Gary Bond________________________Drums and Vocals
Gary started drumming in organized bands when he was 16 and in high school. Like many others he was inspired by watching the Beatles on the Ed Sullivan
show, but after hearing Ginger Baker’s double bass drumming with Cream, he was interested in developing more skills and started emulating drummers such as John Bonham with Led Zeppelin, Don Brewer of Grand Funk, Neil Peart of Rush and Shannon Larkin with Godsmack.
He has toured the 5 state area with several bands and opened for national acts. He has recorded and written music. Added up that makes over 50 years of playing music!
When he heard Garrett’s classic rock and blues style he had to provide rhythm, age being no issue!
Gary uses Pro Mark sticks, Ludwig, Yamaha and Pearl drums, Zildjian and Sabian cymbals and Roland and dDrum electronics.
Jeff Norman_________________________Bass and Vocals
Jeff has been singing and playing bass guitar in many different bands since the early 80’s, ranging from country/southern rock to classic rock. Jeff’s brother Don taught Jeff to chord on piano by ear.
One of his early influences was a high school buddy who had a Neil Young chord book, and Jeff and Jon would get passes from Jon’s dad (the band teacher) to go jam in the band room. From there, Jeff’s brother Don convinced Jeff to take up guitar, and they formed a band. When the bass player quit the band, Don coaxed Jeff to sing and to play bass guitar, which became his favorite pastime.
Jeff and his brother Don were in many different bands together. One of the longest-running bands was the Axis Band. They opened up for Head East and Jimmy Van Zant.
Jeff plays Fender Precision and Jazz bass along with a Mark bass head with Aguilar speakers.
Garrett Stephens_____________________Lead Guitar and Vocals
I have been playing guitar for about 7 or 8 years now. Ever since I was a kid I have always loved guitar and music in general. As a kid I remember watching Jeff play in some of his previous bands and I always thought it was so cool that they could replicate the sound of the bands I heard on the radio. I have always been around classic rock music but never went deep into it until I was about 13. The first band who really caught my attention was the Eagles and of course one of their lead guitar players Joe Walsh. As I got older I explored deeper into guitar players and came across Stevie Ray Vaughan and Eric Clapton those were two artist who were a huge influence for me while still developing my style of playing. Some of my biggest influences on guitar are like I mentioned before Stevie Ray Vaughan, along with Eric Clapton but also Jimi Hendrix, Duane Allman (Allman brothers band) and Derek Trucks. You can hear all of these guitar player’s techniques when I solo or when playing rythem guitar.
My favorite thing about playing guitar is being able to play some of my favorite songs like Texas Flood, Voodoo Child and whipping post not only use some of the licks from these guitar players but also put my own twist on them to make them sound like me. My favorite part of playing in the band is when we are all feeding off of each other. While in the middle of a song it’s almost like we all know where each other is going and we are able to really explode or quiet down depending on the mood that night.
Throughout the few years I have been playing I have had my fair share of guitars and other equipment. My go to set up now that you see me play on stage is a Fender Twin Reverb Tone Master amp paired with a voodoo lab pedal board with a PX-8 plus pedal switch. On the board my most common setup on stage is a Maxon OD9PRO+ (tube screamer clone) running into a MXR M102 Dyna Compressor. To get that Texas blues and Stevie Ray Vaughan sound I use a Pedal Pawn Texas Twang along with my Maxon pedal and for my Wah pedal I use a Dunlop Cry Baby.
Bryan Pellman__________________________Vocals
