Wedding Guitarist

This wedding guitarist began playing the guitar when he was ten. At that time he was mostly interested in Bluegrass. In his teens he was into rock and roll. He played briefly with Suicidal Tendencies and also with Lenny Kravitz, appearing in Kravitz's video, "Always On The Run." 
He was awarded a full music scholarship to USC to study classical music and play in the symphony on my other instrument, the acoustic bass. During college he fell in love with Brazilian music and became obsessed with Bossa Nova. After attending USC he received a BA in Spanish and Portuguese from San Diego State University. he was given a full scholarship to The Music Adademy of the West in Santa Barbara in 1988 & 1989. 

He has lived, performed and toured in France, Spain, Central America and Brazil. He has performed with such notable artists as Itzhak Perlman, Janos Starker, Nico Abondolo, Luis Munoz, Glenn Canin, Slash, Lenny Kravitz, and others.
Locally he has performed at The Arlington Theatre, The Lobero and at The Santa Barbara Bowl. He has also performed at The Wilshire Theatre, The Wiltern, The Santa Monica Civic and at Lincoln Center in New York.

Popular and Jazz

Take 5 - Brubeck 
Waiting in Vain - Bob Marley
Layla
Wave - Jobim
Corcovado
One Note Samba
Girl from Ipanema
Spanish Eyes
Light My Fire - The Doors
The Shadow of Your Smile
Scarborough Fair
Fields of Barley - Sting
Blue Moon
Theme from Evita
Killing Me Softly
Norwegian Wood - The Beatles
And I Love Her
In My Life
Michelle
I'll Follow the Sun
The Wind - Cat Stevens
Over The Hills and Far Away - Zeppelin
Goin' To California - Zeppelin 


Latin and Classical etc...

Sabor A Mi
Guantanamera
La Bamba
La Paloma
Solace - Scott Joplin (from The Sting)
Bach Bouree
Solamente Una Vez
Lagrima
Romanza
Faena - Gypsy Kings
Sevillanas - flamenco
Solea - flamenco
Columbiana - flamenco
Buleria - flamenco
Tangos - flamenco
Alegrias - flamenco
Recuerdos de La Alhambra
Asturias
Bach Prelude in E minor
Sleepers Awake - Bach
Assorted Hawaiian Slack Key
Assorted Celtic including Endearing Young Charms