Who know's, in Chicago, my buddies from the neighborhood. Seeing people perform live music.
What gear do you use?
Hugh McFarland Strats and Teles, Gibson Les Pauls. Tube amplifiers. Custom Hugh Strat.
Who was your biggest musical influence growing up?
Old Mississippi blues. The scratchy record stuff. Bad recordings with enormous feel.
Are you in a band? Have you been in bands?
Band of none. Original. R.I.P. , NSB, Red Ride Angels, Tribe, Super Priest, Terminal Strange.
I'd play a show if someone paid for it.
If you could jam with anyone, who would it be?
Good musicians., who can laugh at themselves.
What's the biggest audience you ever performed to? What's the smallest?
Playing with Bo Diddly at Park west Chicago. The Bucktown pub (original on Armitage), packed house SRO.
You're stuck on a desert island and only get to bring one album with you. What do you pick?
Band of Gypsy's, because it's Hendrix, 15 or so. Buddy's singing gave a new dynamic to Hendrix music and let Jimi focus on guitar. "Machine Gun" is the shit!