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BILL GRAHAM
JR. / Lead Vocals / Sax
Centre Stage's lead singer, sax
player and only original member, started his
music career over thirty years ago. As a teenager in
high school he played with the Sheltares and
opened for national acts that included Wilson
Pickett and The Isely Brothers at the legendary Pine
Grill Club in Buffalo, New York. He was a member of the
Roadrunners in the early 1970's and opened for
DeeDee Sharp, Classic Four, and Bobby Heab, just to
name a few. The Roadrunners would pack Bristol Mountain
Ski Resort on a Saturday night with more than a
thousand kids. Bill is critically acclaimed
as one of the most versatile entertainers in
the Rochester area. He performs rock and roll,
R&B, swing, blues, country, and classic oldies.
His Elvis Presley & James Brown tributes
are superior and his costumes are nothing less than unforgettable.
When it comes to entertaining audiences, Bill
Graham Jr. is a cut above the rest.
BRENDA BARBER
/ Lead Female Vocalist
Brenda grew
up singing in the church choir in Williamson, NY. She
moved to Rochester and began her life long experience in
the entertainment field performing with local
entertainment agencies and bands.
Brenda worked
with her first band as lead vocalist of The Heaters.
The Heaters were the house band at Cinelli's
Country House Restaurant in Sodus, NY.
In 1999 she
hooked up with one of the fastest growing music
businesses in Rochester, NY, Nik Entertainment.
Brenda shared the stage with the show band "The
Blues Family Rhythm & Blues Revue" as lead
female vocalist. She traveled and performed with various
Nik Entertainment groups. Her biggest highlight with
this organization was traveling and performing at
various nightclubs in Miami, Florida during the 1999
Super Bowl season. During her career with Shimbone
Alley she shared the stage with national blues
artist, Shemika Copeland at the 7th Annual Brewer's
Fest in downtown Rochester.
During the
summer Brenda attends indoor and outdoor concerts . She
enjoys spending time with her family, routinely works
out and enjoys a healthy lifestyle. Singing,
dancing, movies, dining out, and traveling are among the
things that she loves to do.
DANIEL HOH / Lead
Guitar / Background Vocals
Where Did Our
Love Go
Baby Love
Stop In The Name of Love
"These were just a few 45's from my uncle's collection. I
remember playing these in mono before I headed off to
kindergarten. My love of the Motown sound started early.
Sure, there has been other music and other bands-rock,
blues, country, punk, and even a little metal-but I keep
coming back to these roots."
Dan's past experience includes playing the contemporary
music scene with Blue Sky, gazebo tours around the
state, wedding gigs, countless bars and clubs in New
York, coffee houses with Miche Fambro (and The Big
Electric and Miche and the Anglos), world-funk-rock with
Hanna's Groove and Curious About Quakers, and pop rock
of The Royals. His hobbies do not include golf.
BILL DRUM /
Drums / Background Vocals / Sound Engineer
Bill Drum
(yes, that's his real name) has played in and around the
Rochester area for the past 25 years, covering musical
territory ranging from blues, to country, to swing, to
good old rock and roll. Most recently sitting behind the
drums and performing male vocal lead for Paydirt, Bill
also fills in on drums with many of Rochester's popular
bands. In addition to drums Bill is also a sound
engineer. Bill now adds his considerable musical talent
as a drummer and vocalist to the Centre Stage Band.
HOWARD
GOLDWASSER / Bass
Guitar / Background Vocals
LARRY
GIMMELLI / Keyboards / Background Vocals / Sound
Engineer
Larry plays guitar, bass and
keyboards. He has been playing in bands for
approximately 30 years working mostly in modern country
music groups locally:
Josie Waverly, Blue Sky, Boot Hill Band, Cotton
Mouth Band. Larry has opened for such country
artists as Ricky Scaggs, Charlie Daniels Band, Grinder
Switch, Eddie Rabbit, and Mell McDaniels.
Musicians that have influenced him are: Eddy Van Halen, Ricky
Scaggs, Vince
Gill, Keith
Urban, Dwayne Alman. Larry now brings his musical
talents to the
Centre Stage Band.
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