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Simon's songs artfully blend his roots in blues, soul, and gospel with more contemporary styles from the 60s onward, and performances highlight his virtuosic guitar skills, and soulful, yet refined voice.

Simon has performed at some of Portland's most renowned venues (Crystal Ballroom, Safeway Waterfront Blues Festival, The Goodfoot, Mt. Tabor Theater, Laurelthirst Pub, Mississippi Studios, Horning's Hideout), and with some of it's most respected players (Damian Erskine, Mike Snyder, Ben Darwish, Tyler Thompson, Russ Kleiner).

Simon has enjoyed appearances onstage from his friends and fellow Portland musicians Katelyn and Laurie Shook (Shook Twins), Jay Cobb Anderson, Kellen Asebroek, and Mimi Naja (Fruition), and has sat in as a guest with Fruition (on the Cascadia Cafe Stage at Northwest String Summit 2012!), The Quick & Easy Boys, Jay Cobb Anderson Band, Rose City Thorns, Brad Parson's Band, Bitterroot, Kory Quinn and more.