Drums, Exhaustophone, Guitar, Electronics, Sheet Metal, Free Cymbals, Anything and Everything

Growing up on PUNK ROCK in HOUSTON, I took frequent trips to REAL RECORDS, the PUNK record store. Next door was a tiny little place called THE JAZZ ROOM. I wandered in one day and on impulse bought a copy of ADIEU LITTLE MAN by FRANK WRIGHT and MUHAMMED ALI. I LOVED it! It deeply affected the way i look at music. After many years of exploring INDUSTRIAL MUSIC, COLTRANE, CLASSICAL MUSIC, MUTANT POP, AFRICAN MUSIC, and FOUND SOUNDS, the POP band i was in added saxophone and clarinet and started experimenting with FREE IMPROVISATION as THE DIG QUINTET.

Around 2001, I joined up with multi-instrumentalist, WALTER DANIELS, playing free improvisation and stripped down guitarless BLUES. We released a number of limited issue CDs including, TACHYCARDIA with ECFA leader, CARL SMITH and a 7" record in ITALY on SHAKE YER ASS RECORDS.

I have been living in the BAY AREA off and on since 1989 performing with INSTANT, THE REACTION FREEDOM MACHINE, LIBERTAS, and, most recently, the INDUSTRIAL / FREE IMPROVISATION duo, CRASH & BURN w/ LIZZY BYRNE

I was awarded a scholarship to BERKLEE SCHOOL OF MUSIC in BOSTON but ended up studying music at SAM HOUSTON STATE UNIVERSITY. I hated it.

Over the years I have collaborated with EUGENE CHADBOURNE, WALTER DANIELS, DAVE DOVE, THE SUDDEN IMPULSE GROUP, MARGIE OSBORNE, SCOTTY McLURE, THE REACTION FREEDOM MACHINE, THE B-SIDE DANCERS, CARL SMITH, poet KEN ROACH, INSTANT , THE DIG QUINTET, FREE SONIC ENERGY DUO, and CRASH & BURN