I LOVE to play mandolin. I will play mando with anyone, anytime, anywhere. I love it so much, that I have earned the monikers "Mando Slut" and "Mandolaney".

(by Ken Porter)                                                                               (by Bryce Flynn)

Recorded mandolin with:

• New England Weather (www.neweather.com), "A Little Sun; A Little Rain", includes mando on several songs, including "Mando Tango".
• Angela Marseglia of New England Weather (www.neweather.com) ("Here To Stay")
• Kathy Danielson of New England Weather (www.neweather.com) ("Indestructible Man" and "I'm Coming Home") 
• Peter Reilly (www.peterjreilly.com), "Latent Image". (7 songs)
• Ilene Springer: 3 studio songs on "Matter of Time" and several live tracks on "Let My Love Be Beautiful" and "Gotta Be Brave".
• Bill Duncan: "For Gale" on Bill's CD.
• Patti DeRosa: Two songs on Patti's live CD, "Packing My Bags: Patti D Live".

In performances I've accompanied many folks on mandolin, including: Guy Davis! and also Rob Allen, Joey Ammo, Marc Douglas Berardo, Richard Berman, Roland Blair, Neal Braverman, Camille Breeze, John Boehmer, Wayne Brunell, Bluebird Junction (Marie Duprey, Michael Ross, Allen and Gail Wiegner), Liz Buchanan, Chip Canty, Kevin Champney, Chris Connors, Rick Cooper, Dave Crossland, MF Daisy, Jackie Damsky, Kathy Danielson, Graham and Barbara Dean, Patti DeRosa, Beth DeSombre, Jimmy Dorr, Bill Duncan, Ana Eder-Mulhane, Rick Fetters, Allegra Fletcher, Steve Folino, Karen Gault, Chris Gerstner, Steve Gretz and Leslie Lee, Livio Guardi, Sarah and Scott Guild, Harriet Hart, Terence Hegarty, Kathy Hoben, Tom Irving, Carlyn Hutchins, David Jackson, Ken Keller, Julia Kelly, Jake Kensinger, Terry Kitchen, Emma and Randall Kromm, Late Bloomers (Randy Browning and Brett Kinney), Paul Lee, Andrew Lewis, Gordon MacFarland, Angela Marseglia, Lisa Martin,Terence Martin, Angela Masciale, Tom Maynard, Jack Melody, Grace Morrison, Jack Murray, Judi Neal, Rob Norberg, Junko Ogawa, John Olivere, Charlie Ortolani, Chris Pahud, John Parriott, Ken Porter, Mary Pratt, Matt Procius, Steve Rapson, Peter Reilly, Frank Ruzanno, Gerry Ryan, Chrissy Sand, Satoru of the Tokyo Tramps, Ellen Schmidt, Dan and Faith Senie, Paul Shaheen, Sally Sisto, Karen Sklany-Gault, Tom Smith, Kevin So, Craig Sonnenfeld, Barry Spiro, Steve Spungin, Steve Straight, Chris Thompson, Jeff Todd, Michael Troy, Two for the Show, Bob Voges, Sandra Waddock, Jon Waterman, Linda Wheeler, Don White, Chris Wilhelm, Chuck Williams, Karen Woodhall, and Jess Yoakum.

Mando songs I have written:

•  (From the New England Weather CD.)
•   (A recent recording.)
• G'DAE AIDA (My mandolin is made by AIDA and the tuning of a mandolin (from low to high) is G-D-A-E. G'DAE is pronounced "g'day".)

1/18/11 - Here's Barry Spiro performing his song about me, "Mandolaney", at a recent Roslindale Open Mike.

9/8/07 - With Michael Troy at the JP Unplugged Concert Series (Photo by Jess Yoakum)