Thelonious Monk, Andrea Parkins/Jim Black/Ellery Eskelin, Teodoro Anzellotti, This Heat, Morton Feldman, Henry Cow, Pentangle, Dino Saluzzi, Charles Ives, Jimi Hendrix, Soft Machine, Sonic Youth, Art Ensemble of Chicago, Tim Berne, Howe Gelb, Pauline Oliveros, Ornette Coleman, Eddie Prevost, John Cage, Cornelius Cardew, Otomo Yoshihide, John Fahey, Loren Mazzacane Connors, Jim O'Rourke, Alfredo Costa Monteiro, Rudiger Carl, Gus Viseur, Bill Evans, Cecil Taylor, Don Pullen, Misha Mengelberg, cut out bins, everyone I've ever played music with, food, family, fatigue...
Accordionist, pianist, and auto-didact guitarist living a bifurcated musical existence in creative free improvisation and pan-stylistic tuneage - from micro-improv to folk rock.
(Ir)regular compadres:
Rhythm Mantis - drums, percussion, melodica
Loren M. Ludwig - electric and acoustic viol da gamba
Michael Thomas Jackson - clarinet and electronics
Aaron Bachelder - drums and computer
Matt Smith - guitar, trumpet, etc.
DJ Methodikal - komputor, drummage
GSE - komputor
Wendy Hsu - accordion, guitar and pedals
a.o.
Regular compadres:
Lua
Thomas Gunn - gtr, vocals, dark rum
Jose Maria - vocals, gtr, good vibes
Organ Trio with various guitarists:
Peter Richardson - gtr
George Turner - gtr
R. Bruce Fickley - gtr
a.o.
