- From the San Francisco Bay area.
- A guitarist and vocalist who performs with many bands: John Reischman and the Jaybirds, The David Grisman Bluegrass Experience, Nell Robinson, Bangers and Grass, Dix Bruce, Keith Little, Judy Forrest, and Due West.
- He is a two-time winner of the Western Open Flatpicking Championship.
- 1991, played guitar on the CBS-TV special “Snoopy’s Reunion” (based on the Peanuts comic strip).
- 1994, played guitar on the soundtrack to the feature film “The Beverly Hillbillies” with Bela Fleck, Mike Marshall and Sam Bush.
- He is a record producer and engineer at a SF recording studio (won Grammy award for his work on “True Life Blues: The Songs of Bill Monroe.”)
- 1995, released From Fathers to Sons album (no label) with guitarist Dix Bruce.
- 2001, joined John Reischman and the Jaybirds.
- 2003, released Brothers at Heart with Dix Bruce (FGM).
- 2003, joined David Grisman’s Bluegrass Experience band.
- 2007, released Gloria’s Waltz album (no label).
- 2013, released an album with vocalist Nell Robinson House & Garden (no label).
- 2017, released Baby Let’s Take the Long Way Home album (no label) with the Nell Robinson and Jim Nunally Band.