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Mike O'Brien
Lead Vocal, Piano, Harmonica
Mike, a native of Boston Ma, has been writing and performing
music professionally since the age of 16.
From playing in solo piano bars to powerful 9 piece horn bands,he brings
a lot of
knowledge and experience to Storm Front.He is a member of the band "Cryin
Out Loud"
and is also involved with several other popular bands here in the Capital
District.
Mike has many musical influences,but Billy Joel has always been his
biggest.
When approached by Storm Front's sax player, Adam York to front the
band,Mike Jumped at the opportunity!
He has always included Joel's music in any band he was in and is now
excited to perform some of his
songs that you wouldn't normally hear in a regular cover band. Aside
from playing in rock bands,
he also enjoys acting and has landed many lead roles in shows such as:
"Hello Dolly","Guys n Dolls","Annie Get Your
Gun" and "How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying".
When not on stage,he enjoys taking trips down to Boston to catch some
Sox games,
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Adam York
Woodwinds, Keyboards, Vocals
Former Bands: Kings English, Family Jewels, Deja Blue, Empire State
Youth
Jazz Ensemble, Ithaca College Jazz Ensemble, Carnival Inspiration
Show Band.
Opened for Major Acts:
Harold Jones (Count Basie's drummer), Lew Soloff
(Trumpet Player from Blood, Sweat, and Tears)
and Medeski, Martin, and Wood.
Proudest Moment: Seeing Ashlee Simpson live and finally being justified
in
saying she has more talent then the Yankees! ahhh, go Red Sox!!
Having been born into a musical home, it was only a matter of time
before
Adam discovered his own musical passions. At age five he began studying
piano with his mother, Pam York. Then at thirteen he discovered his
true
passion, the saxophone. Over the next six years Adam studied saxophone
with
Saint Rose music director Paul Evoskevich, the highly acclaimed classical
saxophonist Dr. Steven Mauk, and renowned NYC jazz saxophonist Mark
Vinci.
While studying sax, Adam also pursued piano, taking lessons from renowned
jazz pianist Lee Shaw. Adam has spent a lot of time on and off the
stage,
performing as a pit musician, production manager, composer, session
player,
and as an actor/model.
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Chris Baird
Guitar, Mandolin, Keyboard, Vocals
Chris Baird, of Queensbury, New York, has been rigorously working
on his musicianship since first picking up guitar at Christmas, in
the year 2000. Having never taken singing lessons before, during his
senior year of high school, Chris got the part of Li'l Abner in Queensbury
High School's 2002 Production of "Li'l Abner". Having fallen
in love with both playing guitar and singing, his entire life since
then has revolved heavily around music.
Since then, he's attended college for music, performed
all over New York including New York City, has been involved with several
bands most notably the 3 year run of the Chris Baird Band, played in
the pit for two musicals, recorded an album of original music, "Free
Nights & Weekends" with world-famous drummer Kenwood Dennard
(Who has performed with Dave Matthews, Sting, Aretha Franklin, Miles
Davis, Jaco Pastorius and MANY more!), and has been teaching guitar
for the past 3 years averaging 37 students weekly.
Chris is truly thankful for the opportunity to play
in Storm Front. Years before even thinking about playing an instrument
he'd fall asleep at age 8 to a badly worn-out cassette tape of "Billy
Joel's Greatest Hits Vol. 1 & 2" Now he has the privilege of
performing one of his greatest inspiration's music with some of the
most talented and intriguing musicians in the country. "I'm fortunate
that I'm able to live the life I've dreamed of living for so long."
Enjoy the show!
http://www.myspace.com/topherbaird
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Mike Karcher
Guitar, Vocals
BIO COMING SOON!!
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Eric Hofmanis
Bass
Eric has been a professional working musician since the age of 16.
A multi-instrumentalist he has traveled the United States and Europe
extensively in a wide variety of projects ranging from experimental/noise,
funk, pop, soul, reggae and Latin to Casino impersonators.
As well as being active as a bassist,
Eric is also extremely active as a classical guitarist.
As a guitarist he has appeared throughout the US, Canada and Madrid
either as a soloist, in ensemble, or on the competition circuit.
He has had private studies with Eliot Fisk, Sharon Isbin, Lorenzo
Micheli,
Joel Brown and others.
Outside of music, Eric also holds a degree in
Russian Studies and spends as much free time of the year as he can
in
Madrid, Spain (where he was born). Having grown up in the
New York City/Long Island area, Eric can remember his mother
singing along to the songs of Billy Joel that were saturated on the
radio waves. When asked to join Stormfront, he found playing his music
seemed like second nature ... and to do so surrounded by some of the
finest musicians, whose attention to detail is second to none,
makes for an amazing live experience!
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Joe Rocco
Drums
Joe brings a lot of experience to Storm Front.A seasoned veteran
of the North-East music scene,
his relaxed style of playing creates the perfect compliment to the
bands energetic performances.
You may have seen Joe perform over the years with bands such as,
"Out of Control Rhythm and Blues Band" ,"Cryin Out
Loud" and the "Bluz House Rockers".
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