Hometown: Oxford, PA (originally)   Oak Bluffs, MA (currently)

Favorite Place: Mother Earth

All-Time Favorite Bands/Artists: Steely Dan, Little Feat, Allman Brothers, The Beatles, Ray Charles, James Brown, Muddy Waters, Jimi Hendrix Experience, Stevie Wonder, Chuck Berry, Bob Dylan, The Funk Brothers

All-Time Favorite Jazz Artists: John Coltrane, Charlie Parker, Miles Davis, Thelonius Monk, Wes Montgomery, Frank Morgan, Clifford Brown, Elvin Jones, Louis Armstrong, Billie Holiday, Django Reinhardt, Charlie Christian

Favorite Concert Memories: Led Zeppelin (early 1970s); Muddy Waters (early 1970s); Roy Buchanan (1971); Bruce Springsteen (1975 – small venue, front row!); Maceo Parker (every time); Jimmy Cliff (1999); Talking Heads (1977 – small club); Jamie Cullum (2004)

Bands/Artists I’d Like To See in Concert: Prince, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Ani DiFranco, Usher, Steve Earle

Unsung Heroes: Pat McLaughlin, Hal Blaine, David Landau, Jerry Bergonzi, Billy Pierce, Winston Grennan

Too Soon Gone: John Lennon, Jimi Hendrix, Lowell George, Terry Kath, Danny Gatton, Stevie Ray Vaughn, Eva Cassidy

Favorite Quote #1: “There are three kinds of lies – lies, damned lies and statistics.” – Benjamin Disraeli

Favorite Quote #2: “There are two tragedies in life. One is to lose your heart’s desire. The other is to gain it.” – George Bernard Shaw

Favorite Quote #3: “The total number of stars in the universe is greater than all the grains of sand on all the beaches of the planet Earth.” – Carl Sagan

Favorite Quote #4: “Every day is a gift.” – George Davis