Connie works and has worked with many gifted musicians in multiple projects.
She is currently heading RAYZ 'N KAYN, a cover/original rock band featuring the talents of Ian Carroll on guitar & back-up vocals, Pete Gutzmirtl on bass and back-ups, and a number of other amazing friends who fill-in from time to time, including Steve Berlen on drums.
Ian & Connie also perform as an acoustic duet, doing both original & cover songs, strangely enough, under the name CONNIE & IAN...LOL...
R.I.P.
"Michael Mindler was an integral part of my original band, Connie's Brigade.
He passed away in Sept. of 2006. He will be missed greatly...I can't imagine having written those songs with anyone other than Mike...he truly was a talented soul."
Influences
All genres of music, but major influences include:
Heart, Pat Benatar, Linda Ronstadt, The Eagles, Fleetwood Mac, Stevie Nicks, Elton John, Billy Joel, Led Zeppelin, Sly & The Family Stone, Carole King, Earth Wind & Fire, ELO, Queen, Kool & The Gang, Bruce Springsteen, Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, Mary J. Blige, Aretha Franklin, Luther Vandross, The Sugar Hill Gang, Run DMC...shall we continue???
Connie started performing at the age of 5 in an elementary school musical, in her hometown of Vandercook Lake (Jackson), MI. Her first major influence was her paternal grandmother, Alice V Edinger. She played piano and sang for her grandchildren, later leaving her beloved piano to Connie. Her parents, sister, aunts, uncles, cousins, and maternal grandfather were also musicians and dancers, giving her a rich family history in music.
After practically being raised by AM GOLD Radio, Connie began to collect albums of different styles of artists. The Jacksons, Sly & The Family Stone, The Beatles, Heart, Pat Benatar, Jefferson Starship, Boz Scaggs, Queen, Linda Ronstadt, Kool & The Gang, Fleetwood Mac, The Eagles, and even The Partridge Family. She performed in her junior high and high school Chorus, Stage Choir, Musicals, and Marching & Stage bands, playing drums and percussion instruments.
In 1989, two years after the birth of her daughter, Connie began taking vocal instruction from Broadway trained performers, Doug & Joan Barber, continuing for 7 years. She gained incredible and invaluable knowledge from the Barber's, and took her newly honed skills and put them to work. She began performing in many local bands and multiple duos to perfect her on stage talents. MAGIK, LUCKY 7, ELECTRIC SLEEVES, PERFECT TOUCH, UP OUR SLEEVES, CONNIES BRIGADE, GOOD TIME CHARLIE, BREAKING UP THE BAND, FREDDY MOREDDY & THE DANCE HALL DOCS, and her latest project, RAYZ 'N KAYN. She recorded her first CD of all original music with CONNIE'S BRIGADE titled, MOTHERS NATURE. She has performed at Bethlehem's
annual Musikfest on numerous occasions, and has also been honored to have
sang the National Anthem on Service Electric Cable TVs THURSDAY NIGHT AT THE FIGHTS for 3 separate events, and for the LEHIGH VALLEY IRON PIGS for 2 games! Today, Connie continues to write and perform her original material.
She has been trying her hand at doing some extra work, and has worked on 5 different FORENSIC FILES episodes, and has done a few commercials.
PPL Electric Utilities, Professor Amos' Shock It Clean, AND...
(Here is a commercial for the VIBRASSAGE PILLOW...This link takes you to the main site, and you'll see the picture on their home page...takes a while to load, but it's worth it! She's the one in the bubble bath.(Hehe) Spend a lot of my time walking & playing with my gorgeous Japanese Chin, Bubbles!
http://www.dbestproducts.net/vibrassage/index.html
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I have off Friday, but I've got a show of my own at Whisker-Stock in Allentown. I'd love to come. We should set up a show in Bethlehem sometime! Oh, and yes.. That is Dee! I love her best from The Howling though. That is my favorite movie. ET and Cujo were cool too. I also seen PJ Soles from the original Halloween and Prom Night.
HOPE YOUR DIGGIN OUR MUSIC,CHECK US OUT ON NOVEMBER FRIDAY THE 13TH AT DAVE PHILLIPS MUSIC & SOUND IN ALLENTOWN PA. 6:30 PM, KEEP IN TOUCH,TAKE CARE & THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT,YOU CAN ALSO CHECK OUT THE GUITARIST’S SOLO PROJECT AND WHERE IT ALL WAS RECORDED AT WWW.MYSPACE.COM/KEITHPATRICK & WWW.MYSPACE.COM/KPBSTUDIOS
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Hi Connie. If you're not gigging tonight you should come and watch Dave and I doing the duo thing at the YR Club in easton. I'd love to have you sit in! We start at 7. Hope you can make it!
Hey Connie - we had a nice time with you & Ian the other nite at CV Tavern - hope you had a GREAT TIME at your party !!! It was nice to have Farrel with me the whole weekend... again HAPPY HAPPY BIRTHDAY GIRLFRIEND - glad you liked my flower " talents " ( yeah right ) - we love you - W & F
Hi Connie, thanks for the comment...all is well here!! I see that you're playing a lot so I'm gonna have to try and get out to one of your shows. It would be nice to see you and hear you sing again!!
It was nice to have Farrel with me the whole weekend... again HAPPY HAPPY BIRTHDAY GIRLFRIEND - glad you liked my flower " talents " ( yeah right ) - we love you - W & F
