Ok, here goes.  Born/raised in Spokane.  Started piano lessons at the tender age of 5, surviving several years of classical lessons and recitals (I am only kidding, I am most grateful for those years).  Given my "3 Bs" (Bach, Beethoven and Black Sabbath) influences, I started played in rock bands as a teenager (see above pic, nice Vox amp and Howard Combo organ behind me?) - by the way I think I got the 70s, 80s, 90s, and 00s covered with those pics. 

Among the bands I played for: Rushour out of Chicago, Season Street and the Gayle Rose Band out of Spokane, Dirty Joys (my mother loved that name, not!) from Tri-Cities Washington, and the Tempers and Missiles End from Portland Oregon.  After too many years on the road I ended up in Reno where I started in (again!) on getting a college education.  For the next ten years I worked full time while attending school 3/4 and full time, with the first six years in Reno at UNR, the final 4 years at Seattle Pacific University (a move to the Pacific Northwest in between).  All in all I garnered two undergrad degrees and two masters degrees.

I work in my field of study in the Seattle area and perform with the Dennis Mitchell Band out of Portland Oregon.