Tracy Ready - Vocals, Lyricist, Producer; Kevin Lewis - Guitars, Bass; Sparky Montoya - Keyboards; John Echols - Bass; Mike Beall - Drums. That’s the core of Trace Elements.
This lineup is supported for various performance and recording purposes by a rotating cast of fine musicians including: Clay Meyers - Drums, Production, Engineering; Dana Clark - Vocals, Saxophone; Sal Salvador - Bass, Production, Engineering. Additionally, the Trace Elements CD "Welcome to the Colorbar" in production now, will feature many guest performers from Dallas and San Antonio, Texas.
Check this out - Trailer for upcoming documentary "Dallas Electric: The Texas Blues Story" - Featuring Hash Brown; Produced and Directed by Trace
"Little Bit" - Live in Dallas at the ALL GOOD CAFE - Trace - vocals, Sparky Montoya - keyboards, John Echols - bass, Mike Beall - drums, Patrick Rogers - guitar
"Tell Me What’s the Reason" - Trace - vocals, Sparky Montoya - keyboards, Mike Beall - drums, Bobby Joe Worley - guitar, Russell Hornsby - bass
Influences
Doug Sahm, Augie Meyers, T-Bone Walker, Joe Williams, Count Basie, Freddie King, Steely Dan, Frank Zappa, Willie Dixon, Delbert McClinton, Dixie Dregs, Jethro Tull, Kansas, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Jimmie Vaughan, The Beatles, Little Feat, Los Lobos, The Neville Brothers, Danny Gatton, Robben Ford, Robert Cray, Allman Brothers, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Buddy Guy...
Trace Elements - the band.
Musically, the idea is to not play the "typical" blues set, but to infuse a love of blues, rock and Texas music into a groove that won't quit....
Vocalist Tracy Ready has been singing live and writing songs with other musicians for more than 25 years. He was fortunate in his youth to know and be mentored by legendary Texas musicians Augie Meyers and Doug Sahm, of Sir Douglas Quintet and Texas Tornados fame. As an adult, Tracy pursued a career in television, spent 5 years as a cameraman for CNN, and has now owned Trace Productions, an award winning video production business, for more than 10 years. His passion away from the career has always been music.
"Little By Little" Trace - vocals, John Echols - bass, Patrick Rogers - guitar - Special guests Red Young - keyboards, Lavell Jones - drums.
This video of the classic "Little By Little" features guest appearance by the incredible Red Young on keyboards. Red is currently the keyboardist for Eric Burdon of The Animals fame, and has played on countless great albums. He kindly agreed to fill in for Sparky Montoya with us for a gig in 2006. Also, the linebacker of drummers, the one and only Lavell Jones joined us for this special show.
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The live band seen in these videos is a dream come true for Trace. Each of the players seen here are great musicians from North Texas who all play in other area bands and assemble on occasion to showcase as Trace Elements. The lineup of musicians varies due to tour and performance schedules of the musicians involved. It is a personal treat for Tracy to be able to gig with these guys from time to time, as schedules permit. These are just open air live recordings of the band, captured on a few select nights in Dallas. Just a taste of what's to come - The audio quality on these videos is just average, as the object was to just capture the band and document a few gigs. The plan is to showcase from time to time, as schedules allow, and then to record a full length CD and accompany the CD with more polished video productions. For now, we hope you enjoy these performances. Sit back, have a cool one, and let the blues take you in.
The Demo CD recorded in 2004, features the amazing guitar and fretless bass work of good friend Kevin Lewis from San Antonio.
See www.texasb-roll.com/trace-elements for details on how this "experiment" has evolved....ALSO see
Trace Elements on Youtube - http://youtube.com/traceelements
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Hey Tracy, Good to hear from you! Thanks for the kind words about 1100 Springs. I'm real excited to be a part of this great band. Let me know if you plan to make any of the shows. Brian
We're randomly fortunate to have such a great musician and man of character as Mentor and Teacher. When I hear your music, I instantly recognize our Teacher's guitar "voice." Way Cool. Great pictures, too.
