Ed Colton

Not currently, but I am prepping myself for playing live again. Various venues in 70's and 80's in NJ and PA including some on concert level. Among these were having Paul Simon in the audience once while playing in New Hope, PA.In addition to playing with my own band those couple of days, I also sat in on bass (yes, the upright), with Roy Bookbinder and Fats Kaplin. Other highlights included appearances at the Enlishtown (NJ) Music Hall in Bluegrass shows - including a benefit with some major figures, and jazz gigs with some established (ie - signed with several recordings out, reviewed in the NY Times) mainstream and swing era players. And to make everything even stranger, I also played a few days in a pickup band with Richie Sambora, got to the interview stage to play bass with Patti Smith back when she was thinking of something towards the avant jazz side, and turned down what I think was a gig playing bass with the Contortions, of No NY fame (sounded like "weyuh the contawshuns, we need a bass playa" over the phone) since I had other things going on at the time.