1951 - I was born. I don't remember much about it because I was awfully young. I heard that I was ugly and that my Daddy wanted to pinch my head off but my Mamma hit him with a skillet instead.

1952 -1970 - I was a child and/or a teenager. It was boring. I have no idea how that child grew up to be me. By all rights, he should have become an accountant or a real estate lawyer.

1971 - 2000 - I tried to be a responsible adult. I failed. Somewhere along in there I learned to play the guitar and other things with strings on them. That did not help much with the responsible part.

2000 - I discovered the "Mudcat Cafe". My life started to go downhill.

2004 - I am not dead yet. That's more than Jerry Garcia could say at my age.

PS: Since this is supposed to be a "brief" bio, I have omitted all the stuff about drugs and sex and alcohol.