Music Composition and Performance

2008--Benny's Pub, Hagerstown, Md.; Adventure Park USA, New Market, Md.

2007 —Benny's Pub, Hagerstown, Md.; Port City Java, Hagerstown, Md.

A Shug's Country. 1993. Produced guitar and vocal track for second 60-minute album of socially-conscious and unconsciously pastoral blues, country, folk, and rock music.

A Shug's Delight! 1989. Album (60 minutes) with distribution split between sales and promotion.

1997-2000—Noon show, Darlington Apple Festival, Darlington, Md., 1997, ‘98, ‘99, '00; Courtyard Troubadour, P.J.’s Restaurant, Main Street, Ellicott City, Md., August through December, 1998; Street Singer (two years running), Alexandria First Night Festival, Alexandria, Virginia; Evening Entertainer, Presbyterian Home, Washington, D.C.; February (1997): troubadour, private Valentine’s Day party, Fairfax, Va.; principle concert performer, The Boardroom, Seaford, Delaware.

1995--produced 3-minute dance composition, "Swingin' Dada" for Alexandria Department of Recreation, Merrymaker Summer Camp, Arts Division (performance: July 14, 1995). 1994--gigging private parties as pianist with standards and show tune repertoire; continued songwriting.

1993--In September, played at Fratello's in Gaithersburg, Md.; performed Tuesdays, July and August, at the Judge's Bench, Ellicott City, Md.

1992--performed in October as open mike opening act (30 minutes) at E.C. Does It Café, Ellicott City, Md., and in November as a featured act (45 minutes) at Silver Spring Folk Showcase; performed over spring and summer at Songwriter's Showcase, Westminster Inn, Maryland.

1990--Principal Male Vocalist, Alexandria Royal Fifes and Drums. Venues included Omni Shoreham, Washington Hilton.

1988-89--A Shug's Delight! won airplay on WWDC's Local Licks program; 1988--Led trio, The Shugs, into Washington, D.C. venues, including Galleghar's Pub, The Royal Warrant, The Takoma Café, and Bosco's.

1987--while on vacation in Jacksonville, Florida, played at TJ's Oyster House (won free-seafood-dinner-for-two contest), Applejacks, and Mayport Naval Air Station.