Michael Gardner and I worked at student dining while attending Illinois State University in Normal.  I don't remember how it came up, but I eventually did sound for a few of their gigs around town.  While doing their sound at The Coffeehouse, I decided to record their performance.   I'm rather proud of this, as I mixed the live sound with the main faders, while mixing the recording with the auxilliary buses and headphones straight to DAT.  I've re-EQ'd the tracks, though there was nothing I could do about the mix.  Listening again, I'm reminded that I really had little idea how to properly use a compressor.  The volumes of the instruments have a very annoying throbbing quality.  The songs on this page are simply the ones that came out best on my end.

The guys from Mahogany were really nice and fun to work with.  It's too bad I wasn't able to do more with them.  Gary Muhammad came out with a solo CD in 2006 called Bean Soup Days.  If you like his playing here, you should really check out the disc.  He's a really good singer, too.