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Timeline
1968:
Bass Player for The Ravens, St. Petersburg, Florida.
The Ravens played opening act for The Yardbirds, The Who, The Hollies, Blues Image, and had one single release on Laurie Records, "Calamity Jane"
1969-70:
Freelance jamming with The Allman Brothers, The Outlaws, Blues Image, New Iron Butterfly and members of Captain Beyond
1972-74:
Lead guitarist for Washington DC based R&B band , The Soul Blenders, playing the music of Wilson Pickett, Bobby Womack and James Brown.
1975:
Lead guitarist for '50's R&B Okeh recording artist, Little Joe Cook and The Thrillers
1976:
Formed three piece group, Storm, playing original music inspired by Jimi Hendrix, Buddy Miles and Billy Cox (A Band Of Gypsies). Also recorded with R&B artist from Boston, Richie Lee and The Pack
1977:
Guitarist for Boston-based band The Beams, opening shows for Cheap Trick, Leslie West (Mountain), The Runaways - showcased for Columbia Records
1978:
Rock trio, Buck, performed with Aerosmith and Rick Derringer, competed against Rush in a showcase for Phonogram Records - released 45rpm single "Just For You" on Rat Records. Other members of Buck included Stephen Forest (formerly with England's "Siverhead", toured Japan with Deep Purple) and Mick Hough ( from "Flash", British band formed by Peter Banks of "Yes").
1979:
Jammed around the Hollywood area, picked by Bumps Blackwell (Little Richard's producer and manager, co-writer of "Good Golly Miss Molly") as first choice for his new R&B act that almost happened.
1980:
Lead and rhythm guitarist, vocalist and co-writer in the original line-up of Jon Butcher Axis (Capital Records)
1981-85:
Fronted several original line-ups, including The Furies and The New Ravens.
1986:
Songwriter for Liverpool's Mersey-Era band, The Searchers, for thier "comeback" album. Some of this material was included in their 25th aniversary show at The London Paladium, as well as the shows on their U.S. tour.
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1986-92:
This period, marked by a hand injury, forced an early (but thankfully temporary) semi-retirement and focus was redirected from performance to composition
1992- 2004:
Returning to the music scene, focus has been on playing the blues rooms around New England with the likes of Peter Wolf (former J. Geils Band) K.D. Bell, BBQ Bob, Blues Express, Leroy Pina (J.B. Hutto and Albert King), The Blues Hounds, and Phil Doucette's Bluesmen. A performance was filmed for the televised series "Blues On Fire", and a recent concert was held in Norway with one of Norway's top bands, MaarudKara (a very positive experience - Norway ROCKS!!) .
2004-2007
October, 2004 marks the return home to Florida after 35 years spent on the road and in the club scene in the North East. The trip down saw me driving through the remnants of hurricane Jeanne. Hell or high water couldn't keep me from going back home!
Formed Roadhouse Rockers with Pug Baker and Jeff Cinotti. Roadhouse Rockers become the house band hosting the increasingly successful Monday night blues jams at Ka' Tiki, on Sunset Beach, Treasure Island, FL., and can be found playing St. Petersburg's #1 Blues venue, The Ringside Cafe.
