1969-1972 Toured Eastern United States with a band called Rich Mountain Tower backed by Ovation Records/William Morris Agency.
1974-1980 Toured Italy, England, Scandinavia, France with my own band and then signed by Atlantic Records with Hall of Famer Jeremy Spencer of Fleetwood Mac. My composition "Cool Breeze" Number 21 Billboard Adult Contemporary.
1985-present--own and operate studio in Chiba Japan 30 miles south of Tokyo.
I have toured a large part of Europe and United States in earlier years, but now I do about 12 large events a year as a band. Mostly studio work now.
born in Tennessee-into soul/funk/blues/R+B. Started out as a singer but moved into carrying a B3/Rhodes/Wurlitzer all around the world. Sam Cooke, Otis Redding, Jeff Lorber, Jimmy Smith, Richard Groove Holmes and numerous blues/rock/pop keyboard players and producers.
HARDWARE
Core 2 Quad
MOTU 828 MKII x 2
Digirack 002
PreSonus Digimax
Joe Meek Q pre-amp
Groove Tubes (The Brick)
Focusrite twin track pro
AKG C-414 Vintage/D112/Shure SM 81//Various Shures/
JBL 4412 Studio Monitors
Yamaha NS 10M Pro
KRK v4 series II Monitors
Auratones
Yamaha S90es
Korg SV-1
Korg Karma v2
Eric Clapton “Blackie” Strat
Taylor and Takamine Acoustic and Classic Guitars
SOFTWARE
NI B4
Sonar 8.5 Producer
Extensive Akai/EMU/Giga Libraries
Synthogy Ivory
Sfz+ (reads giga library)
NI Storm Drum
UAD-1 Plug-ins
NI Elektrik Piano
Waves Mercury Bundle
Soundforge 9
EWQSL Gold Orchestral
Sonic Implants Symphony Strings
Atmosphere
RA
A loving soul is a loved soul.
