Click on the sketch above to see the original. Created in '99 by A. Sharif Cuprill. I was performing solo at the Mother Earth Cafe, he was writing. I thought I was getting a negative review. At the end of the night he presented me with the sketch.

Daddy's Little Girl. The budding bassist Thea Dimin. The tune Little Sister on my CD is dedicated to her. Click on image for a larger image
I think she's got that two-handed tapping thing down! Click on image for a larger image

Here is the cover from the Bassics Magazine. Here I am with John Paul Jones. On the compliation CD that comes with each Bassics Magazine, you can hear me with JPJ as well as Jimmy Haslip, Robben Ford and John B. Williams ... how good is life!

Here is my Bass Choir Class that I taught at the National Summer Guitar Workshop during the summer of 2002. From left to right: Jason, Laurie, me and John. They performed "What You Won't Do For Love". Click on thier pic to hear their rendition (recording quality is a minidisk placed on the apron of the stage - be kind)
 
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Here are some of my students, all by the way playing their MTD Basses. From left to right: Terry with his MTD Grendel 5 (he also has a Grendle 4 and a new 535); Dave with his 535 (spalt top over Ash with an inlay by Larry Robinson); Danny with his MTD Beast, and Larry with his MTD 535 (this bass used to be Jerry Watts').