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June 4, 2008

I got to sit in with Ugly Radio Rebellion and Ike Willis at the Winchester.  The whole band was really great!  I had a great time!  It was so cool to play for room full of Zappa fans with a guy who had actually been on stage next to Zappa for many years!
(check out the video)

April 2008
 
I sat in with The Ohio Choro Club at Mangiamo.  They play a Brazilian type of music that I am learning from my guitar teacher Eric Murray.

Their ad:

"Ohio Choro Club (OCC) began in 2007 after Eric Murray and Jason Little returned to Ohio from a music-study trip to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Their friends Sara Tamburro and Jon Mosey heard the music, instantly fell in love with it, and joined Murray and Little in learning a bunch of choro classics as well as some choice bossa nova favorites.

The OCC plays music that is perfect for listening. dancing, or background music. Their instrumentation consists of clarinet, mandolin, 7 string guitar, and pandeiro (Brazilian tamborine). Upon first hearing the OCC live, Lucas Kadish, 12 year old local guitarist and recent choro admirer said, "It kind of sounds like funky classical music." Come listen, you'll have a great time. For Choro!"
 

November 2007

I played the Kent State Folk Fest this year.  On Friday night I played along with some other guitarists at the Kent Stage.  On Saturday I helped teach a workshop at Kent State.

June 2007

Folk 49 played in Teens Rock Akron 2007 in the auditorium at the Akron Library.   The DVD of the entire concert is available at the Akron-Summit County Library.  Check it out!
 

Sept 2006
I just finished a 4 week Blues workshop with Bob Kidney of The Numbers Band.    I attended the workshop with two guys that were older than my dad.  I learned a lot there.  Bob taught me a little harmonica too.
 

June 14, 2006
 

I got a call yesterday from the Rock Hall inviting me to sit in on a live interview with Perry Farrell of Jane's Addiction & Porno for Pyros.  He was also a founder of Lalapalooza.  The interview was very interesting.  Perry Farrell is a very colorful guy!

March 21, 2006
Queen
I got a call from the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame today.  They called to tell me that Queen had offered to give me tickets to their show at the Q. So, my dad and I picked up tickets at the box office of The Q from Queen!  We sat in the 13th row on the floor right next to the catwalk that they performed on.  It was really cool.  It was my first major concert!

Places I have played:

The Kent Stage

Kent State University
Kent State Folk Festival

Taste of Hudson

Kent Bicentennial Parade

Kent Heritage Festival

Scott's Folkatorium

Art in the Park

First and Main

Home Savings Plaza

Stow-Hudson Relay for Life

Mangiamos!

The Winchester