Roots
I am originally from Grangeville, a small town in northern Idaho. I grew up on a farm, where we grew mainly wheat and barley, and raised cattle, sheep, and hogs.
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Family
My wife Heather Green is also a geologist. We spend a lot of time together outdoors in the northwest with our son Evan and our dog Floyd.
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Music
I am a huge fan of bluegrass music, and have been playing guitar for over 25 years. At Princeton, I played with the bluegrass band Prospect Crossing, which included fiddle phenom Brittany Haas (currently playing with The Punch Brothers and other groups), and banjo picker Paul Prestopino (formerly of the Chad Mitchell Trio and long-time back-up instrumentalist for Peter, Paul, and Mary). In Reno, I had the great pleasure to play with 6 Mule Pile-up, a bluegrass and old-time band, and The Road Apples, a folk and bluegrass trio, between 2010-2015. For most of the past 10 years, I have been playing with the The Moscow Mules, a trio with bluegrass instrumentation that specializes in playing 60s-70s rock songs (including a lot of Grateful Dead). I also played with the Moscow-Pullman based bands Taproot Bluegrass in 2015-2016 and The Chelseas off and on between 2020 and 2025.
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