The present:

July 2008: I appear on four tracks of Jayme Kelly Curtis' newest CD, Mid Life Chrysalis, playing mandola, mandolin, and guitar. I've even got a small vocal part, filling in for Jed Clampett! Who'd a-thunk it!

In the works: First, a recording of funny tunes Toph likes (featuring my own compositions She's So Hot!, I Ain't Looking At you, One ACME Heart, Gold Tooth, She Mighta Said Yes; and some tunes I did not write but wish I did, like Too Far Away From My Beer, Elevator, and more.) Tentative title: Hot Stuff! (Thanks to Arlene Patterson for that idea!) I've promised myself that this'll be ready for sale by July 2009.

Second, a recording of tunes I enjoy playing with the fiddlers in my life (featuring my waltzes Rusty Bucket, Waltz of Wings, Fiddle in a Tree, and more.) The plan is to have many of those fiddlers record the tunes with me.

Third, I'm engineering, co-producing, and performing on Janet Lenore's next (as-yet innominate) CD. It'll feature one or two tunes I've co-written with Janet.

Fourth, I'm contributing to and mastering Peter Conolly's fabulous 99 Bottles of Beer CD.

The recent past:

I produced and engineered the three-tune Uke Be A Lady demo in 2006. It features my tune She's So Hot!

I co-produced, created artwork for, and helped engineer Put Another Bullet In The Jukebox, by my band Briarwood. That was in 2005. I played bass throughout, and sang the title track.

The distant past:

From the mid 1980's to the mid 90's, I was a member of the Mostly MIDI Mailing List, and that group of computer-music minded souls put together several compilations. Me and my pal Nat contributed to each compilation. You can hear the tunes here.

Back in about 1982, I recorded a 45RPM with Boston's Famous Last Words. Boston Driver has three cuts on it: Boston Driver, Cheesecake Fiend, and The Condos That Ate Cambridge. I'll sell you a copy of Boston Driver for a couple bucks and some postage - send me a note that says "BOSTON DRIVER" (or something like that) in the subject line. The extraordinarily funny liner notes may be worth the price alone. Plans to put adigital version of the tunes on my website continue to proliferate without concrete activity resulting. But at least now they've been mentioned. I guess that's something.

From the early 70's through the late 90's, I was often found in friends' home recording studios. Hundreds of tracks resulted, and me and my friends have now converted them to digital format. That's not to say they are available to the public, yet, but maybe... maybe someday. If you're good.