Rock songwriter • guitarist • vocalist
Where do you find your creative inspiration?
In the everyday gift of life.
Are there any songs you regret releasing?
No songs, but maybe some perfomances.
Who are some of your musical/personal heroes?
Way too many to list. However, some of them are Dion and The Belmonts, Ritchie Havens, Bobby Darin, The Four Tops, The Spinners, Smokey Robinson, and of course the Beatles.
Regarding your featured song — what’s it about?
Almost a year ago, Ritchie Havens called me to say hi and we spoke for quite a while. He told me that the Cannes film festival was flying him in to do a performance for Sean Penn who was receiving and award and that he was one of Sean Penn’s favorite recording artists. Seeing as Ritchie and I have known each other for over 40 years, I said to him, “Man, that’s great! We’re getting away with murder to still be doing what we love at our age!” Ritchie, then said, “Hey man, I’m just getting started! I’m just beginning!” I laughed and told him that I was going to write a song about that. Now you have the song. Which I recorded in my home studio. Everything you hear on the song is myself doing the one man band thing. I haven’t even released it yet. So enjoy the exclusive.
Listen to the featured song!
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