Born in Oakland, CA 1956 and have lived in the San Francisco Bay Area all my life. I started playing guitar and writing songs around 13 years old. At 18 was taught more guitar and vocals by Jimmy Bedford. Then in the last decade I was fortunate enough to meet, friend and take more advanced lessons from Dave Lopez, Flipsyde and Dave Rude, Tesla. I’m more an enlightened amateur that pays to play but who knows, I believe you can teach an old dawg a new trick. LOL