Like many full time musicians who count on live performances as a major source of income, COVID-19 has certainly put on the brakes of my career. Good news is that I am healthy. I'm unable to book any future gigs, and my album release is on hold. A life without live performances is something I haven't known since 1978. I am hopeful possibilities will emerge. but for now I have to let reality of our time be my guide.

I have made the sad and difficult decision to cancel all my dates booked at bar/restaurants for this season. I can not safely, and confidently perform while being concerned of how others are or aren't taking seriously COVID. No matter how many precautions are taken, the reality exists that gatherings will likely increase the spread. And that concern is too much for me to consider publicly entertaining in establishments that also serve, even if outside. The risk for me is too great. If you have ever seen me perform, you know that contact with my audience is part of what makes me the performer that I am. I wander with my guitar, and chat on breaks with the audience, I can’t imagine a performance where I can’t engage with the public in this way. My music has always been to bring myself and others joy. This is the kind of entertainer I have been for 43 years, and I can not see how I could adapt under the circumstances.

I apologize to my fans who will come to Door County this summer

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I have been dancing in my living room to my unfinished album every day since March 16th. The album is a project that I have been working on since September. I had hoped to have it released this March. Sadly with all the closures due to COVID-19, the project is on hold in the studio in Milwaukee awaiting the chance to finalize it by mixing and mastering so I can send it to the manufacturer, and have the final digital copy available to download.

I decided a fun way to share my record without worrying about a rough mix getting out into the world was to film me dancing to it in my living room. Why not just release it with the rough mixes that I already have? Well there are little things that I need to do, certain instruments or vocals aren’t at the correct volume, and little digital touch ups still need to be done. With digital recordings, the rough mix is basically the same digital fingerprint as a final mix- it doesn’t discern between a guitar being louder, a voice being stronger, or a solo being shorter. It is imperative that whenever I get the album out there, that it is the final and correct mix, approved by me the artist, writer and producer.

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When I was two years old, my mother asked me to find my brother so, instead of looking for him, I took my tricycle and rode it into town to my father’s office. We lived in Governor, NY and, as a civil engineer, he was building the bridge across the St. Lawrence river. Imagine my father’s surprise to find me in his office. The story goes, he called my mother and said guess who is sitting on my lap?

Was it my first act of defiance? I’m not sure. But I know that I knew what I wanted to do when I did it. So that’s why this image, Girl With a Dream, Inspired me to write this song.

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Hello and Happy Summer,

I am enjoying an amazing start to summer with a great lineup of gigs throughout Wisconsin, but mostly in Door County, WI (called the Cape Cod of the mid-west).  

Surrounded by water it is a lovely place to be.

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