Thorn - (1993 - 1995)

Upon my return from England in Spring 1993, Gina and I dissolved Rose Absolute leaving me, bassist Johny Faeth, and fiddle Eric "Stumpy" Sessions, seeking a drummer and a new name. We hooked up with drummer Dodd Johnson (formerly of Little Green Men) and hit the bars as Thorn. We were regulars at the Uptown Bar, the 24 Bar, and the Red Sea.

But our plans to expand our venues and hit the road ended with the departure of Dodd Johnson. Dodd moved his family to the Seattle area, Eric went to Iowa, and Johny got married and moved to Wisconsin. This left me looking for more band mates.

I am fortunate in that I am never at a loss for talented musical friends. Paul Loughridge on Drums and Fletch Fletcher on Bass were playing together in Sea of Words. They agreed to come on board with Thorn and we added Evan Murdock on electric violin. We played frequently at the Terminal Bar, the Loring Bar, the Seventh Street Entry and the Red Sea

Thorn Live at the Red Sea in Minneapolis was released in the Fall of 1993 and got air play on 770 Radio K and KFAI. Some of these original cassettes still exist and we will likely get a few songs from it put up on this site for your listening enjoyment.

After the birth of my first son, Oskar in February '95 (who enjoyed many gigs from the vantage point of the back pack), I began to increase my solo work. By the end of 1995 Fletch and Evan had moved on and Thorn had pretty well dissolved.

I released my first solo album, Faith in Me, in the fall of 1997 with a compliment of extremely talented musicians to back me up. Most had been playing together for years in The Parsley Brothers. Also on the CD was my new mate Greg Traxler and our producer JR Hartley.

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