48 years

I play in over 10 groups during the course of any given year. I work over 200 nights a year in the Midwest (for the most of the work). Blues....I book, manage and play bass for the following groups as of 3/2012....W.C.CLARK (in the midwest he uses THE VELVEETATONES, my band of alll star friends. THE VELVEETATONES, KEN SAYDAK BAND, BARRELHOUSE CHUCK BAND, PERRY WEBER AND THE DEVILLES (with Jim Liban), dou with "Lost Jim "OHLSCHMIDT, CHRIS AARON BAND, JIM SCHWALL AND FRIENDS, LORENZO MENZER-SCHMIDT (my new project with delta guitarist Jim Ohlschmidt and VIOLENT FEMMES drummer VICTOR DELORENZO...I like to call it Piedmont Punk)...weekly in Madison I work with The Shake Daddy's on Tuesdays, Sherri Davis Band on sundays, Craig Panosh and Friends on Wednesdays ( in Manitowoc). See www.velveetatones.com for updated schedule.

SPOTLIGHT KID...capt. beefheart