In My Arms 2020

In My Arms 2020

When I first launched this archive site, the effort was to preserve and share material and the making of the work in one place where it could all live as one. I became wildly interested in memoir, and aside from wanting to put my own out there, maybe encourage others...
A Concert Party 2018

A Concert Party 2018

The concert party that didn’t happen for our 25th , happened on our 30th Anniversary in AZ with musicians I have known forever and who are mentioned in the archive site frequently. The genesis of the event included a change of venue, date change and a multiple change...
New Years Eve 2013

New Years Eve 2013

One of my dearest friends and co-conspirators is Andrea. Whenever we are together (it’s a bi-coastal relationship), it typically involves live music and/or DJ dancing. She was barely 16 when she got snuck into the clubs The Imports played in the early...
Spontaneous Joplin – Take Two

Spontaneous Joplin – Take Two

Second chances – we are fortunate in this lifetime when an opportunity to relive a life moment that defined something powerful presents itself for us to recognize and seize.  Not in review, like seeing a video, photo album or a reading an old letter –...
Not So Slow Burn…

Not So Slow Burn…

It happened one afternoon at a backyard bbq/birthday party. I was invited to get up and sing with the band…a four piece rock band.  Of course, the first question is always what tunes do they know that I might sing, which is where trouble always begins for...
Lydia LaFontaine

Lydia LaFontaine

When I dove head first into the Jazz Standards study, I hadn’t made the heartfelt connection to the time period and my love of everything vintage. The amazing dresses that the singers wore, smoky club stages, talented players, and the drugs, alcohol and...