BIO
This is pretty much what Sean looks like when he's playing a song.
Over 700 solo shows – and counting.
Music that spans genres and decades – from the Beatles, the Eagles, John Mayer, Jack Johnson, David Gray, Maroon 5 and Toad the Wet Sprocket to James Taylor, Burt Bacharach, Glen Campbell, the Everly Brothers, Elvis, Neil Young, George Strait, Chris Stapleton and many, many more.
A regular performer at top venues in Washington and Arizona, including Silvara Cellars in Leavenworth, Bellevue's 520 Bar & Grill, the Hyatt Regency Lake Washington, Sigillo Cellars in Snoqualmie and Sagecliffe Resort at The Gorge – as well as the Windmill Winery in Florence, The Hoppy Vine, The Landing, Saddlebrooke, The Views at Sun City and Fairwinds Desert Point in Arizona. All in addition to frequent festivals, corporate and private events.
Sean's 14-song,all-original independent album -– Time Will Tell – was released in late 2023, available in CD at live shows, or through all the usual streaming platforms. “Bold, original songs that would sound good on any rotation of FM-quality hits.”
Visit the home page for album links on Spotify, Apple Music and more.
Above – always the hairstyle innovator – Sean receives his very first guitar (a Franciscan dreadnought), Christmas 1971.
(And yes, he still has it.)
Music's in the family. Sean grew up as the youngest of four music-loving siblings, with the Zenith stereo playing everything from Ray Price, Mantovani and Petula Clark to the Cowsills, the Beatles, Glen Campbell, Simon & Garfunkel and Led Zeppelin. He first got into drums, but the volume level compelled his parents – fortunately, apparently – to buy him his first guitar, and he never looked back.
His mom and dad met in a Los Angeles lounge, way back when, when one of his dad-to-be's friends bet him that he couldn't get a date with the singer in the band -- his mom-to-be. Well, Dad won that bet, obviously. His mom was a pianist, performed in numerous musical-theatre productions, played a bit of ukelele, and was an amazing singer, winning the northwest regional tryouts for the Metropolitan Opera -- but she chose to have a family instead. Sean's dad enjoyed music too and, well… was a pretty good whistler.
Sean's sister, Peggy, played guitar and, like her mom, had the voice of an angel, and had no problem matching the range and power of Barbra Streisand. Both of Sean's brothers also played guitar, and helped to fill Sean's younger years with music.
Sean's two sons are both award-winning musicians, one playing guitar and bass, while the other plays drums in virtually any style. Yes, a proud dad.