Home sweet home

Jul

It’s been a wonderful and extremely hot few weeks in Texas with Kate Schutt, Anthony Jones at Kat Edmonsons amazing band! But I am very much looking forward to the perfect Portland climate again, I must say…
I will be keeping quite busy playing with Intervision, Alice DiMecele, Bobby Torres & lots of other Portland folk (including a Drew Shoals Collective reunion celebrating his return to PDX for the summer!). Check the calendar & I hope to see you at the gig!
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