Hometown: Lansing, MI

First CD owned: Mariah Carey's debut, Michael Jackson's Bad, Bobby Brown's Don't be Cruel (I got them all simultaneously for Christmas)

First CD pirated: Prince's greatest hits

Musical Influences: Led Zepplin, Jamiroquai, Phish, Meshell N'degeocello, Prince, Return to Forever, Incubus, Stevie Wonder, James Brown, Victor Wooten, Indigo Girls, Alice in Chains, The Roots, Sarah Maclachlan, Joni Mitchell, Chick Corea, Bruce Hornsby, Tower of Power, Stevie Ray Vaughn, Jeff Buckley, Metallica, Dave Mathews

Gear: Ibenez SDGR, Trace Elliot, Keely Compressor, Frantone Fuzz, Fulltone Chrous, Emma Discombobulator, Boss DD5, Boss Tuner

Favorite Guilty Pleasure Song: "Toxic" by Britney Spears

Social Security Number: 187-and-undercover-cop