He was a drummer born in Charleston, West Virginia who won an outstanding soloist award at Ohio State University and performed at the 1984 Presidential Inaugural Ball.
He recorded with Section Eight, Zaccaria, Tone Poets and Stonefish and then in 1995 joined the group Atlanta Rhythm Section.
In November 1999, he died aged 37, of a heart attack after an afternoon set in Orlando, Florida. It was his daughter’s first birthday.
He performs here….
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