I'm fortunate enough to have a given name that works well as a stage name.

I love to play live (playing dead can get so boring). The best moments are when I've been able to tap into the audience's mood well enough to start leading them into other moods. At that point I'm free of the set list and can sing or say pretty much anything that comes into my head.

It gives performers infinitely better access to the audience. It gives everybody concerned (the performers and the public) a wider selection and more control over the musical agenda.

I'm pretty well past the age where I dream of stardom. I like having complete control over and complete ownership of my music. So, I guess the answer would have to be "no".

I've fronted a number of country bands (Greenwood Creek,The Wabash River Band and others).I've played comedy clubs around the midwest. I even spent two years singing rock oldies as the opening act for an Elvis impersonator.

But, I started out as a solo folkie, and that's where I'm most comfortable.

Every music I've ever heard has influenced me in some way or another. As a kid I imitated the big band singers. Later I discovered the Kingston Trio and started learning all of thier songs. In my teens I found country music and started trying to sing like Roger Miller. I never got too far from the folk stuff and people tell me that my singing sounds like a cross between Miller and Phil Ochs. And of course there was the ever present influence of rock and roll. That's probably why my repetoire is so eclectic.

Currently, Madison. WI. But, that's because I live here.

I hope that in the time that these thing have been said, the newness that has gone on and worn off, has kept strong and reached out to bring back one that we could slip under the door.