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I was born in Cleveland and knew I wanted to be a guitar player at an early age after seeing James Gang perform at the Ohio State Fair. Shortly thereafter, I moved to St. Petersburg, Florida, with my parents and I soon began playing guitar. I was in a lot of different bands in high school including the Lakewood High School stage band. After graduating I joined a touring outfit and performing on stage seven nights a week (plus Sunday matinees!) for 5 or 6 sets a night really helped me cut my chops.
In the early '80's I relocated to Chicago where I played in new wave bands and started writing my own music. My first record was with a group called Cant Move. We were regulars on the Chicago club scene performing with groups like The Kind, Bohemia and The Suburbs. Years later I relocated back to St. Pete and actually quit playing music for awhile until my brother Tom persuaded me to start another band.
Tommy Tye Dye was soon formed and we played in and around the Tampa Bay area with bands like The Headlites, Deloris Telescope, Monday Mornings, Grassy Knoll Gunmen and Model Citizen. Tommy Tye Dye later merged with Multi-Color-House and I eventually left that band to record my first solo CD called Mountain Hike, released in 1995. Robert Wegmann and I teamed up soon after to record Red Hair in 1998. We've been performing and recording together ever since and released The Mayfly Glimmer in 2002.
I currently perform as a solo acoustic act and released a CD called Acoustic Mullallyland in 2007.
Most of my music is available on this site or at:
