I began learning piano and trombone in the fourth grade, and learned drumming from my Dad and my band director. I started playing in clubs when I was in high school and college.

I went to see The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band at the Multnomah County Fair when I was about 10 and The Buddy Miles Express at the Salem Armory when I was a sophomore in high school. .

Korg M50, ARP Odyssey, Hammond M1, Warwick Corvette SS, Alesis QS8, ARP Solina String Ensemble, Conn 88H Trombone, and many others

Jon Lord, Ian McLagan, Goldy McJohn, Gregg Rollie, Rick Wakeman, Chick Corea, Jimmy Smith, Otis Spann, Jerry Yahna, Forrest Daniel, Shirley Etzel, Jimi Hendrix, Greg Hawkes, Keith Emerson, Jurgen Fritz, Steve Porcaro, Jack Bruce, Gary Thain, Mel Schacher, Geddy Lee, Phillip Volk, Paul Revere, Drake Levin, Mike "Smitty Smith, Mark Lindsay, The Beatles, Rob Grill, Small Faces.

I have been writing music for my main music project, Bon Ton Key Club the last few years, but played keyboards for The Control Boys, Backlash, and Small Wonder before I began my own solo project.

Probably either the Salem Armory or the Starry Night in Portland, which later became the Roseland Theater. On another occasion, we played in Seattle for a major promoter and a large crowd, and had pleurisy, so I couldn't move at all or I couldn't breathe. It was the weirdest night in my life.