| I arrived on the blue planet with a sense of math, a spiritual day pass and near perfect hand eye. After wandering past grave stones of every faith, the music made its way inside. Henry bought me a Conn alto at Rayburn’s in Boston from Emilio Lyons, “the sax doctor”. A part of me knew that day, holding the shiny metal horn, this would be my ride.Over the years, I studied with Berklee and Conservatory faculty and later with jazz great Jerry Bergonzi. This led to a time playing professionally in a variety of musical styles, soul, R & B, rock, jazz, ska, whatever paid the rent. Then we drove out of the snow as far south as Sue and I could go. Tropea, my jazz trio, landed a gig opening the new Hyatt hotel in Key West. We found an island home two miles out into the Atlantic accessible only by boat. It was there, under swaying palms, that I wrote the tunes for the Inner Revolution CD.The following spring the Infinite Tolerance Band was formed playing Sunday night reggae at Mangrove Mamas. The band became well known for their hard driving reggae rock sound opening for international acts like Black Uhuru, Aswad and Steppenwolf. Various projects followed including the recording of Inner Revolution which was subsequently released in late 1997. A year and a half later, in a secluded cabin on the New York Canadian border, it took three months of organic French roast to write the “Spirit in All Things” CD. This record was released in the spring of 2001.Fast forward three years and 300 miles north of Cayo Hueso to the east coast surf capitol of Melbourne, Florida, I’m on the barrier islands with family. City folk here think we’re far out, but actually it’s a patch of Eden just due south of Babylon. I wrote and recorded again and in 2006, released the Infinite Tolerance CD.
Today I’m living 28,000 light years from the center of the Milky Way, and about 20 light years above the galaxy’s equatorial plane. It’s within the “Orion” spiral arm. There is a deep blue Atlantic ocean to my left and an Indian river to the right. We’re on a sand bar off A1A where I think a lot, sleep a lot, write a lot and Lancelot. The 15 tune album “Nobody Knows How Deep It All Goes” was completed in the summer of 2010 as black gold filled the Gulf of Mexico. Oh and it remains absolute paradise …for now. |
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