I hope that I'm improving all the time. I've gotten used to the deformity and I switched back to a 34"scale, four string bass, so I'm a completely different character now, anyway. Thanks for asking.

We've splintered into different projects, but we're still close. We're actually finishing a new CD now.

The guitarist, Bob Dean, who moved to Florida, may be coming to New York  soon, so we're going to finish the 3rd CD, which is already about 75 percent done. I don't know if you were aware, but the 2 singers from Star People and I are 3/5 of The Funky Knights, though it would be difficult for two bands to be more different. The Lizards and Star People are "recording only" projects now. The Funky Knights rule my world.

The Funky Knights lorded over the NYC bar scene from 1988 - 1994. We played 1000 sets during that period and got as tight as only that much work can get you. We had a big following. We've reunited after not playing together for almost 20 years and it feels like we never quit!

Like Sam Kinison fronting K.C. and the Sunshine Band. A disco-blues fusion with a raunchy sense of humor. Like Little Feat meets Barry White, if you can picture that.

I worked in a comic book store in the 80s and on a slow day a friend and I designed a poster titled "The Funky Knights and the 10 laws of the new round table". It is, perhaps, too x-rated to quote here, but I thought it was so funny that I started to imagine a real band of that name that could live up to the bawdy attitude. Have you ever heard of "Blow Fly"? He was a role model for the band.

We've already practically finished our 2nd and 3rd CDs! We need to find some bars where we can let it all hang out and do our "Dance all night" wild parties that we are famous for. We're adjusting to doing concerts, which we didn't really get to do much in the old days. We're trying to learn to behave ourselves, which isn't easy!

Lou Reed annoys me. I wouldn't mind doing battle with him in the streets of New York. He's pompous and gets far more credit than he deserves. Maybe Puff Daddy, the "crap pimp". I may have to clean up a bunch of musical a**holes...what's my super power?

Tom Jones  and Rachel Stavish(Sharks) on vocals, Jimmy Nolen (James Brown, r.i.p.) guitar, Mel Galley(Whitesnake, Trapeze, r.i.p) guitar and bass when I play harp. Paul Gifford(Funky Knights) drums, vocals, Bernie Worrel,(Parliament) keys and yours truly on bass and harp. I'm ready, let's raise the dead and go!

Early 70s versions of James Brown, Led Zeppelin, Trapeze, Ohio Players, Little Feat, Stray Dog, Captain Beyond and Al Green, Mob Rules era Black Sabbath, Point of Entry era Judas Priest, 1971 era Humble Pie with Frampton,  1968 Doors, 1969 era King Crimson and Cactus and The Rat Pack!...  ticket price, $5.50. (I may design a poster for that festival) Now, you get Madonna for $500.

Tony Bennett's new one.

We opened for Leon Russell and I watched his set...super cool.

The Funky Knights are a genre defying band with a complex image...potty mouthed sex maniacs one moment, darkly romantic the next, with a front man who can pull it off. It's humor that challenges you. Good songs and harmonies. Give us a chance, we'll make you dance!