G.E. STINSON
Birthplace: Kingfisher, Oklahoma.
Early life: migratory nomadic. Chicago at 13, hears Bo Diddley on car radio, purchases guitar. Learns to play blues listening to Muddy Waters, Sonny Boy Williamson, etc. Works/hangs out with Cash Mccall, Willie Dixon, etc. '60s erupt. Flirts with success as blues rock guitarist. Experiments with other music forms. Starts learning Charlie Parker tunes. Miles Davis' "Bitches Brew" alters direction. Starts improvising.
1974: co-founds Shadowfax. Relocates to Los Angeles. Success and eventual dissatisfaction.
1989: jettisons into Los Angeles underground music community. Still refining extended technique, frequency manipulation and laptop pulse programming.