BIO

LONE RIDER HAS MANY A SOBRIQUET, LIKE, OLE LONESOME BOB, COWBOY, AS WELL AS COWBOY BOB, NOT TO MENTION BOBB T., AND SOME OTHER CHOICE NAMES WE CAN NOT PUT DOWN HERE. I PLAYED THROUGH THE SEVENTIES, FROM NY TO FLORIDA, FOR VENUES SMALL AND SOME BIG (3,000). BROKE AWAY FROM MUSIC, MARRIED (STILL, SAME WOMAN). I BECAME A BINIZ MAN, 18 WHEELERS, MY CB HANDLE WAS “LONG RUN”, LIKE, THE BEST IN THE…..! MADE MONEY, LOST MONEY, MADE IT AGAIN…. RAISED FOUR WONDERFUL LADIES, TO MY CREDIT, AND STILL REIN AS, LORD OF THE LAIR (THEY LET ME BELIEVE THAT). RETURNED TO MUSIC AND STILL DOING THE SONGS THAT MAKE ME WHO I AM MUSICALLY SPEAKING. MY INFLUENCES ARE JOHN FOGERTY, (CREEDANCE CLEARWATER REVIVAL), C.S.N.&Y (COLLECTIVELY AND THEIR SOLO STUFF), EAGLES, FIREFALL, SPRINGSTEEN, JACKSON BROWN, JESSIE WINCHESTER, LEON RUSSELL, ELTON JOHN, AS WELL AS MARC COEN. ON THE COUNTRY SIDE JOHNNY CASH HAS BECOME AS BIG AS LIFE, WAYLON JENNINGS AND WILLIE NELSON ARE FINDING THEIR WAY TO MY PLAYLIST. MUCH OF THE NEW COUNTRY IS APPEALING TOO. STILL SEVENTIES ACOUSTIC ROCK IS MY MAIN-STAY.

THESE DAYS I AM PLAYING ACOUSTIC 6 AND 12 STRING GUITARS IN MY SHOW, WITH HARMONICAS. I’VE BEEN WORKING THE PIANO LATELY AND LOVING IT. I RECENTLY BROKE OUT WITH A FENDER NASHVILLE TELECASTER W\ A B-BENDER AND ALONG WITH MY FENDER TWIN, IT IS A FORMIDABLE ACT START TO FINISH.  MY STAGE PROPS SET A TONE LIKE THAT OF AN EAGLES SET, WITH BULL HORNS, SERAPES, STEER SKULL, RUGS, AND DREAM CATCHERS, AND WILEY COYOTE, AS MY FINANCE MANAGER (HE HOLDS THE TIP CUP AND PASSES OUT CARDS). IT’S A HELL OF A LOT OF EQUIPMENT FOR ONE GUY… BUT, THAT’S WHAT I DO! I'VE ALWAYS HAD STRONG VOCALS WITH A NATURAL ABILITY TO HARMONIZE. WITH AGE, COMES SEASONING, I AM FORTUNATE TO SAY THAT, LIKE AGED WINE THESE ARE….”THE VINTAGE YEARS”. MY RANGE IS VAST AND MY INTERPRETATIONS ARE RIGHT ON, AND IN MANY CASES…. EERILY, RIGHT ON. BRAG….? NOPE! I'VE ALWAYS THOUGHT TO SING A SONG WELL IS TO SOUND LIKE THE ORIGINAL, ALBEIT, I DO HAVE THOSE SPECIAL SONGS THAT I HAVE MADE MY OWN. MY ORIGINAL WORK IS ME WITH ALL MY HEROES BLENDED IN AND BEING MY OWN HARSHEST CRITIC, I'VE DEVELOPED OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS, AND THE RESULT, WELL SHOOT, I ENJOY ‘EM!!