2013  Health issues continue to be at the forefront in Jeff's life.  After several years of unrelenting pain, Jeff has finally been diagnosed with Lyme Disease. He has gone undiagnosed and untreated for several years now due to three false negative Lyme tests.  It has stripped him of most enjoyment life offers due to revolving pain, anxiety, brain fog and fatigue.  Lyme Disease is a horrible illness that can consume your entire body, and is often passed off as many other illnesses, including, anxiety, depression, etc., anything a little pill should fix.  Though anti-depressant/anxiety pills can be helpful, they're just a convenient treatment when your doctor doesn't know what's wrong with you.  They don't fix the culprit that continues to ravage the body.  False negative test results occur up to 60% of the time.  That's significant.  If you know someone who is constantly fatigued, in pain, has brain fog, and just never seems to get better, seriously have them see a Lyme Literate Medical Doctor LLMD.   They are not easy to find.  Getting accurate test results, quickly, is extremely important.

Treatment began in April and will be a long, hard road ahead.  Unfortunately, symptoms will become worse before they are any better.   It has been extremely discouraging to say the least. Through it all, his playing never waivers or shows he suffers through the handful of gigs he continues to book.  So, if you're ever in the Fingerlakes Region, of NY, check out the schedule for his band, The Cats.  Maybe you'll be lucky enough to catch him at gig. 

2012  hasn't been as productive musically as previous years.  Jeff still keeps busy giving lessons, laying down tracks to new songs, providing bass tracks for other artists and doing gigs with his band, The Cats.   Jeff has had health issues which have hindered progress in many areas since 2010,  but hopeful 2013 will have better days ahead.

 

2011   brought some long-awaited studio time for Jeff at Wilburland Studio in Newfield, NY.  Collaborating with Will Russell (master mixer), Jeff completed and fine tuned a couple songs he had on the back burner to include on his cd. Now that the songs are complete, the result is Jeff's new cd, First Time.  Check it out.