WHERE IT ALL BEGAN:
My parents gave me a ukulele when I was eight. Soon, I graduated to a six-string acoustic guitar, then on to a lifelong love of instrumental guitar music. My Dad -- always there to encourage my music -- made a deal with me: If I could learn how to play "Mister Sandman", Chet Atkins style, he would buy me that orange Gretsch guitar I'd been drooling over. You've never seen a kid work so hard at learning a song! Well, I learned it. He bought it. And to this day, Mister Sandman is still one of the most requested songs on my set list.
My first pro job: playing lead in a rock band, back when the Golden Oldies were in their infancy, too!
Being self-taught, I don't read music, don't understand music theory, barely know the names of the strings. But here I am decades later, still at it, still loving it...
My parents gave me a ukulele when I was eight. Soon, I graduated to a six-string acoustic guitar, then on to a lifelong love of instrumental guitar music. My Dad -- always there to encourage my music -- made a deal with me: If I could learn how to play "Mister Sandman", Chet Atkins style, he would buy me that orange Gretsch guitar I'd been drooling over. You've never seen a kid work so hard at learning a song! Well, I learned it. He bought it. And to this day, Mister Sandman is still one of the most requested songs on my set list.
My first pro job: playing lead in a rock band, back when the Golden Oldies were in their infancy, too!
Being self-taught, I don't read music, don't understand music theory, barely know the names of the strings. But here I am decades later, still at it, still loving it...
UPCOMING VENUES: april 2026
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CAFE ENTRADA (Tubac Village)
4 Plaza Road, Tubac AZ TUBAC TACO MONDAYS PARTY! EVERY MONDAY, 5:30-7ish (indoors) SAN IGNACIO GOLF CLUB COYOTE GRILL 4201 S. Camino Del Sol, Green Valley AZ EVERY WEDNESDAY, 5-8pm (Dining Room) Reservations suggested * (Pls request to be seated near the musician!) QUAIL CREEK GOLF RESORT THE GRILL 1490 Quail Range Loop, Green Valley AZ SUNDAY BRUNCH, April 19, 10:30-1:30pm Reservations suggested * (Pls request to be seated near the musician!) |
