Playing Music, Hiking, Running, Reading, Card Games, Traveling the World, Good Food, Good Wine, Dogs, and crusin' around Nashville in the Delmont 88 convertible
Music
Radiohead; Travis; Beck; The Meters; Neil Young; Rufus Wainwright; Spoon; Joseph Arthur; The Shins; Iron & Wine; Joshua Radin; Ray Lamontagne; Thom Yorke; Amy Winehouse; Luke Reynolds; Chris Cornell; Les Claypool; The Band; Red Hot Chili Peppers; Patty Griffin; Bonnie Raitt; Gillian Welch; Lucinda Williams; Norah Jones; The Roots; J.J. Cale; Guy Clark; Old and In the Way; John Hartford; John Mayer; Sheryl Crow; Emmylou Harris; James McMurtrey; Coldplay; all types of Classical and Bluegrass.
Movies
Favorite Movie of All Time: Moonstruck
Television
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Books
Some recent favorites; Running with Scissors, Kitchen Confidential, A Cooks Tour, Water for Elephants, The Kite Runner, The Lovely Bones, A Year in the Merde, September, Back Roads, The Picture of Dorian Gray, Possible Side Effects, and as always, my standby, Calvin and Hobbes.
Heroes
Les Claypool; Flea; Sheryl Crow; John Kahn; Roy Husky Jr.; Emmylou Harris; and my mom!
About me: I've played music all my life. I grew up in Livermore, Ca. where my Mom (mathematician/flutist) and Dad (chemist/vocalist) started me on piano at the age of three. I moved through lots of instruments, flute, violin, french horn, eventually settling on the cello and upright bass. I attended Berklee College of Music on a scholarship where I majored in Jazz Performance. After meeting a bunch of bluegrassers in college, I left after three years to play in the Two High String Band. It was while I was living in Austin and playing with them that I met Peter Rowan. I started playing with Peter in the fall of '98, then Tony Rice joined up in '99 to form the Peter Rowan & Tony Rice Quartet. Years later, I moved away from the beautiful Texas hill country to Nashville, where I currently live. That move proved to be the best thing that ever happened to me. I'm still playing upright bass and cello, and I'm honing my vocal skills. Last year I was on the road with Patty Griffin on her "Children Running Through" tour. I had an awesome time! Who knows what's in store for this year, stay tuned...
Here are more projects I'm involved in:
Current Bands:
The Tony Rice Unit
Darrell Scott
Jedd Hughes
Ford Turrell
Megan McCormick
Darol Anger's Republic of Strings
Angel Snow
Peter Bradley Adams
Jim Lauderdale
Bands I've played in:
Patty Griffin
Peter Rowan & Tony Rice Quartet
Old and in the Gray
Darrell Scott
Steve Earle and The Bluegrass Dukes
Nashville Mandolin Ensemble
Uncle Earl
Guy Clark
Shawn Camp
Jim Lauderdale
Marty Stuart and the Fabulous Superlatives
Jeff Austin and Friends
Justin Townes Earle
People I've played onstage with:
Emmylou Harris
Ray Price
Marty Stuart
Kenny Vaughan
Ian McLagan
Bela Fleck
Allison Krauss
Jerry Douglas
Sam Bush
Chris Thiele
Mark Howard
Gillian Welch
Dave Rawlings
Vassar Clements
Mark O'Connor
Michael Doucet
David Doucet
David Bromburg
Linda Ronstadt
Tim O'Brien
Darrell Scott
Mike Marshall
Yonder Muntain String Band
Jeff Austin
Oteil Burbridge
Stuart Duncan
Jon Randall
Ralph Stanley
Some albums I've played on:
"Somedays the Song Writes You" - Guy Clark
"Workbench Songs" - Guy Clark
"Quartet" - Peter Rowan and Tony Rice
"You Were There for Me" - Peter Rowan and Tony Rice
"Old and in the Gray" - Old and in the Gray
"High Lonesome Cowboy" - Don Edwards and Peter Rowan
"Ford Turrell" - Ford Turrell
"Generation Nation" - Republic of Strings
"The Good Life" - Justin Townes Earle
"Midnight at the Movies" - Justin Townes Earle
"Jedd Hughes" - Jedd Hughes
"Megan McCormick" - Megan McCormick
TV shows I've been on:
David Letterman
Jay Leno
Ellen Degeneres
Movies I'm in:
"Bluegrass Journey"
"Music Farmers"
This is a show from August 1st in Santa Fe...
Who I'd like to meet: People who love what they do
After you've finished here, you may like to hear this poem sung on myspace...
Poem 162 of 230, WalkaboutsVerse (please see my blog): TEES TO TYNE: FIRST IMPRESSIONS - SUMMER 2001
Where traditions are not so rare; Sea, country and works scent the air; A multitude of monuments, Planted tubs and patterned pavements.
The longish pedestrian malls; The remnants of defensive walls; Historic buildings are a gauge Of the respect for heritage.
Wheat, rape and pines in the fields; Estuaries guarded by shields; Long sandy beaches and wide scenes; Romantic-ruin go-betweens.
Rivers in parts licked by trees, Or fringed by boat clubs, wharfs, gantries, And crossed by practical delights - Varied spans, forming pleasing sights.
Fine churches headed at Durham; Football kits ad infinitum; Kept castles - one for study; Masonry behind masonry.
And, with moulding-works out that way, It’s somewhere for a longer stay..?
Hey, I recorded a new song a few days ago, it's called Masquerade--based on the ballroom scene of Romeo and Juliet. Just wanted to stop by and give you the free download if you'd like it and haven't picked it up yet:
I hope you enjoy it; if you do, please pass it on to your friends and spread the love :)
Hi there! Hope you can make it to our next show at Jasper O'Farrells in Sebastopol, Ca. on October 9th! The Rovetti Experience will be playing rock, swing, blues and a tad bit of bluegrass. So if you like to dance, or just want to check out a great band, Jasper O'Farrells is the happening spot to be for the night of October 9th. Show starts at 10:00pm. Also, if you stick around till the end of the show, there will be a special treat involving fire and violin called Classical Element. Your support is always much appreciated. Thanks!
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