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About me

I moved to Talkeetna in 1981 from Eugene, Oregon at the age of 26 and have pretty much been here ever since. I came to work for Mac Stevens doing land surveying work, blew myself up in a propane explosion in 1985, recovered, got registered and bought his business in 1993. Been ekeing out a living ever since, sometimes working for other surveyors/engineers. Have had good opportunities to work all over this beautiful state. I've played with a number of musical groups over the years, none of which anyone will remember but they were: The Bush Bros., Son of Bush, The Resentments, Maximum Jones (with Esther), The Big Cabbage Band, Short Term Memory, The Talkeetna Travelers, The Weeping Willies, The Simpletones, Rare Form and Slick Willy and the Swinging Chads. My main instrument is piano, but have been playing string bass and guitar in recent years with the Simpletones.

Rocco John Iacovone and I have been playing jazz at the Fairview Inn in Talkeetna every summer since 1999. Rocco and his wife Denise teach school in NYC and come to Talkeetna in the summer. Denise is a great artist. She has been making a painting (usually watercolor) every time we play for the past 6 or 7 years. They're pretty cool. Denise painted "Conversation in 3" during the gig that the Rare Form CD of the same name was recorded. Her painting is the cover for that CD. We were fortunate to play with drummer Gary Frommer that night and a couple of other times that summer. Gary had the most impressive resume of anyone I've known personally having played and recorded with Art Pepper and Maynard Ferguson. He also played with a Who's Who of modern jazz including Art Blakey, Philly Joe Jones, Miles Davis and Eric Dolphy. Rocco and I were sorry to learn of Gary's passing in May of 2005.

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In 2003 I started playing bass with the Simpletones which was and is a pretty loose collection of characters playing mostly Old Time Music but many other styles as well. The bass has been a great learning experience forcing me to finally become an "ear" musician, which is really the only way to be. My problem with jazz is that I've been married to the page (reading music) for too long ... it really gets in the way of proper improvisation. The bass efforts have had some good crossover to the piano and the jazz world but I'm still a long way from being what I would consider a "real" jazz musician. Sorry, Jac :-).

Anyway, music is what keeps me going ... it's an endless journey, but a journey with a heart. WWR has been a wonderful tool toward that end ... In the few months that I've been here, I've heard so many great musicians for the first time. The community is wonderful, Jim's the best ... try to check out the palace if you ever get a chance. It's a magic place. Anyway, full speed ahead!

Anagrammaticly speaking

So you know the Whole Wheat Radio animation that appears occasionally in the upper left hand portion of the screen where the letters of WHOLE WHEAT RADIO are rearranged into a different text? e.g. "O WITH HARD ALE WOE"

Well here are a few I came up with:

O HOW WE TRADE HAIL

HALO TEA, HOW WEIRD

HOW WE TRIED, ALOHA

HI LEO, WHO ATE WARD?

ADO, THAW WIRE HOLE

WHAT, HIDE RAW OLEO?

OW, WHERE TO, DAHLIA?

OH, WORD, I EAT WHALE

I'm thinking these sentences could be a nice little framework to build a one act play around. Yes, I DO enjoy wasting time. Aloha!

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My favorite Simpletones flyer, by Mike Lindgren

Murray Nash, Doug Geeting, Steve Durr

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#	Song	Artist	Image	Album	Length	Played count	Last Played	Overall	You	Tags	Single Request
1	They Can´t Take That Away From Me	Emile Pandolfi		Rhapsody In Blue (A Gershwin Collection)	4:31	11	Apr 9th, 2008	15 votes	You have to login to give your opinion about songs.	Easy listening / Piano / Unknown language / Instrumental / Acoustic
2	Here's That Rainy Day	Sony Holland		Swing, Bossa, Ballads & Blues	4:33	2	Apr 4th, 2008	7 votes	You have to login to give your opinion about songs.
3	As You Are	Sony Holland		Swing, Bossa, Ballads & Blues	4:18	2	Apr 4th, 2008	8 votes	You have to login to give your opinion about songs.
				Total Time	13:22

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