Bob
(el bromista)
Started playing drums at age 16, which was patiently tolerated by
parents. Made first public appearance as drummer for "Hound Dog" and "Blue Suede m Shoes" Elvis impersonation duo at a high-school pep rally
Influences: John Bonham, Steve Smith, Neal Peart, Stewart Copeland, Keith Moon, Buddy Rich, Gene Krupa, Ralph Molina, Andy Ward, Bill Bruford, Ringo Starr, Vinne Colaiuta, Chad Wackerman, Louis Belson, Clyde Stubblefield, Art Blakey, Tito Puente, Shiela E.
Previous Bands: Small Blind Johnny, Russ Screams, the Wrecking Yard, Mark Truesdall and the Lost Pioneers, America's Sweethearts, Nucklehead, Bean Hoy
Side Bands: Dime Novel (solo), the Glo-Heads (virtual)
Started playing drums at age 16, which was patiently tolerated by
parents. Made first public appearance as drummer for "Hound Dog" and "Blue Suede m Shoes" Elvis impersonation duo at a high-school pep rally
Influences: John Bonham, Steve Smith, Neal Peart, Stewart Copeland, Keith Moon, Buddy Rich, Gene Krupa, Ralph Molina, Andy Ward, Bill Bruford, Ringo Starr, Vinne Colaiuta, Chad Wackerman, Louis Belson, Clyde Stubblefield, Art Blakey, Tito Puente, Shiela E.
Previous Bands: Small Blind Johnny, Russ Screams, the Wrecking Yard, Mark Truesdall and the Lost Pioneers, America's Sweethearts, Nucklehead, Bean Hoy
Side Bands: Dime Novel (solo), the Glo-Heads (virtual)
Jared
(JD; el guapo)
Born into a musical family; subjected to musical study as a
child, but more interested in sailing at the time. In college, started the Cottage Boys band with his roommates, and found music to be much more interesting (girls) than he remembered it as a child.
Influences: Neil Young, Pete Townshend, Bob Dylan, Paul Simon, Beatles, George Harrison, Ringo Starr, John Lennon (not so much Paul McCartney)
Previous Bands: Mark Truesdell and the Lost Pioneers, America’s Sweethearts, Nucklehead, Bean Hoy,
Side Band: the Northliners
Born into a musical family; subjected to musical study as a
child, but more interested in sailing at the time. In college, started the Cottage Boys band with his roommates, and found music to be much more interesting (girls) than he remembered it as a child.
Influences: Neil Young, Pete Townshend, Bob Dylan, Paul Simon, Beatles, George Harrison, Ringo Starr, John Lennon (not so much Paul McCartney)
Previous Bands: Mark Truesdell and the Lost Pioneers, America’s Sweethearts, Nucklehead, Bean Hoy,
Side Band: the Northliners
Tom
(el fabuloso)
Owner of the most impressive experience, weirdest first band name and longest band list! Began music on harmonic at age 14. First band was a folk acoustic combo featuring 3 males and 2 females called Boysonberry Yogurt. A photo exists of this band, but it's location is currently unknown. Please contact authorities if you know it's location.
Influences: Dave Clark Five, Django Rhinehardt, Tom Waits, Louis Armstrong, Pete Townshend
Previous Bands: Boysonberry Yogurt, Grizzly Duck, Two Hots and a Cot, the John Frye Band, the Grey Band, Nichole and the Educators, John le Conquero, C-Food Buffet, Mark Truesdell and the Lost Pioneers, the Alewives, Dr. Chow, Bean Hoy, the Al Pike Blues Band
Side Bands: the Tritonics, the Spiders from Milwaukee, Edgar Allen Cash, the Falcons
Owner of the most impressive experience, weirdest first band name and longest band list! Began music on harmonic at age 14. First band was a folk acoustic combo featuring 3 males and 2 females called Boysonberry Yogurt. A photo exists of this band, but it's location is currently unknown. Please contact authorities if you know it's location.
Influences: Dave Clark Five, Django Rhinehardt, Tom Waits, Louis Armstrong, Pete Townshend
Previous Bands: Boysonberry Yogurt, Grizzly Duck, Two Hots and a Cot, the John Frye Band, the Grey Band, Nichole and the Educators, John le Conquero, C-Food Buffet, Mark Truesdell and the Lost Pioneers, the Alewives, Dr. Chow, Bean Hoy, the Al Pike Blues Band
Side Bands: the Tritonics, the Spiders from Milwaukee, Edgar Allen Cash, the Falcons
Twila
(la buena)
Daughter of square dance caller and Texas two-stepper, Twila's first (and quite unsuccessful) band was with two fellow sixth-graders whose most successful cover tune was "Bad Moon Rising." Twila is a writer and multi-instrumentalist, whose fear is that one day her brother Jon will discover she never returned his red accordion.
Influences: Lucinda Williams, Jim White, Suzanne Vega
Previous Bands: TJ and the Blue Roots, In the Know, Mystick Krewe, Milwaukee Rock Theater Company
Side Bands: the Twila Jean Band , Mike's Classic Country, Mud River Lee's Bluegrass Orchestra
Daughter of square dance caller and Texas two-stepper, Twila's first (and quite unsuccessful) band was with two fellow sixth-graders whose most successful cover tune was "Bad Moon Rising." Twila is a writer and multi-instrumentalist, whose fear is that one day her brother Jon will discover she never returned his red accordion.
Influences: Lucinda Williams, Jim White, Suzanne Vega
Previous Bands: TJ and the Blue Roots, In the Know, Mystick Krewe, Milwaukee Rock Theater Company
Side Bands: the Twila Jean Band , Mike's Classic Country, Mud River Lee's Bluegrass Orchestra