-so-popular songs are still good, just......not-so-popular) The Whammies are predominantly an 80's band. Please check out our website at thewhammies.com

How I do the solo stuff
    You didn't ask, but I'll tell you anyway. 
    It's really just a step beyond the old Birdhouse days where all the keyboard parts were programmed.  What I have done is to not only program the keyboard parts, but program everything. It's a lot safer this way, trust me. I play guitar on most songs, but I do attempt to play the keyboard on a few. Everything you will hear will be played live, if not by me, by my faithful machine. My machine is never late for rehearsal, doesn't have a sex drive, or low alcohol tolerance. So, I think we're pretty safe. Believe me, every note and drum beat you hear was played by me.

You can go here and have a listen.

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