Biography
Tony began playing guitar at age 9. He started doing gigs in his early 20's. He traveled around doing gigs all around the U.S. and did a USO tour which took him all through Japan, Korea and Okinawa.

Tony has played 'society' gigs for years and has performed for President Clinton, Vice-President Cheney and former Prime Minister Barak to name a few.

He was a 'Governor's Ball' musician and played the Academy Awards for 5 years. (NOTE: not in the pit band)

Played with:
Ray Charles --"Honestly, I played with Ray only once but I was a last minute sub and I didn't get the set list until 5 MINUTES before downbeat from Ray himself. It was a quartet so I couldn't hide. Exhilarating to say the least. Ray: " You don't know it? Don't
worry, you'll hear it".

also:
Nell Carter
Edgar Winter
Paul Cotton (POCO)
even "Elvira, Mistress Of The Dark".

Tony has recorded on numerous recordings and can be heard on a few recent films. In the film 'Serenity' (2005) scored by David Newman, he can be heard playing guitar, dobro, mandolin, banjo and yue qin (a Chinese mandolin type instrument).

Influences & Favorites
"My tastes are all over the map. I've been drawn to players mostly. No matter what style of music, I love a person who can really play their instrument".

"Django, Joe Pass, Hendrix, Robben Ford are some of the guitar players I like. I guess I lean towards the jazz guys but am open to it all. Other groups I like are The Staple Singers, Ohio Players, Booker T, and The Meters".