pictures worth more than a thousand words…photos from 38 years of playing live music.

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I’ll let the pictures do the talking….

The very first gig! March 1985
The Ithaca College Vocal Jazz Ensemble, Fall 1988
Dave Riley, our Vocal Jazz conductor (and surrogate father)…I can never thank him enough for all he did for my music career.
IC Vocal Jazz Ensemble, Fall 1989
Angus Godwin, my voice teacher at Ithaca. The man who developed my singing voice. I am FOREVER grateful.
IC Choir Director Lawrence Doebler. One of the best conductors I’ve been blessed to learn from.
Singing with Klyde & The FM Horns, Ithaca NY, Spring 1990
Flyer from our last public gig, 1990
IC 1990 Battle of the Bands Champions!
Klyde & The FM Horns
Percussion Jam on the IC Quad, Spring 1990
IC Vocal Jazz Tour, Washington DC, Spring 1990
IC Choir Tour, St. Patrick’s Cathedral, Spring 1989
The Brothers Stowe, Kingston NY, Spring 1991
Too cool for a band uniform, Onteora Central School, Fall 1989
Playing bass and singing with the Two By Four Band, New Paltz NY, Fall 1992
The Mass Driver Band, Woodstock NY,
Spring 1993
The Random Axis Band, Dallas TX, Fall 1993
The Blue Pacific Jazz Sextet, Poughkeepsie NY, April 1994
FM & The FM Horns, Scranton PA, Fall 1995
Fat Chester’s Cat, Binghamton NY, Summer 1996
Bondage Penguin, Wilkes-Barre PA, Fall 1997
Günther Varnish & The Hollywood Band, Scranton PA, Summer 2001
Having fun onstage with Patty Ruggerio in The All-Night Band, Morristown NJ, Fall 2002
Tracking bass lines for the Have Groove, Will Travel album, Lancaster PA, Summer 2005
Singing with Red Hot & Blue, Coatesville PA,
Fall 2005
The Family Affair Band, Philadelphia PA,
Summer 2006
The Have Groove, Will Travel CD Release party, Norristown PA, Summer 2007
Playing the Rainbow Room with the Michael Andrew Band, New York City, Summer 2007
Michael Andrew Band, New York City,
Spring 2008
Sonic Symposium, Ithaca NY, Summer 2008
With Pat Cerello during Lane Stowe & His Partners In Crime II, Woodstock NY, Spring 2009
Harold Davis Band, Westchester NY,
Summer 2010
The Another Day Band reunion, Morristown, NJ, Summer 2010
The Follically Challenged Band, OCS Class of ‘87 25th Reunion, Saugerties NY, Summer 2012
My wife Jenn with Lane Stowe & His Partners in Crime, Kingston NY, Summer 2013
The Cruise Control Band
Never a dull moment with these guys!
Cruise Control, having fun during a set break
Singing with the legendary Natalie Cole,
Beverly Hills CA, Fall 2015
Another pic from the Natalie Cole performance
With musician extraordinaire Andy Alonso, with A Groove Supreme, Summer 2015
In the studio doing the Groove Supreme demo, Hummelstown PA, early 2015
The Groove Supreme Band, Alexandria VA, Summer 2015
My office for the day…playing/singing with Swinging in Tongues, Sweet Georgia Browns, Washington DC, Summer 2015
Playing with Marc LaForce at my wedding cocktail hour, May 2016
With Ken Hall as the Akustik Gruve Duo, Alexandria VA, Fall 2016
Lane Stowe & His Partners In Crime IV,
Boiceville NY , Fall 2017
The Partners In Crime!
That time that Joey Fatone and Casey Jost were my backup singers! Impractical Jokers Cruise, Spring 2019
Kentucky Derby Day with Cruise Control,
Harrisburg PA, Spring 2019
The Ryan Forrester Band, Arlington VA,
Summer 2019
Playing the Eko Isé concert, Jefferson School of the Performing Arts, Charlottesville VA,
February 2020
The Uptown Vocal Jazz Quartet, Washington DC, Spring 2021
The final gig! Cruise Control, Middletown PA, September 2023

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Musician, Customer Service Manager, Husband, Father, New York Giants fan, happy-go-lucky (sometimes clothing optional) free spirit....that pretty much sums it up.

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