Trumpet/flugel horn; singer;  Austin Native (age--mid/late fifties).  On the scene since teenage years.  A true product of the local music apprenticeship system.  Learned to read/play in school, learned practical aspect of being performing musician from his introduction into club scene with older East Side Musicians.  Has played with most of the players in the project at one time or another.  Experience ranges from straight ahead jazz to funk to blues.  Active since the early 1960's.  Has lived on the East Side and worked with Black East Side players for entire career.  Except for brief road trips, has been in Austin most of his life.  Excellent source for East Side cultural/music history.  Although he has been a working musician for the last years 35-40, he has continued to keep a day job for security.  Has had the same job for about 20 years.  Currently works with Blues Boy Hubbard, East Side Band, and others.