LATEST NEWS: ...... I'll be returning with my instrumental trio to Bar 82 sometime in september, details to follow...Hope Nunnery 's album  Wilderness Lounge (did I mention I produced and played on it?)  received a rave review on the New Depression website, check it out!..this led to a  full blown interview in the latest newstand issue click here to read it.....here's another nice review from Real Country Radio.....see below for more info about Hope, Hope and I will be touring in the Carolina's in October, I'll post the details as they come up....I'll be performing with Shannon Brown and her fabulous Country Caberet at Don't Tell Mama on Sept 17th and Sept 30th, details at her site and in the calendar.... .transcription notes: I'm currently working with Julia Douglass, constructing lead sheets for her wonderful project "Chef Do Re Me', here's an example............. heading back into the studio to produce some tracks for songwriter Les Lenoff in mid-september......playing my last Rent shows, the show closes on Sept 7th..however, looks like I'll be back on Broadway mid-fall or so...watch for details..............................................   Was recently re-united with my Bucktooth Johnson bandmate Marco Giovino who was up from Nashville producing an album for singer-songwriter Kylie Harris. I did some overdubs on slide guitar and high tuned guitar for them over at the Pidgeon Club studio in Hoboken (photo left)....   Sadly, summer '07 semester at the New School was our last. While I look for a new home for my courses, I will be offering them privately as usual. Farewell Guitar Study Center!..... ............EMAIL NOTES FROM ALL OVER.........recently received a request from Eric vd Meijde of the Netherlands. He has a copy of my (now out of print) Jimi Hendrix book and has requested a transcription of Little Wing, he wants to make a tatoo out of it...cool!....I'm going to send it to him and he has generously agreed to send me photos which I will post here..can't wait!........................speaking of books, I just got a great call from Mike Burstein down in Lynchburg, VA. He had a copy of my first book "Teach Yourself Lead Guitar" (still in print) and it inspired him to become a working musician and teacher, wow, love hearing stuff like that, thanks for the call Mike and best luck with your career!........................ I've been working with film composer Jamie Lawrence. Recently did some cue's for the Food Network on nylon string...Here's a cue from a documentary about the 2002 dockworkers strike called "Eye of the Storm".click here to hear 'The Negotiation' from the film. I spent a few months working with Jamie on his sound track for the HBO Special 'Dealing Dogs'. Got to play electric, acoustic, slide and resonator..click here to hear 'Dog to Nowhere one of the cues.click here to hear 'the Big Vamp.... click here to find out more about the show and when it will next be scheduled, it's usually on a couple of times a month.......................................................

The Hope Nunnery , CD 'Wilderness Lounge' of traditional and original tunes, which I am honored to have produced and performed on has now been released! Hope draws on her southern gothic background, her music has its roots in Appalachian Mountain/gospel/blues..she's lived it and now she's tellin' it! You can sample or purchase the cd and get more information at CD Baby..by clicking here You can also download the tunes or the whole album from Itunes.We've recently been informed that Wilderness Lounge is on a 'short list' of about 50 records being considered for a Grammy nomination in the Traditional Folk catagory! any recording academy members out there who would like a review copy please get in touch...we're also up for an Independent Music Award , Album of the year in the Americana division...

THE TRIO I’ve always loved instrumental music. My trio plays a repetoire of tunes by artists such as Lucinda Williams, Bob Dylan, Bob Marley, and classic instrumentals like Sleepwalk, Last Date, and Cast Your Fate to the Wind. We also do jazz standards like Lullaby of Birdland and Bye Bye Blackbird, and blues tunes of all kinds. I like to think of the music as a cross between the Ventures and Bill Frisell.It's a great listening experience for any kind of situation, or a party or corporate event. click here to hear our version of "No Woman No Cry" Hope to have a CD finished soon!

Nora York For quite a while it has been my privledge to perform and record with the fantastic singer Nora York. To call her just a 'singer' is an injustice though..she's a charismatic performer, conceptualist, and metaphysical stand up comic all in one. Her music has elements of roots, jazz, pop, rock and r&b all in one. Here's a cut from her recent cd "What I Want"... Turns on a Dime ...I'll be performing with Nora at her next performance which will be fri jan 4th at the BAM cafe.

BUCKTOOTH JOHNSON a rootsy vibey band featuring myself, Neal Pawley on bass and vocals and Marco Giovino on drums. As these things sometimes go, Marco's in Nashville now, so we're on a long hiatus. click here to hear "Can't be Satisfied". click here to hear "Devil's Duty"....You can sample the Bucktooth CD "Two Tooth Minumum" by clicking here Contact me to purchase.

RENT I've been involved with the hit Broadway show since it opened in the east village. The band plays live onstage with the cast at the Nederlander Theater 208 W.41st St. Check the calendar for the dates I'll be performing in Rent as part of the band.

NINE BELOW ZERO..here's a blast from the past, Nine Below Zero was a blues band that played around New York for many years. we still get together and do a gig once in a while..here's a tune we cut a number of years ago that I wrote for the band called Bluesville

OK this is really cool...Peggy Ehrhart, my former student and a formidable writer (the word kind) who is also a fine guitarist and a blues aficionado, has just published Sweet Man is Gone. As Peggy says, "It's a funny, funky look at the inner workings of a blues band, and it features amateur detective Maxx Maxwell (real name: Elizabeth), a sexy blonde blues singer and bandleader." I read it and its awesome! And check this out...one of the characters is based on me! (Hint: it's not the dead guy) You can read all about it at Peggy's site...plus she's giving away Sweet Man is Gone guitar picks at the site, so hurry over...