About

I picked up the guitar at 11 and haven't put it down since. I'm not formally trained — I play by ear — and I'm not tied to any one genre: rock, jazz, Latin, whatever sounds good. Mostly, I just love playing music with other people.

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Then & now

Then

First guitar in the gold chair

Teen jam at home

Hawaiian shirt strat

Outdoor gig in the 80s

On stage in a leather vest

Leather pants and a white strat

Dual guitars on stage

Now

Thinline on stage

Street fair les paul

Courtyard jam session

Street festival stage

Trying out a telecaster

Backyard duo

Resonator guitar

Red magnatone guitar at a festival

Living room jam

Sunburst guitar on the hillside

Acoustic duet on the sofa

Guitar in the mountains

Bands I play with

Bobby Haywood Band

The Example Band

Classic rock covers and a few originals.

Blue Sample Trio

Blues and soul, stripped down.