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Born: Great Falls, MT.  Raised: Fairborn, OH.  Parents from KY, dad played mandolin in the living room, mom sang in the kitchen.  Wife: Megan, plays piano.  Son: Henry Lee, future rock star.  Currently in Littleton, CO, with rehearsal space.

Electric Bass since 1971, Upright Bass since 1996.

Experience:  bluegrass, American folk, blues, Irish, classic rock, heavy metal, southern rock, singer-songwriter, alt-country, americana, funk, and disco.  No jazz, no classical (yet).

Current gear:

2001 Samuel Shen SB180 3/4 hybrid    link

1999 Rob Allen MB-1 fretless 5-string    link

1996 Lakland 55-94 cherryburst 5-string    link

1976 Fender Precision natural

1968 Ampeg AMUB-1 fretless    link

1968 Harmony H22 hollowbody    link

Euphonic Audio iAmp-800    link

Euphonic Audio NL-210    link

EBS Drome combo, 150W, 1x12    link

Acoustic Image Contra combo, 150W, w/ EX extension cabinet    link

Revolution Solo piezo doublebass pickup    link

1997 Sadowsky outboard preamp    link

Big Muff π, EBS UniChorus, EBS Octabass, Yamaha AG Stomp, BBE Stinger, Boss AutoWah, Samson wireless.

Influences include:  Gary Thain, Willie Dixon, Me'Shell Ndegeocello, Roger Glover, Paul McCartney, Gerald Johnson, Kenny Gradney, Ray Brown, Jack Casady, Barrry Bales, Pat Daugherty, James Jamerson, Speck Rhodes, Bakithi Kumalo, John Wetton, Aston "Family Man" Barrett, John Entwistle, Edgar Meyer, Berry Oakley, Boz Burrell, Tina Weymouth, C. F. Turner, Geezer Butler, Mike Bub, Stanley Clarke, Leland Sklar, Hutch Hutchinson, George Porter Jr., Timothy B. Schmit, Roy Huskey Jr., Bob Glaub, John Lennon, Jaco Pastorius, Frank Zappa, Ingrid Bergman, Jack Kirby, Jimmy Connors, George Harrison, Larry Fine, Adam Ant, Otiel Burbridge, John Coltrane, Steve McQueen, Jimi Hendrix, David Lynch, Frank Miller, Bill Monroe, Martin Luther King Jr., Keith Richards, Simon Bisley, Buck Owens, Muddy Waters, Rowan & Martin, Ray Charles, Steve Ditko, Miles Davis, Humphrey Bogart, Captain Beyond, John Hartford, W. C. Fields, Johnny Cash, Tom Robbins, Harpo Marx, and, of course . . . Hollywood's Mitzi Gaynor.

Here's a few random (fairly recent) gig pix, for the visually inclined -

                 

              

Discography -  Here's a list of recent and varied works containing my bass playing.  You should be able to find most of these on the web  and listen to some tracks.  (I'll add the covers and a link where I can)

Harbor - Marc Douglas Berardo  (all me, on fretless-5, and upright on track 13)

Sidetracked - Mark Mirando  (EP, fretless-5 on tracks 2 & 3)

HOE - Dick Neal  (mostly me on standup, all except tracks 3, 9, 12)

When The Love Ran Deep - Anne Marie Menta  (I'm on tracks 1, 3, 5, 6, 8, 10, on fretted & fretless 5's)

Empty Wallet - Ryan Hartt & The Blue Hearts  (all me, upright and Harmony H22 for one track, or maybe it was P-bass)