Hello, and thanks for stopping by my little particle on the internet.  I'll give you a little background about myself.  I am a singer songwriter, mostly influenced by contemporary folk, gospel and rock. I've been surrounded by musical notes since I can't remember, and it actually seemed relatively natural to respond to that backdrop through inventions of my own, ...in time.

    My father was a rock and roller that got messed up in that whole coming off the hippy generation, rock scene, yea, behold ...southern rock  - The whole turn that seemed to happen after Hell's

Angels members publically murdered at a Rolling Stones concert. That's when the iron was hot for pops.  He was involved with gangs and it really sent my world into a spin early on, as a son.  Music was such a refuge for me back then.  After hearing the song In My Room by Brian Wilson, I thought, "that's me", ...along with my parents collection of 45s I knew  there was something in  this world of music calling me out.

    When I hit my teen years  Iwas attracted to songs that seemed to repel the interest of others in my sphere.  For example, when I got a hold of a copy of Astral Weeks by Van Morrison, I wore it out.  My friends thought I was crazy for listening to projects like that.  I was hungry for music that was interesting and had something to say in a time culturally and age-wise in which what you needed to say seemed to mean very little.  Okay, I could ramble on about this particular subject but I'll move on.

    Although music was and is such a big part of my life, my interest in writing poetry is what initially inspired me to get serious about writing, and playing guitar together.  This happened while I was in college.  I had already been playing guitar for a while, playing covers and other friends' songs in rock bands, but I hadn't put my own poetry and the music thing together until this time.  To mesh them together lit a fire for me.  To me songwriting has become an art form to say something through creative means. My basic goal is to explore my God-given individuality and uniqueness through the message of word & song in a way that connects with others and at best encourages others, ..and myself.   Through that honesty I think there's always someone out there who'll say, "me too" or "I needed to hear that", ...after all we're all in this soup together.  Peace out brothers and sisters!

Aug. 23

7:00pm

Millstone

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7:00pm

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9:00pm

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Sept. 13

7:00pm

Millstone