Ask my parents,

I've played about five gigs in the last 20 years. I'd play more if asked.

Lets goofballs like me out of our cages and gives us a chance to be heard.

Unlikely - but maybe under amazing circumstances.

1964 - born
1972 - wrote a couple dumb songs like "Stuck in the Bushes" and "Dig Deep Down" mainly to annoy my brother.
1981 - bought a cheapo guitar - used it for the next 6 years
1985 - started writing my own "folk" songs
1990 - First recording "Rafting Songs of the Depression" aka "Me" done on a boombox condenser mic
1992 - "Do Not Cross Painted Islands" - first multitrack recording
1994 - "Yummy Growth" recorded while being threatened with calls to the landlord.
1998 - "Burning Furnace of Hits"
2004 - "Underkill" first digital recording
2005 - "The Leslie & Susan Celebration CD Sampler" - an EP done for a "commitment ceremony".
2006 - "Local Disturbance"
2008 - "Security Noise Wall"

Richard Thompson, Syd Barrett, Yes, Bruce Cockburn, Robyn Hitchcock, Beck, Ray Davies, Bob Dylan - too many others to mention.

Rittenhouse Square - Philadelphia

Acoustic Guitar
Very low end digital 4 tracker
Laptop Computer with some fun musical stuff
Sometimes mandolin
whatever else I can dig up