DAVE Drums: As a young boy in England I was exposed to live music in the family section of our local Social Club. My father tells I once went up to the singer, grabbed the mic and started singing "You Got Me Singing The Blues". So music is in my blood. In grade school I sang in the choir and plays. In 1966 I realized I could play "Wipe Out" and I'm still playing it (Thanks Moose). I have been in bands playing at Cobo Hall, The Roostertail, Harpos, and Center Stage to name drop. In 1991 I restored a classic Nashville Honkey Tonk, the "Carousel Club". One night Tanya Tucker came in, while I was playing with the band. She got up and did "Strong Enough To Bend". When I put in the unexpected harmony, she turned around with a big ol' country grin. That's as good as it gets. It's all about the moment. I still love to add any unexpected harmony with "StillKickin"
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PAUL Guitar: Growing up in Detroit, music was always a big part of my life. I listened to my Mom's music, mostly big band and crooners of the day also hearing my older sister's tunes from Chuck Berry, Buddy Holly, and Ricky Nelson. I got totally interested in music. In the early 60's. I got hooked on AM radio. I loved Motown, the Four Seasons, Beach Boys but it wasn't until 2/9/1964, when The Beatles appeared The Ed Sullivan Show, that I said "I want to do that". So I got a guitar for Christmas that year and I have been playing ever since. Soon I was playing in Garage Bands with local guys in Detroit. As we musicians got better I moved up to playing in bars. 50 years plus and many many bands later, I'm 'Still Kickin'!
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MARK Guitar: My first exposure to music, way back when, was when my mom threw out a perfectly good grand piano because she feared that it would collapse on top of me when I was a baby. Then in the ' 60's I took tons of music lessons and played lots of recitals. I ignored rock music because it wasn't rock music till I accidentally saw the Beatles perform on TV in '64. Santa brought me my first guitar in '69. Met Paul in a music store and bought a Telecaster Guitar from him. In 73 I met John Cage and found out that unstructured cacophony is music. In the '80s I played in a multi-culture band, threw a guitar synthesizer out the window. In the '90's I subbed in a number of sequencer and horn bands, played in a new wave power trio, and yes, drop kicked another guitar synthesizer out of the window. Before I reunited with Paul and joined Still Kickin' in 2020 I played in a rock band, a corporate band, a tribute band, a pop band, a country band, and a tribute band. According to his Kindergarten, Mrs. Drummond, "Mark plays well with others". She was right as he certainly plays well with Still Kickin'
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