Solomon Dauber

Who is this unmasked man?

An artist, a daddy, a husband, an emcee and Super DJ -- hey wait a minute. There's something else. Behind those eyes of a responsible man (who married not his high school sweetheart but his junior high school sweetheart he's known since he was 3 minutes old) is a mask of mischief. He wore that mask proudly on the day in shop class when he pretended to cut his finger off with a paper cutter then threw the fake-bloody stump at his teacher. Once the teacher (who Solomon recalls as “Mr. Lecter”) regained consciousness, he confiscated the finger and had Solomon write “I will not scare the crap out of my teacher” approximately 1000 times.

Like any energy, it can have positive and negative applications. For example, being mischeivous has helped him learn to be very quick on his feet -- and he uses that to your advantage.

Consider a wedding he performed at on a beach at Half Moon Bay. He arrives and notices the beach is pretty rustic -- a bit more than the groom had described in the meeting. Sol checks in with Ranger Roy (aka: “RR”) to see where to set up. RR says, sorry Charlie, these folks didn't get a sound permit. Uh oh #1. The groom arrives. The beach is, in fact, a bit more rustic than he thought it would be too. Uh oh #2. T-minus 30 minutes to the bride's arrival -- Uh oh #3!

Thinking quick on his feet, Sol asks RR what they can do. RR says, “Anything you'd normally do at a beach.” Cool. Solomon takes the driftwood and forms an aisle to walk down and rows for the guests. He uses some bins and beach towels from his truck for guests who may want to sit. And then, the coup de gras: he breaks out the boom box and goes John Cusack/Say Anything on them all during the ceremony -- holding it high above his head to give them the perfect moment.

Mr. Mischief saved their day. Not bad for a guy with nine fingers.