Jeff was born and raised in San Francisco.  He first picked up a bass guitar before high school and has played a wide variety of music, from early R&B, hard rock, jazz, soft rock, blues, and funk.  Influences include the Motown Funk Brothers, Sly and the Family Stone, Jimi Hendrix, jazz bassist Ray Brown, Stanley Clark, and Jaco Pastorius.  The San Francisco venues like Fillmore West, and Winterland were regular hang outs for Jeff and his best friend, a drummer.

 

Jeff believes the function of the bass is to hold the groove and to make sure the heads are bopping, the feet are tapping, and the booties are shaking.  The challenge is to stay in tune with the whole band, but, specially with the drummer.  When bass and drums are in sync, it is a beautiful thing.

 

When you see the band, you will be able to recognize Jeff by the huge smile plastered on his face.  He says his cheeks often hurt after playing from all that smiling.  To sum it up, his love of playing music is written all over his face!