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In his teens, while playing in a terrible (though extremely loud) garage band, his ears were opened to a range of influences from Mahler to Mingus. Ultimately it was writers like Harry Chapin who held sway; writers who could weave an engaging narrative into a simple song and provide a deep connection to our human condition. The influence of writers such as Bill Morrissey, Richard Shindell and Guy Clark can be heard in his songwritin
I'm not really much of a busker, but one day I was playing in Harvard Square as part of a local festival. I was on the busiest corner, there were a lot of people walking past and a lot of traffic noise. A woman and her daughter stopped to listen to me play. I didn't have an amplifier and so I'm sure they could hardly hear me. When I finished, the woman gave her daughter $2 to put in my case. I still have those two dollar bills.
I don't get too embarrassed about things. I've forgotten lyrics - even my own lyrics. But I don't feel too bad about it. I've seen some of my favorite performers do the same. And I once saw Billy Idol stop and restart a song because he couldn't remember the words. Twice. At a huge festival. So I don't think about it much.
My first guitar was from Nogales Mexico. The price was $45 but my dad haggled with the shop owner and got it down to $25. It lasted from 7th grade until my sophomore year in college when I was moving and a bicycle fell on it and punched a hole in the back.
