Music

Who knew that a kid who excelled in math and pursued sports through high school, avoided reading and wrote even less would find himself in love with making music? It’s not a complete curve ball I suppose. I was introduced to music when I was very young. I sang and played guitar while also performing in school musicals. You’ll find my early recording of the classic Look Of Love from when I was 8 years old on a hidden track on my first album December Wave. On this record as well as my second, Sarawak, you’ll hear echoes of my 70’s upbringing in the lush acoustic-soul melodies and poignant lyrics of love, loss, hope and redemption.

Musically, my highest aspirations were always to be a singer-songwriter busking on the streets, which is where you’ll most likely find me performing today in Chicago or Evanston, Illinois as well as the streets of Málaga, Spain, a city that has enchanted me with magical and mystical moments since I landed there in 2024. My days of performing with my bands Check With Lucy or the Jujus are mostly in the past, but you can find occasional gigs posted here as well. I prefer the intimacy, connectivity and serendipity of performing on the street.

When I am home, I perform at lunch every Friday either inside or outside the Potbelly Sandwich shop in Evanston, IL. My 15-minutes of fame lasted only 5 seconds as the composer and singer of the original radio jingle for Potbelly. I still have 14 minutes and 55 seconds left, which I still hope I can live out returning to the Ravinia Festival to play one day decades after I worked there as a bus boy as a teenager. Enjoy.