My wife, Abby and I live in Portland, Oregon with our sons, Rowan
(born 2006) and Quillan (born 2009). I work as the Executive Director
of Johnson Creek Watershed Council, a small environmental non-profit.
Besides singing and writing songs, I enjoy traveling, bird watching, skiing,
and hiking. Other tidbits about me: I was a Peace Corps Volunteer in
Honduras in the 1990s, and in high school, I won a pair of skis in a
pie-eating contest.
ABOUT “FUNNIER LITTLE FELLAS” – Newly released!
Like its predecessor, “Funnier Little Fellas” was inspired by my sons, Rowan and Quillan. It’s for and about them, tracking the major events in their first years of life. It’s a different album though, with its focus on the toddler years. Just as a three-year-old has a more varied repertoire than a six-month-old, “Funnier Little Fellas” is more complex and varied than “Funny Little Fella”. Part of that is my growth as a songwriter; I learned a lot in writing two albums worth of songs. Where I’d written all the songs on “Funny Little Fella” before I went in the studio, “Funnier Little Fellas” was written and recorded in drips and drabs, whenever I could schedule time between being a dad and working full-time. It lacks the homogenizing influence of an album produced in a short span of time. “Funny Little Fella” had a consistent sound; “Funnier Little Fellas” is an eclectic mix of styles. Part of the eclecticism too is Sean Flora’s creative influence; Sean knows and likes a lot of different kinds of music (as do I). One of the things I enjoyed most about recording “Funnier Little Fellas” was bringing a song to Sean and in the process, hearing for the first time what it sounded like. We had a lot of fun collaborating on this album. |
