John Graziano : Bass, Vocals, and 60's Trivia!
John started playing the bass when his dad said no to getting a drum set. He has played in Several combos since the early 80's and always gravitated to the music of the 1960's. He has played in bands that have shared the bill with the Monkees, Gary Puckett, and the 1910 Fruitgum Company. John is also a pop culture collector and is the syndicated cartoonist for the long-running Ripley's Believe It Or Not! comic strip.
Bill Terlop : Guitar, Keyboards, Vocals
Bill started playing Guitar at the age of 14. While shopping at the local Western Auto for a new bike with his dad, Bill Spotted a display of guitars and ended up with a shiney new acoustic six-string instead of a bike. Bill has played in many Tampa based bands over the years and is also the owner of A-Aardvarks Music & Rental, a popular bay area music store.
Tim Hern : Lead Guitar, Vocals
Tim has been playing music ever since The Beatles first appeared on the Ed Sullivan Show in 1964. "Thought it was a good way to meet girls. Pretty soon the girls didn't matter!" Tim played the Jersey music scene in its heyday and performed with/ supported: The Dells, The Persuasions and the Dovels. Tim relocated to Florida in 1994 and has played with: Stranded, Roadhouse and Springfield Drive. Tim saw 60's Groove's ad and said to the band " YOU NEED ME!!" We sure did, and the rest is tye-dyed history! Tim is married to a wonderful wife, Jane and has 2 dogs, Molly and Poppy.
Stephanie Carson : Keyboards & Vocals
Stephanie has been singing professionally since 1977 in show and dance bands in Atlantic City and Las Vegas and all along the east coast. Most recently she has been performing with "The Fall Guys and a Gal" doing mostly corporate entertaining, fairs, and private functions. The group has opened for acts like Chubby Checker, Gary Puckett among others like Brenda Lee, Marie Osmond, The Smother's Brothers and Jim Stafford. A favorite gig was performing at Hersheypark for a week every summer. Now located in Florida, and full-time director of music at a church in Clearwater, she wanted to sing more, LOVES 60's music is glad to be a part of this great band!
David Wolf: Drums
David Wolf is a Florida native who started playing on the teen dance circuit in 1964.In the early 70's, David played in college rock bands and also won the drummer's chair for the FSU and FAU stage jazz big bands. Over the years he has played in theatre and orchestra pits, jazz trios, and even country bar house bands. But as a veteran of the british invasion, his heart has always been in the music of the 60's. David says, "The 60's beat is primal and irresistible and you just have to dance when you hear it". David gets that 60's sound on his vintage '65 Ludwig
"Ringo" kit
Thanx for addin Torpedo's B-3 page to your friends list. Stop by anytime for mad B-3 renditions on my player, blog videos and comments videos, and if ya ever want to take it up a notch, get wit me. There,s always a rig in the truck (see pictures) ready to go 24/7 and (having lived it,) I do 60s to late 70s the best. I also now own a smaller B-3 (clone) for those spiral staircase gigs. DT http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UqIzCUE9ulo
Hey there 60's Groove, Just dropping by to say hello.. My manager from the 1970s, the legendary Sid Bernstein (who brought the Beatles to the U.S.) loves that fact that there are bands like you out there rekindling the old flame. And you did some work with The Dovells? Very cool stuff. Thanks for the friends add and we'll see you over on our page for a listen!
