Preamble
Hi, I 'm an Air Force brat which means I kind of grew up all over the place. My roots are in Dade City and Panama City Florida, USA, but my early teens were spent in Victorville California, while my high school years were spent in Zweibrucken Germany (West Germany in those days). Quite Naturally, to my dads amazement, I decided to join the Navy, serving on; USS Juneau (LPD-10), USS Morton (DD-948), USS Benjamin Stoddert (DDG-22), USS Reuben James (FFG-57), and USS Rodney Davis (FFG-60). My military campaigns have taken me to various port calls including; Japan, The Philippines, Hong Kong, Oman, Korea, Thailand, Singapore, Tuvalu, New Caledonia, Australia, Okinawa, Samoa, Mexico, Canada, Panama, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Indonesia, Qatar, Netherlands Antilles, and probably other places that I' m missing on this list.
I am a guitarist, and have been involved with numerous musical projects over the years, including San Diego California cover bands "Main Control", "New Song Church Band", and "Freeway Funhouse". I was a founding member of "Clandestiny", (an alternative hard rock band from the Island of Oahu, Hawaii), and also a founding member of "Secondhand Smoke", (an alternative hard rock band from the Seattle area, Washington, USA). and an awesome heavy blues rock cover band from the Seattle area called "Common Thread". Currently I am involved with an original musical project called "Phil Durt".
My main interest in life is, um, rock music! My favorite artists include; Rory Gallagher, Thin Lizzy, Deep Purple, Black Sabbath, UFO, Nirvana, Frank Marino & Mahogany Rush, Lynyrd Skynyrd, The Outlaws, Alice in Chains, Pearl Jam, The Kinks, Blackfoot, Robin Trower, The Melvins, Megadeth, Soundgarden, Screaming Trees, Led Zeppelin, AC/DC (when Bon Scott was with them), Jimi Hendrix, The Who, and above all, the greatest rock band of all time, "THE BEATLES".