Muno

Muno is the lead guitarist, does background vocals, and is co-songwriter of the band Jaded Poet.

His friend Chris Williams coined the term "scribbler" to describe his skill on the guitar. He's been playing guitar since he was 7 and watching him play in concert or even during rehearsal, you get the feeling his guitar is as natural to him as having another arm.

He's performed on six of the seven continents. He's played to sold out arenas. He's performed the National Anthem at major-league sporting events. But sometimes, he'll put on a disguise and play alone in the doorway of building at night to passers by, just to recapture that intimate feeling with a small audience. So you could very well be throwing a dollar into the guitar case of a true master and not even know it.

Many guitarists can mimic animal noises with their guitars. The Elephant, the Horse, the ever-popular Hyena—these are all standards of the average guitarist which, of course, Muno can do in his sleep. In fact, because of their extreme simplicity, he doesn't even do them anymore. But, have you ever heard the California Condor performed with a guitar? It's one of Muno's creations, as are the Amazon Tree Frog, the Australian Emu, the Asian Water Buffalo and the African Wart Hog (the two of which sound similar to the undiscerning ear, but are actually quite different), and the most technically-challenging East German Border Guard Calling for Help While Dying from a Stab Wound to the Stomach. Eddie Van Halen is known do animals with his guitar, but when reached for comment on performing the Amazon Tree Frog, he just hung up the phone. Pussy.

Muno is the quintessential virtuoso on the guitar, which means he can provide you with anything you desire from an electric guitar. Anything from a progression of chords that slice through your head like an ice cold laser beam to a single, 90-minute guitar solo for your black tie event, he can deliver. Oh, it'll cost ya, but it'll be worth it.

His talents appeal to all audiences. Once, because of a scheduling snafu, his appointment was mixed up with that of a child's performer and he ended up playing the guitar in front of a classroom of 1st graders. Surprisingly, although the teacher had left the room with her fingers stuck in her ears, the kids absolutely loved Muno's display on the guitar, calling that day of school, "The Coolest Day of the Year." At least once a week since, they've made inquiries as to when the "cool guitar player" was coming back.

The other half of the scheduling mix-up is not such a happy story. It seems somewhere out there was a children's entertainer who showed up at a biker bar to do a puppet show. After the first scene, he got the holy shit kicked out of him by a motorcycle gang. They threw him, his cardboard stage, and all of his puppets into a dumpster in the alley, then dumped a box of empty beer bottles on him for good measure. Well, such is life.

Muno's musical influences on the guitar include Ace Freely, Tommy Bolin, Jimmy Page, Randy Rhodes, Joe Satriani and Steve Via. His vocal influences include Frank Sinatra, Ethel Merman and the frog in the Warner Brothers cartoon who sings "Hello my baby, hello my darlin', hello my ragtime gal."

Muno would like to extend a special thanks to his old guitar teacher, Joe Garrison.