Shout outs:

• The many and varied open mics in Bellingham, WA and Vancouver, BC.

• Friday News Roundup, Woodshed, The Spark, The New Deal, El Golfo, Takomazone, Porch, Savory and others with Russ, Karen, David, Rob, Jay, Steve, Lou, Mary, Robert, John, Ted, Bill, Ken, the Erics, Mindy, and Phil

• The Rome Grange: I performed Fridays - summer 2024

• FAWM (February Album Writing Month) - since 2023 with thousands of songwriting peers from around the world

• HMT, Rhizome, and My Dead Aunt's Books for hosting composition and performance classes in 2024

• TPTV, the Maryland SBDCenter and others for giving me the chance to produce video. A special shout out to Marisela Vilamil and the crew of 'El Chapulin Colorado/The Red Grasshopper'

• Co-lyricist Reid Baron on Karma Casino and the crew, including Ted, Bill, Steve, Mary and David.

• Kids at Piney Branch guitar clubs

• Carol Whittam, The Takoma Singers and Bill Herman (we tackled Moondog tunes!)

• John Lion and colleagues at The Magic Theatre in SF where I made my first forays into composition as sound designer and composer on first run plays by Sam Shepherd, Michael McClure and others

• Tony Gnazzo, Pauline Oliveros, Stan Lunetta, Charles Amerkhanian and other electronic artists who were mentors and friends

• The UC Davis Electronic Music Department for bringing John Cage to campus as an Artist in Residence

• Spanish bar owners and Flamenco musicians for giving me gigs, places to crash, and encouragement as I traveled down the Spanish Eastern seaboard by train with my friend Casey after high school

• Accordianist and Music Union member Charlie Brown for taking me under your wing when I was in high school, introducing me to live performance in a wide variety of venues and giving me my first real job

• Wolfman Jack and all the AM folks who brought folk, surf, rock, country, tex-mex, R&B, Brit invasion and more to my Arizonan world via transistor radio to help me start my musical journey, and to my friend Tom Kusian, my first musical compadre

• and finally, the Kingston Trio cover band I heard in Nantucket at age 12, when I understood my path, no matter how twisty