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     Growing up the nephew of a music teacher,

      and having a brother and sister going

      through the school system ahead of me,

      teachers expected a lot from me. In third

      grade, I took clarinet lessons, and that started

      me on my way to pursuing music as a hobby.

      I soon joined the choir for a semester or two,

      once I started junior high. By the time I got to

      high school, I became an avid Beatles fan, and

      wanted to learn a rock instrument.

  

      Having friends that played various instruments,

      in a band made my choice simple: I would learn bass

      guitar. While I was ok at teaching myself, my brother

      got me lessons as a birthday gift when I was 16. As a bass player, I joined Dan Antill on

      lead guitar, Ed Markowski on Rhythm guitar, and Dave Markowski on drums, to form the band

      that would later become Last Resort. After six months, Ed and I switched instruments.

      Dan and I would also switch off on keyboards.  Granted, my keyboard skills were less than

      perfect, but I had to start somewhere. I was also influenced by The Hooters, and purchased

      a mandolin, learned a few chords and another song was born. We recorded a 4-song demo,

      just as I was going off to college. That winter break, Last Resort recorded another 6-song demo.

      The following summer, we got a singer by the name of John Bednarik. By the end of the

      summer, John was gone, so we went back to the studio to record our third 4-song demo the

      following winter.  It was to be Last Resort’s final recording. At this time, I started to become

      heavily influenced by another British Band: Squeeze.

 

      While still in Last Resort, I got involved in a side project at school. This was in the form of an

      experimental band known as The Helveticas. I was back on bass, this time with Adrian Breiger   

      on guitar, Mike Spina on drums, and Michael Vito on keyboards. Not happy with the style of

      music, I left The Helveticas just as quickly as I joined.

 

       In 1995, Last Resort took a hiatus as we were just getting done college, and on with our lives.

       Around 1997, we started up again, and I kept jokingly threatening of doing a solo project. As

       bickering within the band mounted, it was obvious we were all going in different directions.

       We decided to call it quits, while remaining friends.

 

       In 1999, I saw Nick Harper open for Squeeze and was amazed at his guitar playing abilities.

       After a conversation with him a year later about the hassle of bands, I wondered if I could pull

       a solo act off.

 

       In 2001, I joined Rob Brogan and Chris Carbonara in the short-lived Brogan’s Heroes. I was

       again unhappy with the direction of the music, and wanted out.  Six months later, I was gone.

 

       I began to think more and more of my conversation with Nick Harper and began to wonder

       “Why not?” instead of “How?” 

 

       How does it sound? You’ll have to come to a show and see for yourself.