St. Joseph, Missouri
58 Years Old
Singer-Songwriter, Vocalist, Composer

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"I'm still a spring chicken, I've just been plucked a few times, that's all"

BIOGRAPHY

I have been a professional musician since High School, playing in various bands and clubs. In 1969, the year I graduated, I joined a group called Yellow Hair. We based ourselves out of Omaha, NE, as that is where the bass player, Scott McCarl, was from. We had a couple of local 45s "Somewhere" b/w "Talent for Lovin" (this song has since become a Garge Band classic) and "I Wanna Be Free" b/w "Dreamin." The Yellow Hair group remained together for 2 years and broke up in 1971. We had quite a bit of local success and our "Somewhere" 45 ended up at about #10 on the St. Joesph, MO., radio chart. Scott would later go on to join the Raspberries. I continued playing in various bands throughout the 70s and in 1979 moved to Florida to join a band, and lived in Florida and Georgia for about 5 years each, playing in various housebands and roadbands, playing in various states; Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, Tennessee, and Alabama. For the last 10 or so years I have been primarily a stay-at-home musician, writing songs. My songwriting interest started as soon as I picked up a guitar, could play 3 or 4 chords, became an official Beatle-nut , and has continued since. I've always been dabbling at writing songs, my first love besides guitar. I write all styles; country rock, blues, folk, etc. Perhaps I can find someone to co-write with on American Songspace!

LEVEL

semi-pro

GENRES

Pop, Country, Rock

Contact

Administrative: Jeff Chandler

INSTRUMENTS

guitaracoustic / guitarelectric / vocals

INFLUENCES

The Beatles, Paul McCartney, John Lennon, Harry Nilsson, The Eagles, Buck Owens, Merle Haggard, Stevie Wonder, Joan Baez, Bob Dylan, 50s/60s/70s/80s rock, 50s/60s/70s/80s country, the funky 70s, and everyone and everything else that fell in and out of the cracks.

I AM INTERESTED IN

in co writing online
in networking with songwriters
in pitching songs to artist
in pitching songs to tv
in getting a publishing deal

I WRITE:

For a living

I Also Write:
by myself
for myself
for others

I Prefer To Write:
lyrics
melody
music

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