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I'm pursuing soundtrack work in the southern California area and down the line I plan to make a moody, intense acoustic album. Not all acoustic, but an acoustic - oriented guitar record that I've already written most of the material for.

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What made me pick up a guitar? It weighed a lot less than a piano.

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I had prostate cancer that, for me, was debilitating. I didn't touch a guitar for two years, but when I realized I was seeing the light at the end of the recovery tunnel and was going to live pain-free, I realized again that it was a fun little instrument to play.

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Attempting to write vocal oriented songs to me felt like going through the motions and if you are going to go through the motions you might as well just do any gig that caused you to do repetitive motions like banging a hammer or serving fries.

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Because it was the original 4 guys, and the dynamic of those 4 guys interacting together that had the power.

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But it has been a long process because I'm kind of a renaissance person.

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Gamma was a logical progression after doing the Open Fire record.

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I am very aware now that music is a business, but there is also a way to go about making music that is true to yourself as opposed to doing, you know, just going through the motions and making things that would just be commercially successful.

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I don't recall getting a first guitar.

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I shared guitars before I actually got one of my own and played a guy's Silver tone and played another guys Danelectro 12 string and it was at about age 17 that I actually started playing.

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Musician

Born: November 29th, 1947

Died: March 3rd, 2012

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