About Todd…

Hey- thanks for checking out my site! I’ve been doing this music thing for the last 30 years and I still absolutely love music. These days I’m doing two very different types of live gigs: a “one-man-band” performance that I’m calling “Todd and The Drum”, and an instrumental guitar performance. Check out my Video page to see examples of these two distinct types of performances.

I have been playing guitar professionally since graduating college in 1997 from the University of South Carolina with a BA in Jazz Guitar. Before moving to Whitefish, MT in 2018 with my wife and 2 kids, I had long standing gigs as a solo performer in Hilton Head Island, where I performed 6 nights a week for 17 years at Steamer (1998-2014) and then at The Salty Dog Cafe for 3 years (2014-2017). With over 200 gigs each year for the last 25 years, I have accumulated an expansive repertoire of tunes, an ability to read a crowd, and (hopefully) make people happy.

I’m not good at writing my own bio, so I asked my friend Nick to write one for me. Here you go:

“Todd is a musician who lives in the Flathead Valley. He looks a little like Tim Robbins, who was in Shawshank Redemption. Shawshank Redemption is an award-winning film that everyone loves. Of all the adapted screenplays from Stephen King’s novels and novellas, Shawshank is a perennial favorite. Stand By Me was also great. Todd looks little like River Phoenix may have looked if he didn’t overdose at Johnny Depp’s Hollywood nightclub before hitting his mid-life. Todd does not do drugs. Bring the whole family.”

— Nick Spear