Musicians

I first met Greg at a school spaghetti-dinner/talent show. We were both in the sixth grade. He was easily the youngest and smallest person onstage with a high school jam-band, out front with the mic and a shaker, singing something he made up.
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Paul Joseph Santopadre started playing drums at age five. He is known around New Orleans for his tasteful chops, driving work ethic, and rock solid rhythm, but most of all for the infectiously jovial grin with which he graces the stage.
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“Washtub” Robbie Phillips’ blues and folk credentials are too long to list here. He has been a regular sideman for “Spider” John Koerner, Paul Geremia, and the late Howard Armstrong, as well as countless others.
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Jerome Deupree is my “first string” drummer in the Boston area, as well as a good friend of mine. He is best known for his work in the 1990s with the progressive rock band Morphine, led by the late Mark Sandman.
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I met former Morphine saxophonist Dana Colley at an event at the now-legendary Hi N Dry Studios loft in Cambridge, MA, once the home studio of Morphine front man Mark Sandman.
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Robbie Phillips introduced me to Rob Rudin, a music educator and an excellent, multi-talented percussionist. Rob plays trap set (drums), but I really love it when he rips it up on the rhythm bones and washboard.
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