THE BAND NAME WAS EASY FOR MY MOTHER'S NAME IS PEARL AND SHE WAS THE REASON FOR SHE DID LEAVE THIS WORLD EARLY AND WHAT SHE LEFT WAS 7 PEARLS TO STRIVE AND FIND SOME BEAUTY IN A WORLD OF HARSHNESS.

YES , PLAYING LIVE IS A MUST AND I LOVE TO PLAY AT ANY PLACE THAT THE CROWD IS INTO THE MOOD AND THE MUSIC OF THE MIND

IT HAS MADE IT MUCH EASIER FOR ARTIST LIKE MYSELF WHO HAVE DUAL ROLES IN LIFE ( I AM ALSO A SOLDIER WHO HAS JUST RETURNED FROM IRAQ,) BUT IT MAKES IT POSSIBLE FOR ME TO KEEP MY DREAM AND PASSION ALIVE.

WELL , I THINK SO,, IN ORDER TO HAVE THE MAJOR DISTRUBUTION AND TO BE ABLE TO TOUCH THE MASSES IN ALL PARTS OF THE WORLD

NY HISTORY IS SIMPLE BORN AND RAISED TO PLAY THE MUSIC OF MY HEART, MY UNCLE TAUGHT ME TO PLAY 2 SONGS ONE OF THEM WAS SLIDE BY THE MONSTERS OF THE MID-WAY SLAVE AND BRICK HOUSE BY THE COMMODORES, I THEN WENT OFF TO FLORIDA STATE AND PURSUED A DEGREE IN NURSING BUT THE CALL OF THE ARMY CAME AND I LEFT TO BE A SOLDIER, DURING THAT TIME THE MUSIC OF MY SOUL CONTINUED TO CALL AND I RECORDED MY FIRST ALBUM AFTER DESERT STORM AND THE REST IS REALLY HISTORY THIS IS MY 5 PROJECT IN BETWEEN FIGHTING WARS AND MAKING MUSIC LIFE IS GOOD ,

I WISH YOU GOOD MUSIC SON OF PEARL

MY INFLUENCES ARE MANY BUT THE MAIN ONES ARE MY UNCLE SCOOP HELLA GUITAR PLAYER STANLEY CLARKE, MARCUS MILLER, LARRY GRAHAM, CAMEO, OHIO PLAYERS, BROTHERS JOHNSON, GEORGE BENSON, CHET ATKINS, WES MONTGORMERY. SLAVE,

MY FAVORITE CITY IS MIAMI, BUT I LIVE IN BALTIMORE FOR THE TIME BEING

I PLAY 4, 5, AND 8 STRING BASS MY FAVORITE RIGHT NOW IS MY 8 STRING FOR IT GIVES ME THE THE ABILITY TO DO THE THINGS THAT I LOVE ABOUT THE GUITAR PLAYERS AND DO MY "THANG" IN THE WAY THAT A BASS PLAYER WOULD DO IT..

MY NEW CD IS CALLED "THE MELLOWIST" VISIT MY SPOT ON MYSPACE AT WWW.MYSPACE.COM/SONOFPEARL AND I WISH YOU ALL GOOD MUSIC