The Trust Mission

An offshoot of The Youngstown Tramps, this project was entirely led by Ian Simon with regard to songwriting and vocals. I mainly played bass guitar for this project, although towards the end we morphed from a 3 piece into a 4 piece and I played lead guitar. The DIY recordings from this endeavor have never been released in a digital format. We played a decent amount of shows with good response.

The Youngstown Tramps

From 2006 until 2013, I was a member of The Youngstown Tramps, an eclectic indie, alternative rock band from Youngstown, OH. We played over 100 shows and 2008 DIY recorded a full length album in my home recording studio. The songs were varied and the songwriting duties were somewhat split between myself, Ian Simon and Lori Ann Shelby (Hoelzel). The shuffling songwriting, electric violin, and having four singers made this project unique and one that I am still proud to have been a part of 

Starting in 2010, I began playing bass guitar for Dog OK, a project of Patrick Gadola's. Ed "Pokey" Pokrivnak joined and we recorded two EPs and played multiple shows. I have no photos from this time other than the one to the left, so this doesn't open into a separate gallery page. The Dog OK project is an expansive collection of original songs. Patrick is a prolific songwriter, who continues to add to his expansive body of work.