This came directly from an improv. It's a Taylor 814 CE in standard tuning with a capo on the second fret. It's similar to Managerie in structure but has a very different feel.

From the second CD. This composition was inspired by a visit to my friends Don's condo in Grand Lake, CO. Grand Lake sits just below the Rocky Mountain National Park. Don's condo has an excellent view of the lake and the park. I woke up one…

From the second CD. This composition was inspired by a cruise that I took in August 1998. We were in Norway and I was up in the morning and there was this erie fog on the water. The sun doesn't fully set at that time of the year it just hovers…

This piece is inspired by a classic Star Trek (first generation) episode by the same name. For me it imparts a sense of mystery. I usually include it when I perform. I believe that was recorded with a Taylor 110E with a capo on the 5th fret…

From the second CD. This composition was inspired by memories of a stream close to where I was raised in San Diego. We lived in University City, a new suburb from 1964 to 1978. It wasn't built up back then so you could walk to many canyons…

This track is off of the first CD. It's the first recorded composition that I did that only has a solo guitar.

I don't recall exactly how this composition came about. It was one of the earlier ones recored on the CD. At the time that I organized the CD I comtemplated leaving it off. However I find myself including it when I perform. I believe that…

Wash Park is short for Washington Park. It's the neighborhood that I live in.

Insprired by a cold day in mid December

As You Go...You Shall Not Go Empty!!

afterdark midnight is approaching, the city still alive moaning and blinking and on into the night downtown, afterdark someone is reading, someone needs a light someone is hustling, and someone starts a fight downtown, afterdark a boy…