Instruments: sax, flute, harmonica, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, bass guitar, marimba, conga, oboe, synthesizer, clarinet, bass clarinet, recorder

Musical Influences: Anything from one song, album, or era, to the total music, depending on the artist/group, by (alphabetically): Alice Cooper (the band), Mose Allison, Animals, Gene "Jug" Ammons, Count Basie, Beatles, Captain Beefheart & The Magic Band, Janis Joplin w/ Big Brother & The Holding Company, Bonzo Dog Band, Edgar Broughton Band, James Brown, Roy Brown, Dave Brubeck, Byrds, Cab Calloway, Bo Carter, James Carter, Ray Charles, Ornette Coleman, John Coltrane, Cream, CCR, Miles Davis, Neil Diamond, Willie Dixon, Eric Dolphy, Dave Edmunds, Duke Ellington, Brian Eno, Mick Farren, Jimmy Forrest, Stan Getz, Groundhogs, Nina Hagen, Wynonie Harris, Johnny Hodges, Billie Holiday, Walter Horton, Humble Pie, Buddy Johnson, Louis Jordon, King Crimson, Ronnie Laws, Brent Lewis, Gordon Lightfoot, Mississippi Fred McDowell, Roger Miller, Van Morrison, Mothers Of Invention, David "Fathead" Newman, Houston Person, Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, Wilson Pickett, Pink Floyd (early), Iggy Pop, Otis Redding, Residents, Rolling Stones, Sonny Rollins, Raymond Scott, Sex Pistols, Shadowfax, Ravi Shankar, Jeremy Steig, Sonny Stitt, Big Joe Turner, Velvet Underground, Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson, Violent Femmes, Jr. Walker, T-Bone Walker, Grover Washington Jr., Josh White, Hank Williams Sr., Sonny Boy Williamson (both), Steve Winwood, Bill Withers, Howlin' Wolf, Frank Zappa.

Best Songs: Topsy, Moondance, Lick My Decals Off Baby, Round Midnight, The Gumbo Variations, Ko Ko, Right Place Wrong Time, One Meatball, Banana Boat Song, Blues In The Night.

Worst Songs:
almost anything by Ray Stevens, Bee Gees, Wayne Newton, or any Disc Jockey

Favorite Animal & Why:
Orangutan, Octopus, Toucan, one each for land, sea, and air. The physical characteristics of each make absolutely no rational sense whatsoever. Okay, so much for Darwin's theory, but what was God thinking?

Favorite Soup: Duck

Favorite Cheese:
Gorgonzola

Best Practice Quotes:

Intellectual Quotes:
"kisses are a better fate than wisdom"

Favorite Line/Lyric from one of our original songs:
"like a shadow, can't be touched, but never fades"

Part-Time Job(s):
Air Traffic Manager

Most Memorable Band-Related Happenstance:

Most Bizarre Initial Impression of Another Band Member:
"What planet are these people from?"

Liquid Sustenance While Playing:

Favorite Past Life:

Best "Spellbinding" Activity:

Favorite TV show: