My music career began even before i knew about it. From the time i was a child i was drawn to music of all kinds. My father was a singer and my mother a music lover. I have always believed that there is something to that as far as genetics go. I loved to hear my dad sing, and my mom had some kind of music playing around the house almost all the time. Growing up in Philadelphia we had great Radio. I was equally blessed to be the youngest of four children and my brother and two sisters all had very different musical tastes. I was not allowed to use their records or stereo's so, as you can imagine, i was in trouble all the time for getting into their things. Especially their records.

I found music from Sinatra to the Stones. Marvin Gaye to the Doors. Elton John to the Beatles. Loggins & Messina, Stevie Wonder, Eric Clapton, Pink Floyd, Led Zeplin, Steely Dan, Earth Wind & Fire, Sly and the Family Stone and a list that goes on and on and on. Around age six my Grandfather gave me a guitar. It was an old black Epiphone hollow body with F holes cut in it. It was to big for me and it didn't hold it's tuning very well but it sounded great to me. So much so that i took it everywhere my folks would let me. I began to figure out my favorite songs ( i had alot of the chords dead wrong ) and i was willing to perform for anyone who would listen.

At age 10 I started my first band when i met Louie F. Lou was a guitar player the same age as me who lived around the corner. He and I played around the neighborhood all the time. soon we had a drummer and another guitar player and a bass player and then we were a band officially named " Flying High ". It seemed as though when we played people stopped and listened and stayed and listened some more. The audience feedback and energy was electric and I was now fully charged with their energy my passion for performing began to grow and grow as still does to this day.

In the years to follow i would travel the country playing with some of the finest musicians on the planet. They have inspired me to continue to play and write music by their un-wavering committment to play from the heart and soul. That is what makes great musicians and performers great. God blessed me with this passion for music and I try to deliver that passion every time I perform, for every audience.

I thank you for your interest in me and my music and hope to see you at one of my upcoming gigs.

With Sincere Thanks

Eli