“I started singing in the womb. I was playing mandolin at 4 years old, taught by my mother. I found the mandolin in a closet. My mother had played in the high school band and taught me to read on it. I studied guitar at age 11 with Ann Brown in Roslyn, and later with Jim Hall and John Abercrombie, then later in L.A. with Ted Green. I’ve always been very serious about the music.”