Mersy Street

“Mersy Street is more of a project than anything else. Over the years the people involved in my life and music have changed and that effects everything, the sound,the writing etc. You never do anything in a vacuum, especially artistic expression and that includes everything from taking a picture and painting to song writing.”

“I started singing in a band called now called I started with some guys in the neighborhood. We did all the high school gigs and stuff like that. Then in ’73 after our lead guitar player, In two years the band members changed and we started playing clubs, doing top 40 songs of the time. It was then (1975) I started writing songs and recorded the projects first album That was followed in ’76 with that was placed on a compilation LP called Toledo Country, funny thing is we weren’t country and at that time didn’t really care for that genre. It was really a reach for exposure; none of us had been in a recording studio so that was new to us and really a lot of fun! From that point to '79 we sort of hit a low point and not much was going on. From '80 to ‘82 we were writing and recording again. The drummer Phil Reamsnyder had a home recording studio, which was very rare at that time. In 1983 I moved from Toledo, Ohio to Philadelphia and did some solo TV appearances ’83 to ‘86 on a show called Triumphant. That was probably the most bizarre period in music for me. The CCM scene was just taking off and I was exploring Christian pop, Scott Wesley Brown, Amy Grant, 2nd Chapter of Acts, etc, that were very foreign to my taste and musical experience. With the exception of Russ Taft and Steve Taylor, Keith Green and people of that ilk I’m glad the 80’s CCM music scene is passed. ’86 to ’88 I did a lot of writing and released an album called in ’89. Enter the ‘90s. This was one of my favorite times musically. Guitar bands were back and many of the sounds I grew up with were popular again. Bands like; R.E.M., Smashing Pumpkins, The Beatles, Pearl Jam, Alanis Morrisette and a number of other good ones that didn’t stay together really kind of bridged a gap between musical generations that was lacking at the time. ’90 to ’93 I was furiously writing songs and trying to get a band together. Then in ’96 I formed with and did some TV appearances on a show called Upper Room, played extensively around the mid east states. In ’98 we recorded our most recent album, . So, there you have it.”

The Beatles, Crosby- Stills- Nash and Young, Pink Floyd, R.E.M., 10,000 Maniacs, Cold Play

’75 **Kingsford Drive** / ’76 **River Songs** / ’78 Single Release **Break The Spell & In Your Dreams** / ’80 **Revival** / ’89 **Search** /'91 **Fictional Love** / ’92 EP **Stephanie's Pinic** / '93 **9Pictures** / ’97 **Longing** / ’99 **Freedom**