BORN: Boston, MA, May 11, 1954

RAISED: Hudson, Ohio

HOME: Burlington, Vermont

DAY JOB: Private Investigator

FAMILY LIFE: 
lucky dad to three Greyhounds - pictured, front to back:
Paolo, Sofia, Francesca. Paolo is a retired racer; Sofia and Frankie are Italian Greyhounds
(miniatures) who were "rescued" from unfortunate circumstances (not racing-related)

FAVORITE BOOKS:
Fiction: Lonesome Dove (Larry McMurtry), Trinity (Leon Uris), A Prayer for Owen Meany (John Irving),
No Country for Old Men (Cormac McCarthy), Montana 1948 (Larry Watson).
Non-fiction: world atlas

FAVORITE MOVIES:
This is Spinal Tap, Office Space, The Bourne Trilogy, Redrock West, Lonesome Dove, North By Northwest

FAVORITE MUSICIANS:
The Band, Mark Knopfler, Stephane Grappelli, Stevie Wonder, kd lang, Steve Earle, Brave Combo,
Merle Haggard, Lucinda Williams, Patsy Cline, Over the Rhine, Sam Cooke & the Soul Stirrers,
Roger Miller, Buena Vista Social Club, Little Village, Lyle Lovett

IDENTIFIED ATTAINABLE GOAL:
play enough gigs that require hotel stays to collect those tiny shampoos so I never have to buy it again...

IDENTIFIED DREAMY GOAL:
figure out how to live somewhere warm for the worst part of the New England winter...

BGP-RELATED GOAL:
continue playing to great audiences in great venues, and put out a CD that tops the first four...

HIGHLY QUESTIONABLE GOAL:
to own this car (2005 Russian-made Volga V12coupe):

RECENT ACCOMPLISHMENTS:
neighborhood bocce champ (2004 & 2007), filling my car's spare tire with air (!)