Born in Boston, though the exact hospital
and all it's records have disapeared completely.
Raised in Sudbury Mass 20 miles west of beantown,
with pro audio / studio equipment all around. Spent around 35 years in that area, but a good bit of road work etc.
Got my dobro there in '70 when one studio closed
and I was told to hold on to this for awhile.. looks like 35 years so far...
I ran my owqn studios from around 1973 till 1990 or so,
when ear fatigue and generally wanting quieter times set in a bit.
A big turn towards acoustic musics.
Ended up in NYC around 1990, started playing standup bass, Had my 6 string elec. bass built,
and got my MOTS Supro there to add to the Dobro.
Spent 5 years there playing bluegrass, symphonic music and of course jazz.
Next ended up spending 5 years in or around Paris France.
To my great surprise...
Played a bit of classical, some jazz caberet back up.
Salsa and jazz in a 6 piece band, we played the France World Cup host cycle,
hired by the Paris Metro system for a string of football related gigs.
And a surprising amount of irish and other celtic based trad musics.
Then 5 years in the south of France.
I picked up the forum and my Sho-Bud there.
I played american blues /bluegrass /celtic cross with an mostly acoustic band and assorted jazz manouche and blues country gigs.
Including Billy Bob's in EuroDisney on steel and mandolin.
As of the last 6 months I am picking in Thailand
and bopping around asia.
Apparently I have the best wine cellar on the island...
( Someone peeked in today and just plotzed..
)
I don't know how long I will be here,
but 5 years seems a minimum...
"One never knows, do one?"