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this happened in 2013:

i dont play music anymore and it seems kind of weird. i was in a car accident in 2013 - ironically on my way to a gig. i got some traumatic brain injury (tbi) and it messed me up. as bad as it was, i couldn't walk and move my head at the same time. a lot of symptoms and therapy etc etc. bottom line was i built it out of my life and i haven't been able to build it in again... its just what happened

this happened a long time ago:

i got a tony the tiger drum kit when i was one. i played the piano when i was five. my father told me to play bass and sing and i could get more gigs than if i played drums or guitar. i played through college. i sold all my gear and stopped playing for a long time and raised four kids and various animals. when they were old enough where i could leave them with a bowl of water and a window open, i started to play again.

2008 - hunter mountain irish festival

i play mostly bass and sing some too. it gets me the most gigs and i love to play music. im a bit of a jack of all trades - solid in many a musical genre. i am a quick study. i do my homework. i arrive sober and on time. i work in the studio and on the road. i am not a diva but i refuse to work with lemurs or in plaid leotard (as far as you know)

there are plenty of guys with faster chops and eleventeen-string basses and collections of the same bass in 39 forms. some of those people are assholes. i am not. people tell me they like my playing and i am easy to work with (except sometimes i end sentences in prepositions). i keep getting work so i guess that counts for more than all the talk does

i have worked with a lot of people, most of whom were superlative musicians. some people you may know, some people you may not. im not much of a name dropper or jock sniffer - i just want to make excellent music

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