tommy geraci

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Born in Buffalo, New York, Tommy started his professional musical career at the age of 16 fronting local rock bands, Crossroads, The Beez, and Doby Royal. While in The Beez, Tommy wrote and released a single called “Me and My Girl” which sold several thousand copies and helped the band win a Buffalo music award for originality. Tommy went on to open for such national acts as John Cougar, Judas Priest, Ambrosia, Rick Derringer, Badfinger, Greg Kihn, Deep Purple and Grass Roots. In 1986 Tommy moved to Los Angeles where he continued his musical success, recording lead vocals for the title track of a zombie movie, laying vocals as a session musician, performing with John Fogerty at a charity event and playing at several entertainment studio events providing music for the talent of such television series as Lost, Desperate Housewives, Grey’s Anatomy, Alias, Scrubs, According to Jim, 8 Simple Rules and many more. Now residing in Ohio, Tommy continues to tour across the U.S. and most recently opened for Tommy James and the Shondells . You can hear the original material Tommy wrote and recorded on iTunes: Tommy Geraci’s “Youth is Wasted on the Young (1976-1986)”; Veronica's Toy “Unwrapped” and Veronica’s Toy “Humans Being”. 

 Born and raised in Huron, Ohio, Mike was initially influenced by his two guitar playing uncles, Bob and Laddie Bickley who loaned him a Silvertone electric guitar. Take off two strings and you have a bass! (well, sort of). While taking bass lessons at Lombardy Music, he noticed a Fender Jazz bass hanging on the rack in the store that caught his eye, so a layaway plan was started. That was in 1973 – and he plays that bass today! Mike played in numerous versions of the highly popular Rush Hour Band from the late 70’s through the early 80’s with gigs covering western Ohio, eastern Indiana and southern Michigan. That band morphed from rock clubs to the hotel lounge circuit covering the current hits of the time and playing 5 to 6 nights a week when that was still the norm. More recent bands include the Killer Kings and the Disciples of Rock and currently, Rio Bravo. Influences are wide and varied – early influences include Paul McCartney, James Jamerson, Mel Schacher, Gary Thain, Roger Glover. Later influences include Lee Sklar, Larry Graham, Dave LaRue – too many to list. His musical taste ranges from Sade to Tower of Power to Average White Band to Deep Purple to Dream Theater to Tedeschi Trucks Band – it’s literally all over the map!

 Don was born and raised in Cleveland, Ohio and has been playing guitar for well over 50 years. He  played in his first band during Junior High School, and has played in all sorts of bands around Northeast  Ohio since. Don performed with the Cleveland area bands Bittersweet and Myriad in the ‘70’s. During  his college years he taught guitar lessons at various music stores throughout Northeast Ohio. In recent  years he has played in Dogwood Lane, a rock band playing all original Christian music. The Dogwood  Lane lineup included Joe Vitale. He played in Caryn and the Cruise for several years, as well as the band,  FROG. He has been heavily influenced by such blues and rock guitarists as Jimi Hendrix, Eric Clapton,  Duane Allman, Carlos Santana, B.B. King, Albert King, Freddie King, Buddy Guy and countless others.