Original Composition: From Glassy To Ripple And Ripple To Wave

Original Composition: A Gift from the Sea

This is a song I wrote about the Palauan legend of 

the egg-laying cycle of the Sea Turtle.

Finger-style Arrangement: To The Last Whale

This song is also called "Wind On The Water". I came up with a solo guitar rendition  of it. The video is of Humpback and Killer Whales that I photographed around the Sitka Sound area in Alaska.

Here is a link to here the song performed by Crosby and Nash in 1975. 

Click here to listen. The song is also called WIND ON THE WATER.

The Humpback Whales were video taped in Sitka Sound while captaining a whale watch excursion for Allen Marine.       www.allenmarinetours.com

The Orca were video taped on a whale watch excursion during Sitka's WHALEFEST.
I just happened to poke into Degroff Bay between Sitka Sound and Krestof Sound and were so lucky to get a nice look at a pod of about 15 Orca.
I was captaining the excursion for Allen Marine.

Video: Humpback Whales at Deadman's Reach

Video: Orca Pod in the Gulf Of Alaska

Video: Gray Whale Breaching in Sitka Sound

Original Composition: And There Were Great Whales

This is a collection of photos that I have taken over the years, with exception to the Melon-headed whales. They were taken by a Guamanian photographer that was on board to take underwater photos of our dive guests. I was captaining the dive boat out to the area of the Blue Hole on Guam. All of the sudden there were 80 or 90 Melon-headed Whales all around us. I got the crewman to take the wheel and I jumped into the ocean to see the whales underwater. I asked the photographer to jump in with me and take photos of the whales. He was a little apprehensive to enter a sea with so many whales in close proximity. He held onto the dive ladder on the side of the vessel to take the photos. In one of the photos you can see the hull of the catamaran. 

This is a photo of Denalee and I diving in the Blue Hole area where we saw the Melon-headed Whales.  We are hanging from the decompression bar after diving down to 135' at the Blue Hole. Denalee is the flutist for the composition. She is a very good flute player and we have enjoyed playing flute and guitar together over the years. Interestingly, there is a fair amount of very nice improvisation that she did for the piece. Thank you, Denalee!

All of the other photos were of course taken by me  in Alaska. Mostly in Sitka Sound, but all over the Southeast.

 Denalee and I playing together back in about 1984.