Tailgates & Subtitutes

San Francisco, Sonoma Area original alternative folk with 12-strings, lap steels, harmonica and keyboards. "Down-home meeting of British folk-rock duo Richard & Linda Thompson and the Flying Burrito Brothers". Traces of 10,000 Maniacs and Lucinda Williams. Digs deep into American Roots with a 10 originals and 2 classics, Bob Dylan's "You Ain't Goin Nowhere" and Johnny Cash's "Get Rhythm." Tips it's hat to Eddie Cochran ("Little Bird"), echoes the glory days of Gram Parsons ("Whistle of the Wheels") and shades of the Beatles, Beau Brummels, and the Lovin Spoonful ("If You Took the Time," "In the Summertime"). Nominated for "WAMMIES", S. F. Weekly's Alt Music Awards and received acclaim in Acoustic Guitar, Fast Folk Audio and Performing Songwriter mags.