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Fingerstyle
guitar....my passion...my voice. Instrumental music, played on guitar,
banjo, alone, with a group...speaks straight from the heart.
I discovered the thrill and passion of guitar as a teenager. In my college
years, the groundbreaking playing of John Fahey opened the world of solo
fingerstyle guitar, alternate tunings, and wonderful musical strangeness
to me.
After a couple of decades away from guitar while
building and enjoying a satisfying career as an educational psychologist
and university instructor, I've returned to music with unexpected passion
and drive.
I fell in love with the banjo in the 1990's, and
joined High Hills Bluegrass Band, which has been --and still is-- a
fabulous ride! It's a real treat to make music with Leslie Reagan,
Virginia Starling, and Cheryl Richards, my talented and exuberant
bandmates and friends. Soon after forming as a band, High Hills opened for
the Dixie Chicks, and we are happy to have also shared the stage with
other bluegrass greats such as Del McCoury, Ricky Skaggs and Eddie Adcock
at various festivals. We've become regulars at the Coffee Gallery
Backstage in Altadena, and are busy playing many festivals and public and
private events.
In the last couple of years, I've returned to my
first love, acoustic fingerstyle guitar, and through the inspirational
guidance of John Knowles, Judy Fjell, Kay Eskenazi, Harmony Grisman, Eddie
Pennington, Kent Hillman, Eric Schoenberg, and the modeling of Pat
Donohue, Doc Watson, and Marcel Dadi, I've added ideas, skills, and more
mind and heart to playing the guitar than ever before. You'll find me
happily playing solo fingerstyle guitar at Borders Bookstores and at
coffee houses around Southern California.
I know what a blessing it is to have this music in
my life, and it is my greatest pleasure to be able to share it with
others.
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