My parents chose it.

I live and play in the Rotten Apple Valley, including Appleton, Menasha and Neenah.

The internet makes it less necessary to purchase CDs. Musicians have to depend mostly on live shows for payment. It also makes the music of nobodies like me accessible with a minumum of cost. I'm for it.

If I were paid properly I'd sign and record whatever.

I was first inlfuenced by straightforward blues like BB King, Muddy Waters, Lightin' Hopkins, Robert Johnson, Freddie King, Albert Collins, then I delved into rock, trying to play like David Gilmour, Jeff Beck, and Mark Knopfler, I tried to hit Chet Atkins pretty hard, more recently I've been trying the jazz thing, trying to learn from players like Wes Montgomery, Grant Green, Joe Pass, and Herb Ellis, and now I've come full circle and am digging the primitive blues again.
If the music of Charles Mingus and the words of Kris Kristofferson could join smoothly with a serious dose of blues and a little rock I would consider that the best music imaginable so that's what I'm trying to go for.

Austin, Texas is very cool. I'm seriously considering moving there, but I may be eaten alive by all the great musicians.

I've got a fat Gretsch 5120, and my secondary guitar is a fender telecaster. I also have a Washburn acoustic and some others that I don't play regularly.

E-mail me if you're a musician in the Rotten Apple Valley and you're interested in putting something together. yellow_bow_tie@yahoo.com