Nick Franclik - bass
Kevin Soffera - drums and percussion
Bev Conklin - vocal
Hannah Miller - vocal
Peggy Gernerd - vocal
Kimberly Scheffey - vocal
Travis Wetzel - violin and mandolin
Jeff Davis - bass
Frank Siekmann - piano
Matthew Siekmann - percussion
Marie DeFilipps - vocal
Bob Sica - vocal
Charles Schaffer - clarinet
Stephen Shiffer - trombone
Andrew Mohler - saxes
Gloria Galante - harp
Kris Kehr - mandolin and guitar
Kenny Gehret - lap steel and dobro
Mike Lavdanski - vocal
Darren Schlappich - vocal
Josh Sceurman - vocal
John Kilgore - vocal and keyboard
Doug Matz - trumpet
Bob Hogan - vocal and harmonica
David Cullen - guitar
Tyr Floreen - slide guitar
Melissa Anthony - cello
Carl Zeplin - guitar
Wayne Smith - keyboard
Jack Hand - keyboard
Jason Cote - trumpet
Bruce Siekmann - guitar, bass, percussion, keyboard, vocal
Influences
Hendrix, Debussy, Zappa, Madeline Peyroux
Sounds Like
Sounds like nothing you've heard before because :
1. different musical styles from different localities and era's including Eastern, mexican, classical, swing jazz, big band, rock, funk, folk
2. six different lead vocalists including 3 gals and 3 guys
3. two instrumental tunes
4. various sounds between songs used as connecting devices including conversations musical snippets and samples
5. one music composer to give songs a common influence ( some songs have different lyricists)
Dem Hills is a studio based musical group created by Bruce Siekmann in 2000 to record songs written or co-written by him. The third and latest CD is called “The Rhumba Mystery” and features performances by 32 musicians playing on 12 songs. The styles of these pieces range from country, folk, rock, big band, classical, Spanish and eastern music. Lead vocals are handled by three female vocalists (Hannah Miller, Bev Conklin, and Kimberly Scheffey) and three male vocalists (Darren Schlappich, Bob Sica, and Bob Hogan) There are two instrumental pieces (“El Guirista Reacio” and “Serenata a un Papagayo”)
This latest release features many repeat musicians as well as some new individuals. The themes cover a wide range of subject matter using current and past musical genres . Also, this CD includes sound bites between tracks as "connecting devices. These sounds range from conversations to sound effects. The idea is to create a seamless audio visualization of a series of short stories or scenes . An “audio movie“ . Because of the nature of this project, it’s best listened to in it’s entirety at one time.
