Biography
Kenny, Chris and Delia had been playing together with a couple other great musicians who had to move on to other endeavors. Kenny knows Wayne from playing together in another band. Wayne, Chris and Delia had played together a couple of times.... we needed a keyboard player and DJ showed up.
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KENNY - I started playing guitar in high school back in the mid 70's, and formed a band called Ironwood shortly thereafter with my brother and 2 other friends. Ironwood played parties, clubs, school dances, etc., won the city high school band talent show and headlined at "Legend City" (a now closed down amusement park in Phoenix, Arizona). I played in that band for 4 years before joining the full time working world. The guitar fell by the wayside until the mid 90's when I started playing again and joined a local neighborhood band. That band has evolved over the years into our current lineup today!
DELIA - My passion has always been singing. I’ve been in some form of musical group since I was in elementary school, and my dream is to sing until they kick me off the stage. I was raised in Puerto Rico, so I have the Latin rhythms running through my blood. I was born with a microphone in my hand, and I hope I never have to put it down.
CHRIS - I have been fascinated with music since I was very little. It all started with a clarinet in the 4th grade to piano when I was a sophomore, to playing drums for some friends at a party when I was a senior in high school. That is how I got to the drums. From several bands along the way such as Xpress, Kid Ego, and Sound Pilot, I have had the privilege to open for some really cool bands like Eddie Money, Kansas, John Cafferty, and Nazareth. I took a seven year break for my family, and now I'm playing with some really great musicians in this band. I am excited to see where my musical journey will take me next.
WAYNE - I've always loved music since I can remember. Growning up, there was always music in our house, well, two kinds of music.... Country and Western!! At the age of 6 or 7 I bought my first 45 record which was The Duncan Brothers "I'm Your Puppet," and had a great affinity for Motown music. As a teen, my taste grew greater as I fell in love with hard rock bands like Montrose, Black Sabbath and KISS. At 16 I bought my first guitar and thought I was on my way to greatness, until I realized I really wasn't that great, I pretty much sucked.
As a young adult I started playing acoustic guitar in church, but as we had two other acoustic guitarrists, I was asked to play bass. Well I kept putting it off until the music director begged me to play bass. So in 1996 I bought my first bass (a Fender Mexican Jazz bass) and started taking lessons with Emman Ibe. I took lessons with Emman for about a year and then started lessons with Glenn Letsch (who played with Montrose and Robin Trower). After two years with Glenn I joined a Christian rock band called Rapture. We played in churches and prisons around the Bay Area. In 2006, I started taking lessons with Michael Wilcox and my bass playing improved by leaps and bounds. Around that same time I joined a coverband called "The Grinders" who play classic rock. In 2007-2008 I also played in a Jazz band called Alter Ego; it was kinda lite-jazz, but cool at the same time. I did finally leave Alter Ego and was just playing with the Grinders until 2009 when I was asked to fill in for the bassist of The Crosstowne Band. Kenny the guitarist for Crosstowne and I were already playing together with the Grinders and when the bass chair became available for the Cross Towne Band, I jumped in with both feet and my bass!!! I am so lucky and blessed to be playing in two bands that have great musicians and great people!! My influences are, first and foremost.... James Jamerson (he played bass for most of the Motown recordings), John Myung from Dream Theater, dUg Pinnick from Kings X, Rocco Prestia from Tower of Power, Roscoe Beck from Robben Ford, Scott Lafaro and Jaco from the Jazz world and Ramiro Amador from countless bands from Pittsburg, CA!!!! And the myriad of bassists on YouTube who play way better than I do and are just regular folk who deserve to be noticed!!!
DJ - I started playing music when I was in the 5th grade when my mom rented me a trumpet. I later got interested in rock and roll and started playing in bands when I was in high school. I taught myself keyboards and guitar because trumpet just didn't cut it in rock and roll, LOL! I actually made a living for 7 years playing music in a touring show band. Playing music live has been in my blood forever, and it is something I will always be doing. My favorite writers are Tom Waits, Randy Newman, Bernstein-Sondheim, and Lennon-McCartney. I love the production value of the 80's bands with heavy keys and vocals. I have a project studio where I have written and produced a number of original songs. i also do part-time work for others including audio editing for ice-skating and dance instructors, singer-songwriter demos, and original music and sound for any purpose whatsoever. Let's Rock and Roll!!
Wayne - BASS & VOCALS
The Band
Kenny - LEAD GUITAR & VOCALS
Delia - VOCALS
Chris - DRUMS & VOCALS
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DJ - VOCALS, KEYBOARD, GUITAR, KEYTAR
