Gavin Artist Profile:  Full Moon Bay

1) Full Name (instruments, if any played in band):
Bob Hauver :	12-String, Spanish, & Electric Guitars; Lead Vocals; Melodeon; Synth; Percussion; Co-Producer
Patti DeMar Hauver:   Backing Vocals, Percussion, Co-Producer
Rick Ecker:	Electric Fretless & Fender Bass
Paul Gaschké:	Roland Drums, Percussion
Mr. Scooter:	Bird Songs (he’s our pet cockatiel who sings "Tequila" at the end of cut #9 on the CD)


2)  Hometown & Birthdate:
Bob:	Poughkeepsie, NY - 28 April
Patti:	Cincinnati, OH - 28 Feb  (1 minute before midnight - the doctor
 asked my mom if he should hurry up or slow down)
Rick:	Alexandria, VA - 3 April
Paul:	Toms River, NJ - 31 Jan
Scooter:	Ocean, NJ - 21 Oct 93


3)  Current Residence
Bob, Patti, Scooter:  Carmel, NY
Rick, Paul:  Poughkeepsie, NY


4)  Major Musical Influences:
Bob:	Joni Mitchell, the Beatles, Jimi Hendrix, Antonio Carlos Jobim
Patti:	Loggins & Messina, Dan Fogelberg, CSN&Y
Rick:	the Beatles, Weather Report, Frank Zappa, Chick Corea, Cream, Beethoven
Paul:	Phil Collins, Neil Pert, Dave Weckl
Scooter:	Bizet ("Carmen"), Chuck Rio ("Tequila")


5)  Favourite Record By Another Musician:
Bob:	"Local Hero" soundtrack - Mark Knopfler
Patti:	"Celebrate Me Home" - Kenny Loggins,  "In The House Of Stone & Light" - Martin Page
Rick:	"Arabesque" - Claude Debussy
Paul:	"Masterplan" - Dave Wekle, "Moving Pictures" - Rush, any live album by Genesis
Scooter:	"The 12 Days of Christmas" - The Night Heron Consort


6)  Things That Make You Happy:
Bob:	spending a sunny day on a lake or at the ocean
Patti:	having enough time;  harmonizing
Rick:	things that work
Paul:	snowy days, good company, a good bottle of wine
Scooter:	pushing anything off of a tall surface that will produce a loud crash


7)  Things That Make You Sad:
Bob:	people who take music for granted
Patti:	the slightest possibility of hitting an animal while driving
Rick:	things that don’t work
Paul:	rainy days
Scooter:	being in another room when someone opens the refrigerator door;  bedtime


7)  Favorite Food:
Bob:	grilled salmon
Patti:	-Pillsbury crescent rolls
	-Duncan Hines chocolate cake with an ice cold glass of skim milk
	(Necessary Food:  Starbucks Java Chip Ice Cream, for those 24 hour workdays)
Rick:	No Name Chicken
Paul:	pizza
Scooter:	pasta (al dente)


8)  Favourite Sports Team:
Bob:	San Francisco 49ers
Patti:	Perennial SuperBowl bridesmaids: the Cincinnati Bengals
Rick:	New York Knuckleknockers
Paul:	Tiger Woods (not a team sport fan)
Scooter:	St. Louis Cardinals


9)  If you could live anywhere, it’d be:
Bob:	NY’s Hudson Valley: Spring-Fall;   St. Bart’s/West Indies: Winter
Patti:	somewhere near the ocean with 4 full seasons (but a high of only 75 degrees,
and snow on the grass but not on the roads) and no stinging/biting insects  (that would be
"in my imagination", I guess...)
Rick:	on the beach
Paul:	a really nice house somewhere in New York
Scooter:	in the beverage glass cupboard


10)  If you weren’t a recording artist, you’d be:
Bob:	a gourmet food marketer
Patti:	producing &/or editing audio of some type
Rick:	bored
Paul:	wishing I was one
Scooter:	a train conductor (punching tickets)


11)  Oddest job you’ve ever had:
Bob:	winery tour guide  
Patti:	- checking lip sync on 11 actors singing at a breakfast table on a fishing dock
for a Shredded Wheat commercial - auditioning grown men to be the voice of a mouse
for  a "Better Cheddars" commercial
Rick:	audio consultant (telling people what they’re hearing while they’re hearing it)
Paul:	bartender for a night
Scooter:	"Spokesbird" for a line of clothing


12)  Most treasured material possession:
Bob:	my 12-string guitar
Patti:	family photos
Rick:	my strat
Paul:	my drums
Scooter:	any plastic bag that makes noise


13)  What ambitions do you still have to fulfill:
Bob:	to be able to videotape one TV channel while watching another
Patti:	- seeing the Aurora Borealis
	- finishing the needlepoint I started when I was 16
Rick:	finishing some instrumental compositions
Paul:	getting married, scuba diving off the Galapagos Islands
Scooter:	- singing a duet with Beverly Sills
	- performing "Take Me Out To The Ballgame" at a pro game
	- pushing a full gallon of milk off the kitchen table

 
14)  Three essentials you’d need to survive on a desert island:
Bob:	1)  my 12-string guitar
	2)  my wife
	3)  matches

Patti:	1)  a worldband radio (for an endless variety of music)
	2)  my PowerMac (with unlimited software and power supply)
	3)  mosquito repellent

Rick:	1)  helicopter
	2)  lots of money
	3)  Swiss army knife (the big one)

Paul:	1)  a woman
	2)  food
	3)  my drums

Scooter:	1)  an empty soda can
	2)  a tall surface off of which to push the can to produce a loud clatter
	3)  someone to reset the can


15)  Origin of the group’s name:
Bob:	We live on a lake which lights up on nights when there’s a full moon


16)  Quote about your music:
Bob:	melody-driven story songs in an acoustic pop setting


(Unsolicited philosophical quote from Patti:)
"Looks will fade and fortunes may be lost, but a sense of humor is forever"

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