About Me
How do you pronounce that? "DOO-pluh-shann". (It's Creole - deal with it.)
Birthdate: December 30, 1956.
Birthplace: Los Angeles, California. And I'm still here.
Published Novels: Eight Days A Week; Blackbird; Tangled Up in Blue; Captain Swing (all available through Amazon.com)
CD: Go Go Go (DYI, released 2003, available only from moi.)
Musical Instruments Played: larynx, ukulele, guitar (perpetual beginner)
Major Musical Influences: Sam Cooke, Johnny Mathis, Ella Fitzgerald, Billie Holiday, Cliff "Ukulele Ike" Edwards, Barbra Streisand, Bette Midler, Joni Mitchell, The Mills Brothers, The Boswell Sisters, David Bowie
Major Literary Influences: Tom Robbins, James Baldwin
Other Hobbies/Interests: Listening to music on my iPod, reading (currently, a lot of theology and biblical history), working out (Geez, I hope you can tell!), watching movies, being addicted to reality TV shows (American Idol, So You Think You Can Dance, anything having to do with performers).