Honky Tonk, Rockabilly, Surf, Soul, Frat Rock, Garage Rock, Western Swing, Hillbilly Boogie, Jump Blues, Psychobilly, Rhythm and Blues, Swamp Pop, Cajun, Conjunto, Mariachi, Boogie Woogie, Western Bop, Old Timey, Cowpunk, Greaser Rock & Roll, Country Soul, Alt-Country, etc.Taycheedah by Crazy Rocket Fuel
Movies
Joe Dirt, The Usual Suspects, Sin City, Napoleon Dynamite, Army of Darkness, The Misfits, Anything with John Wayne, Gregory Peck, Don Knotts, Steve McQueen, Jimmy Stewart.
Television
King of the HIll, The Simpsons, My Name is Earl, The Office
Books
Crime fiction, westerns, books about guitars and biographies of old rock, blues and country artists.
Heroes
my dad
The Chickenshack's Details
Status:
In a Relationship
Orientation:
Straight
Hometown:
Milwaukee Wisconsin
Body type:
Some extra baggage
Ethnicity:
White / Caucasian
Religion:
Protestant
Zodiac Sign:
Aries
Smoke / Drink:
No / Yes
Children:
Undecided
Education:
Some college
The Chickenshack Gearin' up for the Milwaukee Rockin' Showcase. 6 bands, 10 bucks. 11/21. All Ages, bar w/ ID. 9:30 pm, sharp. Posted at 1:09 PM Nov 17 view more
About me: I have always been nuts about music. As a child I was pretty much sheltered from rock and roll and pop music in general as I was raised in a fairly conservative, fundamentalist household. Don't worry I've long since reformed. Once I learned to read my family would take weekly trips to the public library. While records that my friends would bring over or records that I begged for at garage sales or whatever were unacceptable, for some reason records at the library were considered okay. It was there, while perusing the "safe" LPs that I discovered the Johnny Cash Live at Folsom record, several installments of the Elvis discography as well as various other rock and roll and new wave gems. When I got to be around 8 or 9 years old or so my parents figured out that they couldn't shelter me from the world forever and I was able to use my allowance money to buy records. I bought Out of Our Heads and Got Live if you Want It by the Stones. I even got Stevie Wonder's Innervisions LP for my birthday around then. In any case I got bitten by the Record-Geek bug and I've never recovered. I'd like to believe that this is where the seeds were sown for what would be the fruit of my life in music.
I began broadcasting the Chickenshack on WMSE in Late July 1997. At the time I was touring fairly heavily with the Exotics and we were often billed with Rockabilly, roots rock, honky tonk and swing and jump bands. I really wanted a forum where I could help some of these great groups get wider recoginition. I also wanted to present vintage country and other historic American music forms. The premise of the show has always been the same. From time to time I change up the presentation. Of course I'm always trying to hone my engineering and voice skills as well, but I've yet to get past that "community radio feel".
Over the years I've had the privelege of interviewing people like Wanda Jackson, Dale Watson, Robbie Fulks, John Langford, Sally Timms, James Intveld, Phil Lee, Joy Lynn White, Terry Allen, Michael Fracasso, Robyn Hitchcock, Jimmy LaFave and a whole bunch of other bands, artists, film makers and more.
Who I'd like to meet: Fans of "American Music". Bands, Musicians, Songwriters, Sweet Babes and Friendly Bartenders.
Contact me for information about getting your music on the Chickenshack.............
Calling on all ex-rockin' bones members (is there such a thing? once a rockin' bone...always a rockin' bone!) to come and be a part of the 25 yr anniversary show on March 28th at Paper City Pub in Neenah.
Spread the word brothers....it's gonna be a rockin' good time!
