Mr. G started out on the west coast in the San Francisco Bay Area. He soaked up the intense funk/soul/jazz scene out there, as a fan and as the member of the horn section in various funk and jazz bands. After finishing his education in the Chicago area, Mr. G put down the trombone and began goofing around with the harmonica. He became a student of Chicago blues and found his voice as a barroom singer and harp player.

Mr. G established the Mystery Band on Thanksgiving evening in 2003, filling in for a busted booking at Bill’s Blues Bar in Evanston, Illinois. Several questions surround the Mystery Band:

• Who will be in the band tonight? 

• What tunes will be in the set tonight?

• Where will the band play?

• When will the band play?

And the answer to all these questions is “It’s a Mystery!”

Mr. G has convinced over 35 of Chicagoland’s top blues and jazz players to join in the Mystery Band experience.  

Mr. G has a day job and he intends to keep it. He lives in Evanston, Illinois with a very patient wife, two lovely daughters, a couple of odd dogs, a psychotic cat, and several obese hamsters.