Boomersaurus

I was born March 25, 1952 in Bridgeport, Connecticut during a raging blizzard. Although this difficult entrance into the world might be the cause of some of the crazy things I do, I suspect the real culprit is the mercury in my brain caused by many years of regularly consuming tuna salad sandwiches. Musically, I was (like Duck) a victim of the first Beatles performance on the Ed Sullivan show. Ringo shook his head, the girls screamed, and I started drum lessons. I played with several bands throughout the sixties including  The Angry Sun, a progressive rock outfit that was the first band in southern Connecticut to cover Jethro Tull and Led Zeppelin tunes. In 1970, I went off to the University of Miami to study Electrical Engineering and left the drums behind. However, I also studied music theory and analog synthesis at Miami, and developed a taste for electronic music. I moved to Boulder in 1974 to complete my education at the University of Colorado and never left. Since the late eighties, I have been composing and recording electronic music, and playing percussion on an electronic drum kit. I also  collaborate with Freddie Tane (guitar player for The Angry Sun) on a variety of musical projects. Several years ago I dusted off my acoustic drum kit and once again began performing live with “Acoustic Riffraff”, “The Weekerlys,” and the backup band for the  Wildflower School of Voice. Then I heard that Boomersaurus was in need of a drummer, so I dropped by one Saturday to check them out. We played four hours straight and have been playing together ever since.

Hobbies: Any project that gives me an excuse to borrow Dave’s power tools.

Musical Influences

Classic Rock: Brian Wilson, The Beatles, The Byrds, Paul Revere & The Raiders, Jethro Tull, Cream, The Who, Jimi Hendrix, The Doors, Spirit, CSNY, Led Zeppelin, Rush and Joe Satriani.
Fusion: Jan Hammer, Jeff Beck, Al Di Meola and Steely Dan.
Electronic: Tangerine Dream, Manheim Steamroller and Davol.

Favorite Radio Station: The MP3/CD player in my Jeep.

First Car: 1971 Camaro with a 350 and a Hurst four speed.

Gear Stuff

First Instrument: An early sixties white-pearl Slingerland drum set with one 20” Avedis Zildjian cymbal.

Present Gear: A chained-together late sixties black-pearl three-piece Slingerland drum kit with a steel chrome snare, six early-sixties Avedis Zildjian cymbals and Tama hardware. Any drummer that doesn’t have to chain his/her drums together just isn’t trying hard enough.

Other Stuff

Favorite Movies: Early James Bond, American Graffiti, Star Wars, The Right Stuff, Apollo 13 (I missed the first 12 Apollo flicks) and That Thing You Do.

Favorite Songs: Heroes and Villains, Please Please Me, Renaissance Fair, Just Like Me, Good Times Bad Times and Surfing with the Alien, to name a few.