As a teenager I was always drawn to the deep groove of the bass guitar.   If you ask my friends from high school they will tell you, "Whenever we would have air jam sessions to our favorite bands like Foghat's 'Slow Ride', Pat was always hammering away on his air bass.   No one could understand why.   I mean no one had even called the drums or the lead guitar yet and Pat was already throwing the air bass over his shoulder.   It wasn't like he had any competition." Unfortunately, I never really had any rhythm.   I didn't figure I had much of a future in music other than my ambitious pursuit of mastering the air bass.   Then one foggy Christmas morning, in the spirit of giving, my big brother (famed lead guitarist for Didn't Planet) handed me my first bass guitar. I was surprised, excited and a little nervous.   I mean, I had never been in the company of a real bass guitar.   I knew I was going to have to break the news to my air bass quickly and cleanly.   I was certain that I couldn't juggle both of them at the same time without the other finding out. It wasn't a hard decision for me to move to the real bass, but I must admit it was very awkward at first.   I mean we didn't really know each other and here I was fondling the poor thing without a clue as to what to do.   My new bass was patient with my virgin hands and as I groped my way along it's neck and body it taught me some things that I should and shouldn't do if we were going to make music together.   Some people asked me if it bothered me to be playing an older bass (I knew my guitar had been with others before me, because my brother told me it was "used" and had been around).   I didn't let that bother me. If anything I let that guitar show me the ropes and, boy did it ever. Shortly thereafter I joined my first cover band Chumley, which turned out to be an instant success.   We toured for a couple of years then it just got too crazy with all the booze, drugs, chickens and other farm animals...er... ah....anyway .... Chumley separated just like The Police did.. in our heyday... and on top! I didn't plan to join Didn't Planetit just happened that way (somebody had to use that joke).   Clearly I'm matched with musicians who have far greater ability than I... yet... I somehow seem to drink enough not to care whether they notice.   Yes we have the same creative differences that most bands do and we solve them with fist-fights just like any other band, but we keep it real....we channel that energy to a point where our fans feel like they were trying to break up a fist fight...throughout our entire gig... so it's all good. As for the future all I can say is...well...come to the next show and I'll tell you!