I'll keep it as simple and as brief as possible. I've been playing music all of my conscious life and you would think that by now I would have reached a Beatlesque level of fame and glory or completely dried up and blown away. The truth is, I have played out both scenarios, but not to the extreme that you just imagined. And while standing at the crossroads once again, I can see by the detour and caution signs posted at two of the options that the road less traveled will be much riskier but shorter and more entertaining.
My "One Particular Harbor" is San Diego, California, where I was born and raised and I am so proud, and glad, to be a native of America's Finest City. My formative musical influences were the Lennon Sisters, The Kingston Trio, Burl Ives, my sister Gina (piano), and my brothers Ozzie (music theory and rhythm) and Allan (guitar and banjo). My brother Jimmy, although not musically inclined, could cook one helluva pot of Gumbo. My parents were BIG on having fun with live music and whenever they got together with friends, out came the guitars and harmonicas, and up went the voices in an evening full of sing alongs and serenades.
I've been in and out of more bands then I can remember, ridden the lyrical coat tails of Jimmy Buffett for over thirty years, and spent the last two decades entertaining people in a music and humor group called Oh! Ridge. I am currently a member of a Jimmy Buffett cover band called Stars On The Water that is enjoying a swell of recognition and popularity on the West Coast, East Coast and now places in between. I am privileged to say I entertain from border to border, coast to coast, and on occasion, internationally. I have about seventy-five Buffett songs in my repertoire and another twenty or so that I can recall if someone prompts me with the words. I also do classic and current rock and roll.
I've helped put together a two hundred page picture book titled "jimmyDOTcom" about the cult phenomenon of Buffett fans and followers called Parrot Heads. I am a member of several Parrot Head Clubs across the United States and have performed with members of Jimmy Buffett's band called The Coral Reefers and the off shoot groups Club Trini and Peter Mayer Band.
Bottom line is, I'm just a regular guy having a good time.