HOMETOWN:
Orange County, California > We moved alot!
INSTRUMENT:
Bass Guitar
OTHER INSTRUMENTS:
Guitar, Keyboards, and Fiddle. Though nowhere near as good as Roberta.
INFLUENTIAL MUSICIANS:
Rich Kouyoumjian (friend, old band member and awesome bass player), Geddy Lee, Joe Schermie, John Paul Jones, Mel Schacher, John Lodge, Steve Howe, Jimmy Page, Glenn Hughes.
FAVORITE BANDS:
Three Dog Night, Led Zeppelin, The Oyster Band, Ashley MacIssac, Grand Funk Railroad, Moody Blues, Jethro Tull, XTC, The Church.
HOW DID YOU GET STARTED PLAYING?
There was always music in and around our home and when I was seven I tried my hand at drumming and then switched to guitar at age eleven. I took formal lessons for three years and then stopped and started playing in garage bands and high school bands. I actually started playing professionally when I was fifteen. Doing dances and weddings, parties, and getting paid!
Went back and took some more lessons and then started playing out again. A couple of dog years later and now I'm here. What a long strange trip it's been!
IF YOU HAD THE CHANCE TO PLAY WITH ANY OTHER BAND OR MUSICIAN, WHO WOULD IT BE?
Band...I'm thinking 'YES', musician....Paul McCartney.
WHAT ARE SOME OF YOUR FAVORITE ALBUMS?
- Yessongs
- Grand Funk Live Album
- Jethro Tull 'This Was'
- Chris Squire 'Fish out of Water'
- Deep Purple 'Made in Japan'
- Batdorf and Rodney 'Off The Shelf'
WHAT IS IN YOUR CD PLAYER NOW?
- Ashley MacIssac 'Hi, How Are You Today'
- Moody Blues (my own mix)
- Led Zepplin 'Physical Graffitti'
- Godsmack
- Jeff Beck 'Blow by Blow'
- Carl Palmer
FAVORITE MOVIE(S)?
I'm not really sure, don't watch many.
FAVORITE BOOK(S)?
Paperback Writer. I also like to read autobiographies about musicians.
FAVORITE SAYING, OR QUOTE:
"Things aren't often as they seem; skim-milk often masquerades as cream."