Back in high school around 1973 I was approached by a trumpet and sax player who had heard that I played guitar and wanted to form a band. That band became Freeze, an 8-piece horn band that played funk music. Freeze was the house band for the club Smackwater Jacks for two years and went on to perform regionally all over the south. I switched over to playing keyboards in 1975. Although I left the group in 1978, they continued to perform for several years after that.
I got married (to a girl that used to come to Smackwaters to listen) and had 4 children. I did not play music again until my wife convinced me to join Zeagler Music’s Weekend Warriors program in 2001. Out of this we formed the 6 piece band ColorBlind which performed regularly until disbanding in 2015. In 2003 I joined the band Storywood and played in both bands until 2015. I continued to play with Storywood until our last gig in 2018.
I also played with Westbound Train from 2010-2011 and Boss Tweed from 2011-2015.
I joined the 80s rock band Ivory White in 2021 and played with them until they broke up in 2022.
As a sub for the band Rock-It Sound several times since 2017, I joined their reformed band now simply Rock-It in 2022 and after a few personnel changes (the addition of a female singer, sax, and trumpet players) we are now an 8-piece band ready to play. We also have a trio Real Sugah’ which should start performing in 2024.
I also became a Santa Claus in 2017 and perform at parties and events in November and December.
