CURRENT MISSION

To make my mandolin go chop chop chop

ABOUT ME

I'm a performing songwriter . . . performing at festivals, pubs, clubs, coffee shops, little theaters, house concerts, wineries and I've recently broken out from being a regionally touring act to a nationally touring act. I've been a regional coordinator for Nashville Songwriters Association, International for the past 10 years.

PHILOSOPHY

Color outside the lines. Once the mind gets curious, no law can stop it.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I hope to couchsurf to some of the places on my mini-tours which have so far taken me to Tennessee, Missouri, Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, Colorado, Utah, Illinois, and all over Ohio.

I have hosted folks at my home in the past, but at the moment I am downsizing - although I hope to have a room available again soon.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

A long time ago, I routinely crashed with musicians along the road between Ohio, Austin Texas, and Nashville Tennessee. . . there was no internet, it just worked out. I don't know how we did it. We met in bars and bus stations and never worried about where to crash. We landed in trailers, apartments, hotels, campgrounds, truck stops and parking lots sleeping in our cars. If we'd had the internet, we might have all stayed out in the freewild forever. Or maybe we'd have never met. I don't know.

Interests

Homemade music and great stories. Fly fishing. Coffee. Wine. Craft beer.

• arts
• performing arts
• architecture
• coloring
• festivals
• wine
• coffee
• flying
• cars
• music
• fishing
• law
• songwriting
• singer songwriter

Music, Movies, and Books

Townes Van Zandt, Steve Earle, Bruce Springsteen, John Gorka, John Steinbeck, Umberto Eco.

Teach, Learn, Share

I make earth-shattering homemade semolina pasta and killer sauce and perfect pancakes. I can teach an irish jig on the mandolin.

What I Can Share with Hosts

Songs. Guitar lessons.

Countries I’ve Visited

Canada, England

Countries I’ve Lived In

England