Collaborator. Musician.

Use the link at the bottom of this page or the Contacts page to connect with me.  Show me your poems, collaborate with me on a piece of music or a song lyric.  Or just say hello!~

The Toves

We take our name from “Jabberwocky,” that crazy Lewis Carroll poem you learned in school.  As in “the slithey toves.”  We set poetry to music — the great poems of American & English literary history, and my own poems too — and yes, we do a version of “Jabberwocky.” Sometimes we appropriate a piece of music, like a familiar jazz melody or riff, and put words to it.  Whatever we do, our goal is to get you to listen differently to a poem you thought you knew or a jazz tune you recognize from a favorite record or band.  Our shows are usually like a poetry reading in 5/4 time.

Rick Eckberg - bass

Andrew Wiele - piano, clarinet

Clark Watson - words, ukes, vocals