BILL BAILEY
(PEDAL STEEL GUITAR, LEAD
GUITAR, FIVE STRING
BANJO, VOCAL)
BORN IN ESCONDIDO CALIFORNIA,
BILL GREW UP LISTENING TO XERB RADIO,
A POWERFUL COUNTRY MUSIC STATION.
HE WAS ALSO INFLUENCED MUSICALLY
BY HIS
MOTHER, WHO SANG IN LOCAL NIGHT CLUBS.
HE PLAYED THE TRUMPET STARTING IN THE THIRD GRADE
AND LATER WAS PLAYING
TRUMPET, BARITONE
AND TUBA
IN THE NUMBER ONE MARCHING BAND IN CALIFORNIA,
THE
ESCONDIDO UNION HIGH SCHOOL MARCHING BAND.
THE BAND HAD THE
HONOR TO PLAY FOR THE WINTER OLYMPICS
HELD AT SQUAW VALLEY CALIFORNIA IN 1961.
BILL LEARNED TO PLAY GUITAR WHILE SERVING IN THE
U.S NAVY.
LATER HE FELL IN LOVE WITH THE SOUNDS OF THE PEDAL STEEL GUITAR
AND EVENTUALLY PLAYED FOR MANY COUNTRY MUSIC ARTIST'S.
HE
FORMED MY OWN BAND FROM A NEED
TO CONTROL MY OWN DESTINY.
TO HIS CREDIT HE HAS ATTENDED THE
JEFF NEWMAN PEDAL STEEL GUITAR SCHOOL
"TOP GUN"
IN NASHVILLE TENNESSEE.
BILL IS A SUPER TALENT AND JUST AN ALL ROUND GREAT GUY

MARK THOMPSON
(VOCALS
& GUITAR)
BORN AND RAISED IN SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA.
AT AGE SIX HE SAW "THE BEATLES"
ON THE ED SULLIVAN SHOW. THAT WAS IT!!! HE WANTED TO PLAY GUITARJOINED THE ARMY AT AGE 18, THREE YEARS IN GERMANY. MET LOTS OF GREAT GUITAR PLAYERS WHILE THERE. DURING THE 80'S HE WAS
LIVING IN SAN FRANCISCO. PLAYED THE BAY AREA IN SEVERAL
DIFFERENT VENUES. BASSED IN KINGMAN, AZ HE IS A PROUD SINGLE PARENT OF A WONDERFUL SON. MARK LOVES MUSIC...CLASSIC ROCK
BEING HIS FAVORITE, BLUES, CLASSICAL AND OF COURSE COUNTRY.

RICH MOORE
(DRUMS, HARMONICA, BACKUP VOCALS)
RICH BEGAN HIS DRUMMING CAREER IN FREMONT CALIFORNIA
WITH HIS STUDIES OF CLASSICAL PERCUSSION.
RICH’S TALENT ON THE TRAPS LED
TO HIS PLAYING IN A LOCAL BAND IN
SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA DURING THE
“FAMED”
PHILMORE DAYS.
RICH RETURNED TO HIS FAMILY ROOTS IN NORTH CAROLINA
IN THE EARLY 70’S AND STARTED HIS LONG CAREER WITH
THE PLUM HOLLOW BAND
FEATURING BARNEY BARNWELL.
THE PLUM HOLLOW BAND TRAVELED THROUGHOUT
THE COUNTRY
OPENING FOR BANDS SUCH AS THE NITTY GRITTY DIRT BAND,
ASLEEP AT THE WHEEL, JOHNNY PAYCHECK, AMAZING
RHYTHM ACES,
LESTER FLATT TO NAME A FEW.
RICH RECORDED HIS 1ST ALBUM AT THE JACK CLEMENTS STUDIO
IN NASHVILLE TENNESSEE
IN 1977.
RICH MOVED TO LAS VEGAS IN THE LATE 80’S AND WORKED NUMEROUS GROUPS.
IN THE 90’S RICH WORKED IN
THE HOUSE BAND AT
RIVER VALLEY TAVERN IN MOHAVE VALLEY
AND WITH VARIOUS BANDS,
IN THE LAUGHLIN/KINGMAN/BULLHEAD CITY.
WHEN THE BAND’S COOKIN’,
RICH IS THERE LAYIN’
DOWN THE GROOVE.

DICK HART
(2ND GUITAR, HARMONICA AND BACKUP VOCALS)
DICK ADDS FILLS
AND OF COURSE KEEPS REIGN ON HIS BROTHER, BOBBY