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Natalie has been singing for as long as she can remember! Greatly influenced by Madonna, Cher and Faith Hill, this siren will mesmerize you with her vocal acrobatics. Putting her heart and soul into the shows, fans often wonder if Christina Aguilera is in the house! |
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Alex began his musical career playing local clubs in Kansas City in the early 1980's. Since 1984, he has toured extensively and has years of experience in live musical performance including Las Vegas showrooms, concert performances at state and county fairs with country music recording artists from Nashville, theatre shows in Branson Missouri, and entertaining on cruise ships. He has performed in every state in the continental United States and has performed in other countries such as Canada, Mexico, Bermuda and Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. From 1996 until 2005, Alex played primarily hotels and casinos in Mississippi. Alex's drumming style can best be described as "solid and groovin". This includes virtually every musical style of the past 50 years: 50's rock n roll, motown, 70's and 80's dance, R&B, classic rock, country-rock, modern and alternative rock, and hip hop. |
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Amy
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Amy has been heavily influenced by gospel music and studied classical voice in her undergraduate work. She graduated from Missouri Western State College in 1992 with a B.S. in Music Education with a Vocal Performance emphasis, followed by a Master's Degree in Educational Technology from Lesley University in December 2002.
She has sung everything from gospel to the blues, opera and good ole' rock and roll. Because of her eclectic style and versatility, she is a frequent soloist and performer in the Kansas City/St. Joseph area. She was a Mirror Ball with Disco Dick and the Mirror Balls and has been spotted in several Kansas City clubs belting out the retro tunes of the 80's as a guest singer with her good friends Backtraks, (The 80's are close to her heart as this was HER music!)
She was influenced most by Madonna, Cyndi Lauper Berlin and Prince. Her favorite concert was Sheryl Crow's "C'mon, C'mon" tour. Her favorite artists today are Madonna, Sheryl Crow, Sara McLaughlin, and Sarah Brightman. |
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Gene picked up the sax at age 14, but when he picked up the bass a year later, it stuck with him. He has been the bass player and lead vocalist in classic rock bands as well as modern rock, alternative, metal and 80's bands including Ritual, The Critics, The Neurotics, Psyko Puppits, Bad Karma, Sun King, The Johnson 5 and Cherry Bomb. In fact, he has averaged 180 gigs a year for the last 4 years as he played every major fraternity, sorority, high school and club event in the Memphis and Southeast United States area.
After studying sax, voice, bass, guitar and audio engineering/production/design in college, he went on to
own and operate a sound company/rehearsal complex, a booking agency, as
well as producing several major events. He was influenced most by John Entwistile, Geddy Lee, Billy Sheehan, Paul McCartney, Jack Bruce, Noel Redding and Sting. He currently uses Ampeg bass amps and cabinets, Musicman basses, EMG pickups, Zoom effects, Naddy wireless and a DBX compressor. |
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Ed
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It's not easy growing up in a family of Shaolin monks. Fortunately, Edward Moore did not experience such a childhood. No, Edward's early years were somewhat more humble, growing up in a non-broken, middle-class home in the heart of the USA, surreptitiously forced to listen to his father playing Chet Atkins tunes on an electric guitar. It was not until he attended college, however, that Edward really took a liking to playing the guitar and, much to his parents' dismay, the resulting sounds were not that of Chet Atkins. Instead, Edward's early musical influences were to be Ted Nugent and Lynyrd Skynyrd. While many years of higher education rotted the brain, Edward's fingers continued to heed the calling to low-brow entertainment, leading to endless hours of regimented practice and weekends filled with more hours of regimented practice. Eventually, practicing led to performing in the form of various local, and not-so-local, bands. Prior to his association with Cherry Bomb, Edward played lead guitar for Nashville-based country artist, Ryan Hanlin. While his early musical influences were the “classic rock” sounds of the 70’s and 80’s, Edward is more influenced these days by such guitar luminaries as Eric Johnson and Steve Morse. |
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Will has been a professional in many musical fields from the Classical Concert stage to the Rock Music Arena, the Theater to the Jazz lounge. A working musician for over 25 years, Will is also a Studio Owner/Engineer and a Sound Designer in the Electronic Music Industry supporting companies such as BitHeadz, E-mu, Roland, Keyfax and Yamaha. A composer/pianist as well as Cherry Bomb's keyboardist, Will has many original pieces, arrangements, and music for film ranging from the whimsical to more serious moods. Always an interesting player, Will combines a refined classical approach with an improvisational sensibility providing a performance that is never dull. Will has recorded and produced CD's for Artists.Com and many artists in the Northern California area. On-stage Will uses whatever is currently working in his arsenal of keyboardage. Currently that's E-mu and Ensoniq stuff, but may include Moog, Sequential Ciruits, Roland and Yamaha gear. Phat is king with Will.
Check out Will's WEB Site:
www.wilburwerkes.com. |
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