In the fall of '77, my self taught passion to create music began with a borrowed Epiphone acoustic guitar, a Beatles anthology, and a talented roommate to taunt me. In '78 I left my home-town in humid/frigid Upstate NY to discover the arid Sonoran Desert Southwest.

In May of '82 I surrendered all my worldly haves to attend The (former) School of Guitar Research & Design Center in South Strafford VT. Under the guidance of Charles Fox, I built my own steel string acoustic, which of course has no equal, and is the guitar used in all my recordings. The fall of '83 I recorded my studio demo tape entitled "Endure". Two songs and two instrumentals, one solo.

From the beginning it has never been about being an entertainer. Its about being a guitarist. Its about discovery. The act of creating. The feeling inside the music, and within you, when what you're creating is coming from a source that expresses that part of you you cannot "say". It can only be felt through the performance, the re-