ABOUT ME
I STARTED PLAYING DRUMS WITH MY FIRST REAL KIT AT ABOUT AGE 5 AND I HAVE BEEN IN SEVERAL GIGGING BANDS OF ALL GENRES SINCE I WAS 15, BUT I AM MAINLY A BLUES DRUMMER, PROBABLY DUE TO THE FACT THAT I AM A CHICAGO NATIVE. I TEND TO JOIN BANDS THAT PLAY THE ELECTRIC BLUES BUT WITH EVEN MORE OF A MODERN ROCK EDGE TO IT. FREDDIE KING, ALBERT KING, MUDDY WATERS, BUDDY GUY, ELMORE JAMES, ARTHUR CRUDUP, MACEO MERRIWEATHER, BIG BILL BROONZY, OTIS RUSH, WILLIE DIXON, AND HOWLIN' WOLF, TO NAME A FEW.
WILLIE "BIG EYES" SMITH, SAM LAY, FRED BELOW, AL JACKSON, PHIL COLLINS, CHRIS LAYTON, JAMIE OLDAKER, JIM KELTNER, JIM GORDON, LEVON HELM, JAIMOE, BUTCH TRUCKS AND MILT TURNER ... FOR STARTERS.
I LEFT CHICAGO FOR MILWAUKEE IN THE EARLY 1990'S BUT NOW I LIVE IN THE OZARK MOUNTIAN AREA OF MISSOURI, WHERE I HAVE BEEN SINCE SEPT. 2001. I MOVED TO A RURAL AREA AND NOW LIVE ON A 25 ACRE HORSE RANCH. AFTER LIVING IN CHICAGO AND MILWAUKEE, I REALLY LOVE THIS RURAL FARM LIFE.
THE ONLY DOWN SIDE THAT I HAVE FOUND TO LIVING IN THE OZARKS IS THERE ISN'T AS MANY BLUES OUTLETS OR BLUES MUSICIANS AS THERE WAS IN CHICAGO OR EVEN MILWAUKEE BUT, SO MANY OTHER GREAT THINGS HAS HAPPENED TO ME SINCE I HAVE BEEN HERE THAT FAR OUT-WEIGH THAT, THINGS THAT I COULD HAVE NEVER GOTTEN IN THE CITY!
SOME OF MY BLUES INFLUENCES
SOME OF MY DRUM INFLUENCES
an old sound clip