No particular order, Nick Drake, Beatles, Stones, George Harrison, Roxy Music, Brian Eno, Syd Barrett, Neil Young, Bob Dylan, Gram Parsons, Keith Richards, Beach Boys, Sly Stone, Bill Withers, Prince, Pink Floyd, Kraftwerk, Rev. Al Green, The Who, Big Star, The Church, Pavement, Elliott Smith, John Coltrane, Flying Burrito Brothers, Wire, Buzzcocks, The Avengers, Pil, The Clash, Harry Nilsson, John Lennon, Latin Playboys, Mazzy Star, The Bunnymen, The Cure, Joy Division, Sonic Youth, Sergio Mendez, Herb Alpert, Spoon, MC5, Iggy Pop, Alice Cooper, Karl Wallinger, Bill Bottrell, Ali Akbar Khan, Omar Faruk, Beastie Boys, Led Zeppelin, Jimmy Page, Peter Green, The Flaming Lips, The Flaming Groovies, Fleetwood Mac, Stone Roses, Happy Mondays, Bob Marley, Prince Jammy, James Brown, Oscar Wilde, Jerzy Kozinski, Howard Zinn, Terence McKenna, Art Bell, Tangerine Dream, Nina Simone Aimee Mann, Patsy Kline, Jack DeJohnnette, Todd Rundgren, David Bowie, Paul Bowles, J.G Ballard, Survival Research Labs, H.G Wells, Beck, Wassily Kandinsky, Karl Marx, Zero 7, Sigur Roz, Radiohead, Wilco, Walter Gropius, Richard Neutra, The Constructivist Movement, Psilocybe Mushrooms, Swedish Vodka, Wine (Barolo or Pinot Noir) The Tide, The Moon, the Fog, my Family and Ancestors.
I am a songwriter/producer/artist/ and music enthusiast. I started out as the guitarist for the San Francisco post punk outfit The Lifers. Later I replaced Kurt Herr in Wire Train. When Wire Train broke up, I joined the UK band World Party and moved to London for a short time. I played on their critically acclaimed cult classic album "Goodbye Jumbo". Then in the early nineties I met Sheryl Crow and eventually went on to write, play, tour and produce some of her best known hits. In the late nineties I bought a house in the NW hills of Portland Oregon. Recorded and produced my first solo album "Dig Up The Astroturf" with Portland's own electronic whiz kid Keith Schreiner. Over the years I've worked with a myriad of artists like Aimee Mann, Marc Broussard, Rob Thomas, Jem, Stevie Nicks, Guster, Fastball, Pete Droge, Martha Wainwright, Robert Randolph, Natasha Bedingfield, Dada, Dahlia, Pink Martini, Jeremy Toback, Griffin House, Adrienne Pierce, Shotgun Honeymoon, Tommy Stinson. Currently I reside in Manhattan Beach where I have a recording studio with a view of the ocean. I'm also an advocate for the ethical treatment of the blue-footed boobie and surf when I can.
Hey! hows it goin! I don't what to say half the stuff I feel like sayin! It's all good! Not! That's ok, from me & girlfriend sorry! Dud! Hey, I'll catch you later!!
