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<p>I&rsquo;ll try to keep the Bio brief-</p><p>I&rsquo;m from the south, and I love the Blues----I have played them most of my life--(4 bands, 3 CDs,in various venues)---Learned about them from some legends in the field, starting with B.B.King, after mixing a show for him in 1977--- B.B., J.J. Cale, AL Slim, and Skunk Baxter all told me the same thing---MAKE &nbsp;AN ORIGINAL SOUND THAT IS YOU----That &nbsp;became my Mantra for the last 30 years---- After backing Jerry McCain in the mid to late 90&rsquo;s, it was time to start the MOJO TONES recording project----until 2005, when I got&nbsp; as opportunity to&nbsp; help Ardie Dean,(a producer and musician for Musicmaker Relief&nbsp; Foundation)&nbsp; re-write some of Guitar Gabriel&rsquo;s songs and do backup vocals for Albert White&rsquo;s &ldquo;Soul of the Blues&rdquo; CD-(They let me name it!) Albert was chosen best new artist 2007 by LIVING BLUES&hellip;Ardie and the studio owner/engineer taught me valuable production skills on Albert&rsquo;s project, which carried over to the next &nbsp;9 Musicmaker.org&nbsp; projects we worked on together as a team. When the recession hit in 2009, Musicmaker had to cut back on projects, which gave me a chance to access the studio, and employ some of the best contributing players we used on many of the Musicmaker tracks&mdash;(who also happen to be lifelong friends)-using the main lesson that Albert and Ardie taught me-- BLUES REQUIRES FERVOR AND FEEL.</p><p>&nbsp; These&nbsp; days,&nbsp; most of my live performing has been limited to when Alabama Slim and Little Freddie King are up from New Orleans, as I have decided to substitute the&nbsp; QUALITY of gigs for way too much QUANTITY&hellip;But if the right venue or opportunity comes along, then&hellip;Who knows?</p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Influences&nbsp; include: Sam and Dave, Jeff Beck, Mark Knopfler, Beatles, Tony Joe White, AL. Slim, Stevie Ray &amp; Double Trouble, Jimi Hendrix, Soul artists of the 60&rsquo;s and 70&rsquo;s, and ALL of the Blues greats of the 40&rsquo;s, 50&rsquo;s, 60&rsquo;s,and 70&rsquo;s&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</p>