Artists I have worked with:
Aretha Franklin     2007-2017
Stevie Wonder
Googoosh
Natalie Cole
Smokey Robinson
Carrie Underwood
The Platters
XYZ
Richard Smallwood
Taj Mahal

My Story
      I started playing music when I was nine years old.  Beginning with the violin, I fell in love with stringed instruments.  At twelve, I picked up my brother's guitar one day.  It seemed easier to play than the violin because it had frets.  Playing along with the radio and Top40 music, I taught myself how to play guitar.  From 1986 to 1989, I practiced about 6 or 7 hours a day.  Listening to great guitar players like Joe Satriani, Steve Morse, Eric Johnson, Eddie Van Halen, Pat Metheny, Mike Stern, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Jeff Beck, Vito Bratta, Alex Lifeson,  I slowly started developing my own style. 
      At Andover High School, I made several bands with my friends and we played at the Battle of the Bands every year from 1989 to 1992.  
      During my university years, I went to University of Massachusetts Amherst.
During that time I had an original band, Jamawokee, and played in many tribute bands.  I played guitar 4 or 5 nights a week from 1993 to 2000, basically most of the clubs between Boston and New York City.
      In 2003, I moved to Los Angeles from Boston and jumped right into the pro
music scene there.  After playing in churches and for various pop stars for several years, I became the guitarist for Aretha Franklin's band in 2007.