SIX STRING ROLL hit #1 on the Audiri.com charts . Piano, acoustic guitar, keyboard/synth. Don's music has a quiet but strongly emotive and lyrical style.

12 MP3 Songs
FOLK: Modern Folk, EASY LISTENING: Soft Rock



Details:
Don helped form his first band when he was 15, playing electric piano & organ. That was nearly 4 decades ago. Keyboard/synths were still a few years away! It was just a good olâ rock ââ¬Ën roll band, but over the course of several years the band had a little success in their home circuit of south central Pennsylvania. After the band dissolved, Don picked up an acoustic guitar, & his music drifted to the folk scene -Tom Rush, Phil Ochs, Bob Dylan, etc. Then something new happened: the Singer/Songwriter movement emerged, and artists like Steve Noonan & Jackson Browne caught Donâs attention with a new, undefined sound. Now sometimes called âAlternative Folkâ, itâs a style with few boundaries: folk, blues, jazz, classical, all are welcome and blended here, and both piano and acoustic guitar fit in the niche. The songs on GATE ON RED HILL, 3 vocals, the rest instrumentals, are evocative and lyrical.
Don grew up not far from his familyâs 1750 homestead, a place known locally as Red Hill, near the beautiful Susquehanna River in the Pennsylvania Dutch area of Lancaster County. A lot of influences converge in Donâs music, and GATE ON RED HILL tells a story. Hopefully, listening to this music will help you think about your story, as well.
You might want to first listen to the sound clip of ââ¬ËWhimsyâ from the list on the left; it's a solo piano piece that was recorded live, and perhaps best sums up the spirit of Donâs music.