Bio

Been a music hound since I was a little kid, banging on pots and pans with spoons, dancing around the house, and always singing along with tunes on the radio. Then a friend gave me a broken down old acoustic that I played around with until the neck fell off. Got a little nylon string acoustic for my 6 birthday and the rest is history. First electric was a gift in 6th grade for getting good grades and signed up for first official lessons. Took lessons off and on through high school and had a couple of different bands that played house/barn parties. During college, I was really deep into the blues, mostly SRV, Clapton, Albert King, and of course Jimi. Digesting this material and teaching myself as much of the tunes I dug really helped my playing a ton. Also started to dig into the Grateful Dead and started trading tapes of shows. Post college, I performed with a few bands that were short lived and also regularly played with some colleagues for work related events. Things changed dramatically when I moved from Minnesota to the SF Bay Area. Put together a cover band with some friends and played regularly in local joints for a decade. Also started my amplifier business in 2006 with the intent of marketing hand built tube amps for the boutique market. When my band broke up, it was time to pursue one of my passions, drums and space inspired band. The project started out as a free form jam with a number of different local artists, which dwindled down to just myself and my friend William. We decided to keep this effort moving and formed Evidence of Smoke. The plan was to do purely improv sessions and take it from there. Now about 8 years into it we have a regular following and perform 6-10 per year in between hosting a house concert series throughout the warm months. Outside of music, I have many passions. My education is BS in Microbiology and Chemistry and Masters in Computer Science, thus I have delved into a 20+ year love of brewing beer and messing around with computers mostly for music related endeavors.