The Musicscool teacher, White Album Ensemble performer and onetime keyboardist for the Doobie Brothers writes us back.
What do you do for a living?
Play, write, record, teach music.
What would you be doing if you weren’t doing that?
Eco-terrorist.
What do you do in your free time?
What is that?
What brought you to Santa Cruz?
A mysterious magnetic attraction I first experienced at 6 years old—moved here in ’69, tried Hollywood in ’80, but it “pulled me back.”
What’s your favorite street?
The dirt path by the creek in Nisene Marks park.
Name a pet peeve.
Pet peeves.
Secret star crush?
Cate Blanchett.
What are you reading?
In Search of the Miraculous, Ouspensky
What’s the most important thing you’ve learned in the last three years?
Nothing is 100 percent predictable, but there are tendencies, sometimes eleven dencies.
Recent personal food trend?
Mexican/Thai/Japanese or other combos that taste good and have common ingredients.
