Born in Oakland in 1970, the son of an artist and a programmer, I really got into music at age 14, and my mother, the artist, arranged for me to take guitar lessons with none other than Joe Satriani in Berkeley. What a great influence, if only I'd allowed him to shape my young musical mind. I stuck with the lessons for a whole 6 months and a minimum of practicing, and was ready for my first gig. My Father the programmer was originally from Hammond Louisiana, I would spend my summers there, catfishing in Manshack and listening to the amazing music that poured out of the quarter, I love artists such as; Clarence Gatemouth Brown, Leadbelly, one night I sat in with Bobby Bland at Kee Cee's in Oakland. The fear gripped me like I'd never known. My hands locked up and I couldn't find the key, I needed a drink. Shortly after this I found the underworld of Oakland and Berkeley and instead of a rock star, I decided to pursue my criminal career. Twenty years later after a second trip to prison, I found a music program on my computer, and with my daughters bored one night, I began to create a song for them to sing to. I was showing my twelve year old how easy it is to sing and not be shy, I loved what we came up with, ""I Got A Girl"", and a friend asked who the forty year old black man was singing with my girls in the background. A little compliment was all it took and I started out on an adventure leading to ""Toxic Blues"". I hope you enjoy the music, and if not, I did. And that my friend, is what makes it worth doing. This latest project Leafless, the Title of which I give full creative credit to my seven year old daughter, turns out to be indicative of the direction I am taking. I want this album to be very basic, what you will see at my show, a boy and his guitar.

Rotten This is a love song.

Folk/Acoustic Rock/Americana

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