I've been playing guitar since I was 11 years old. For the last 20 or so years, I've made and played original music in two band settings, as well as at my desk or in my basement. The band stuff can be heard at these individual band sites:
Fellaheen — sort of an east-meets-west thing, in the spirit of Tom Waits, Leonard Cohen, The Velvet Underground, Sparklehorse, and the like, with my most frequent collaborators being Kaveh Haghtalab, Joe Borthwick, and Mark Orlandini, as well as a number of other great musicians too numerous to mention. CLICK HERE TO VISIT SITE
DEMOS/Works in Progress — Nothing here is much above the demo level. Nevertheless, I persist ... more to come:
At some point, I need to revisit the lyrics and vocals. Kaveh Haghtalab played the kick-ass drums at the end.
Dogpile on the Rabbit recorded a group version of this one. This track features Joe Borthwick on upright bass, playing a beautiful Richard Davis-inspired part.
Sort of a Joy Division / New Order-ish vibe. Dogpile wound up working this one up.
Dogpile recorded this as well, but I like the feel of the demo too. My friend David Bills co-wrote the lyrics with me, gleaning sense out of some wordless mumbling.
My friend Vince posted a photo of his wife on the beach during the pandemic, with the caption "Stacey in the Wind with Quarantine Hair". Made for a great song title, so I borrowed it.
The weird guitar sounds are made with an effect called an envelope follower, which I first heard on the Who’s ”Going Mobile”. “Annie” I imagined to be Anne Sexton.
A straight Dylan ripoff, with tips of the hat to Robert Johnson ...
A song I wrote when my father died. He was a scientist, a sailor, and a lover of poetry and cowboy songs. "Red River Valley" was his favorite.
A little meditation on aging, playing off a double meaning of the word "decline."
Some more Waitsian strangeness. My ferret companion at the time, a lovely girl named Emily, loved to climb onto the piano and make a racket.
Solo Videos — Handmade at home ...
Nostalgia Ain't What It Used to Be ...
When I was in my early 20's, I was in a band called Hip Shy that played around the east coast from 1984-1987. The band featured Adam Bushman on drums, Mark Francione on bass and vocals, and myself on guitar, vocals, and harmonica.
As a guitar-based power pop punkish trio, we were out-of-step with the synthesizer bands popular at the time. But we had some fun. We recorded and released one album called Adventures in Reckless Philosophy.
