About Me
I LOVE ART SO I PAINT,SKETCH,LETTER,DESIGN,DREAM,LOVE LIFE.PLAY GUITAR,BEEN IN BANDS,NONE RIGHT NOW.ENJOY WRITING,NOW WORKING ON A BOOK OF ROCK'N'ROLL SINCE I'VE WATCHED IT GROW FROM THE START.STILL ROCKIN'WITH EVERYONE FROM ELVIS TO SNOW PATROL.FAVE BANDS:YES,PINK FLOYD,GENESIS,RUSH,BLACKFOOT,STONES,KENNY WAYNE SHEPPERD,ZEP,CLAPTON,ZZTOP,SUPERTRAMP,GINO VANNELLI,STING,DUANE EDDY,STEVIE RAY VAUGHAN,MILES DAVIS,DIZZY GILLESPE,EAGLES,WES MONTGOMERY,JOHN COLTRANE,LES PAUL& MARY FORD,SPIKE JONES & HIS CITY SLICKERS,DIRE STRAITS,CHET ATKINS,MY
BAND JOKER,MY SON'S BANDS,SPIRE,EREHWON,STYX,SKYNYRD,OUTLAWS,ALLMAN BROS.,YARDBIRDS,QUEEN,KING CRIMSON,
JIMMY BUFFETT,CHARLIE DANIELS,WILLIE NELSON,BB KING,CHRIS DUARTE,FISHBONE,FOGHAT,JOHN MAYER,NORAH JONES,
BUDDY GUY,ROBRT JOHNSON,BIG BILL BROONZEY,OTIS REDDING,JIMI HENDRIX,BOBBY BLAND,JULIE LONDON,CORRINE BAILEY RAE,JOE BONAMASSA,JIMMY REED,CHICO HAMILTON,GABOR SZABO,RICK WAKEMAN,JON ANDERSON,VANGELIS,GEORGIA KELLY,BELA FLECK & THE FLECKTONES,VICTOR WOOTEN,BILL BRUFORD,EMERSON,LAKE & PALMER,ASIA,DEEP PURPLE,ROBIN TROWER............AH,TOO MANY TO LIST.I COULD FILL A BOOK...............
Occupation
FREELANCE ARTIST/MUSICIAN/SOON 2B AUTHOR
Favorite Music
I LOVE EVERYTHING EXCEPT SOME OPERA AND THAT "CRY IN YOUR BEER" COUNTRY,MOST RAP,SOME HIP-HOP AND MUNDANE COMMERCIAL POP AND ADVERTISEMENTS.......BOOOOOOOOOOOOOORRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRING.
I LOVE ROCK,JAZZ,BLUES OR ANYTHING CLEVER OR INTELLIGENT.
I LIKE CLASSICAL:STOKOWSKI'S VERSION OF THE ALPINE SYMPHONY,TCHIAKOVSKY,BEETHOVEN,RICHARD STRAUSS,SEBELIUS,MOZART,STRAVINSKY,MUUSSORSKY,RICHARD ROGER'S VICTORY AT SEA,GROFE,S GRAND CANYON SUITE
ALBERT ASHKENAZY'S BEETHOVEN SONATAS,EUGENE ORMANDY&THE PHILADLEPHIA PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA PERFORMING THE 1812 OVETURE-THEE BEST VERSION I'VE EVER HEARD.
Favorite Shows & Movies
MOVIES:FANTASIA,PETER PAN,BEN HUR,OF HUMAN BONDAGE,TAMI SHOW,WOODSTOCK,A SAR IS BORN,2001-A SPACE ODDESY,2010,CLOSE ENCOUNTERS,THE BLACK HOLE,CRY WOLF,QUEST FOR FIRE,THE ABYSS,CONTACT.
1970'S TV SHOWS:ABC'S IN CONCERT,MIDNIGHT SPECIAL,TOM SNYDER,THEN CAME BRONSON,STURDAY NIGHT LIVE,MONTY PYTHON'S FLYING CIRCUS,SECOND CITY TV,THREE STOOGES,ROCKY&BULLWINKLE.
1950-60'S RADIO SHOWS:THE LONE RANGER,SGT.PRESTON&YUKON KING,ARTHUR GODFREY,LIBERACE,THE PAUL WHITEMAN
SHOW,AMOS&ANDY,FIBBER McGEE AND MOLLY,THE SHADOW.
1950-60'S TV SHOWS:RIN TIN TIN,MIGHTY MOUSE,CAPTAIN VIDEO,SKY KING,WALT DISNEY,TWILIGHT ZONE,BARNABY,
CAPTAIN PENNY,SPIKE JONES,MILTON BERLE,KIT CARSON,ROUGH RIDER,BUCK ROGERS,ROY ROGERS AND DALE EVANS,SUPERMAN,CAPTAIN KANGAROO W/TOM TERRIFIC AND GASTON LE CRAYON,YOGI BEAR,ROCKY AND BULLWIKLE,3 STOOGES,SNAGGLEPUSS,HUCKLEBERRY HOUND,BUGS BUNNY W/ DAFFY,ELMER FUDD,YOSIMETE SAM,ROAD RUNNER.WOODY WOODPECKER-HEY,WHATEVER HAPPENED TO GOOD AND DOWNRIGHT FUNNY SHOWS FOR KIDS!!!!!!!!!!! THE LES PAUL AND MARY FORD SHOW,SEAHUNT,SILENT SERVICE,ED SULLIVAN SHOW,THE GROUCHO MARX SHOW,HIGHWAY PATROL,HAVE GUN WILL TRAVEL,MISSION IMPOSSIBLE,MAVERICK,LASSIE,DAVEY CROCKETT W/ FESS PARKER AND BUDDY EBPSON,STEVE ALLEN SHOW,FORERUNNER OF JACK PAAR THEN JOHNNY CARSON,RED SKELTON,ERNIE KOVACS AS PERCY DOVETONSILS
SHOWS:XMAS SHOWS AT THE CLEVELAND ARMORY WHERE I FIRST SAW ROY ORBISON.ALSO THERE WERE CUSTOM AND HOT ROD SHOWS WHERE I SAW THE AZTEC BY GEORGE BARRIS,THE ALA-KART(1959)AND BIG DADDY DON GARLITS SWAMP RAT
DRAGSTER.OH,TIME TO STOP.I COULD GO ON FOREVER...............
Favorite Books
ARTHUR C CLARKE'S 2001 AND 3001,CARL SAGAN'S COSMOS,ERIC CLAPTON'S BIO AND PATTY BOYD'S BIO,BENJIMAN FRANKLIN BY WALTER ISSAC,GREEN MANSIONS BY (I FORGOT) A SUMMER PLACE BY (?),ALBERT EINSTEIN,ANYTHING WRITTEN BY ISSAC AZIMOV OR STEPHEN HAWKING........EVEN JEAN DIXON HAD ME GOING FOR AWHILE TIL SHE WAS
PROVED TO BE A BIT OF A HOAX.......BUT THEN YOU HAVE NOSTRADAMUS.....hmmmmmm....................nah!(?)
Interests
SEE "ABOUT ME".I'M INTERESTED IN LIVING LIFE TO THE FULLEST.I'M INTERESTED IN EVERYONE AND EVERYTHING.FROM TOM WAITS TO CHARLOTTE CHURCH.FROM VAUGHAN MONROE TO ARTHUR GODFREY TO CHUCK BERRY TO MICK JAGGER TO JOHN HOLMES TO LINSEY DAWN MCKINZEY TO GEORGE CARLIN TO STEVIE NICKS TO JOE WALSH TO TINY TIM TO RITCHIE
BLACKMORE TO KEITH RELF TO JENNA JAMESON TO CANDY SPRINKLES TO JOHN F. KENNEDY TO JOHN PARRE TO RICKY NELSON TO RED SKELTON TO JAMES BROWN TO PETE CETERA TO BUDDY MILES TO CARLOS SANTANA TO MORGANA KING TO JAYNE MANSFIELD(POOR LADY) TO MARILYN MONROE(POOR LADY)TO JANIS JOPLIN(POOR LADY)TO JIM MORRISON(POOR
GUY)TO DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER TO WILLIAM F. BUCKLEY TO TIMOTHY LEARY TO EVIL KINEVIL TO SKIP JAMES TO CURT COBAIN TO BOBBY VEE TO FREDDY CANNON TO GLADYS KNIGHT TO SALVADOR DALI' TO BRUNO(ANCIENT GUY THAT
GOT BURNED AT THE STAKE FOR BELIEVING IN OTHER SUNS WITH PLANETS)THEN TO GALLILEO TO MICHELANGELO TO
LEONARDO DA VINCI TO KEPPLER TO HARRY TRUMAN TO AXL ROSE TO ALBERT EINSTEIN TO STEPHEN
HAWKING...OH,ENUFF.
STAND BEHIND OUR SOLDIERS OR FEEL FREE TO STAND IN FRONT OF THEM......PEACE,LOVE AND HAPPINESS...DEEP!