BACKGROUND
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| Born: Brooklyn, NY 1954 |
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| Raised: Grew up on Long Island, higher ed in Wisconsin and Massachusetts, moved to CA then IA. |
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| Story: When I was a very small kid, I learned to talk like Donald Duck. When people would ask me what I wanted to be when I grew up, I would say I wanted to be a lawn mower (the machine that actually cuts the lawn, not the person who runs it). |
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| Musical Influences: (in roughly time-of-influence from my youth onward): Beatles, Jimi Hendrix, Cream, Roy Buchanan, Allman Bros, Leo Kottke, Beethoven, Ween, Killdozer, Ministry, Robert Cray, Chopin, Joe Satriani, Steve Vai, Cibo Mato, Danny Gatton, Jeff Beck, Sheryl Crowe, Fleetwood Mac, Shostakovich, Mozart |
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| Instruments You Play: Guitar, Piano, minimal harmonica |
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| Instruments You Wish You Played: Dobro, banjo, oboe, rodeo |
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| Other Hobbies: Watching bad or good old or new sci fi and/or horror movies, interacting with parrots and other sundry life forms. |
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| Your Profession: (besides professional musician, that is) Certified air breather and water drinker; vice president of the Future Bee Farmers of Iowa club. |
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| Pets: Parrots: Jammers and Bogart, Cat: Ace |
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| If your pet(s) were a TV character, who would it(they) be?: The Three Stooges-Bogart is Moe, Ace is Larry and Jammers is Curly |
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| What CDs are In your vehicle right now?: Jeff Beck live concert from 1999 |
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| If you, your stereo, and a huge crate of batteries are stranded on a deserted island, what 5 albums would you want with you?: Jeff Beck’s Guitar Shop, Jimi Hendrix Band of Gypsies, Beatles Abbey Road, Leo Kottke My Feet Are Smiling, Chopin Favorites (Ashkenazy) |
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| What is your full name without vowels?: WltrNSmn |
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FAVORITES
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| Singer: Female-Shannon Price; Male-Ray Charles; Neither-Wayne Newton |
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| Guitarist: Jeff Beck |
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| Bassist: Les Claypool |
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| Song: Sweet Dreams (Roy Buchanan version), Where Were You (Jeff Beck) |
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| Book(s): “Flatland” by Edwin Abbot, “The Boy Who Reversed Himself” by William Sleator, “Modern Differential Geometry of Curves and Surfaces with Mathematica” by Alfred Gray (second edition), “Dr. Seuss’s Sleep Book” by Dr. Seuss. |
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| Movie(s): Bladerunner, Alien, ET, Godfather |
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| TV Show(s): Twilight Zone (the original with Rod Serling), Outer Limits |
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| Cake: Raspberry chocolate mousse, more mousse makes magnificence! |
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| Pizza Toppings: Pepperoni and jalapen~o |
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| Car: nivorous |
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| Sound: Jimi Hendirx’s wah-wah triplet on “Them Changes” from Band of Gypsies |
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| Day Of The Week: HoliDay (Road) |
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| Place: well with others |
