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TED HARRIS - VOCALS/ACOUSTIC
GUITAR Ted is a retired Veteran of the U.S. Marine Corps and the U.S. Navy. He is a former high school Band Director, a songwriter and performer. He learned to play guitar at the age of 10 from his father. He has performed with different bands from Florida to Tennessee and recorded a CD in Nashville and right here in Memphis in Sun Studio. Ted's musical influences other than Elvis has been a long line of artists to include Mozart, Beethoven, Sousa, Benny Goodman, Louis Armstrong, Glen Miller, Buck Owens, Hank Williams, Waylon Jennings, Merle Haggard, Carl Perkins, George Strait, the Eagles, Lynyrd Skynyrd and many others. Ted is also a guitar player and vocalist for the Grace Community Church Contemporary Christian Band and Worship Team |
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JOHNNY MILLER - LEAD GUITAR
Johnny is a Veteran of the U.S. Marine Corps, a songwriter, bass player,
dobro player and guitarist with 35 years experience playing guitar. Johnny's
first musical influence was traditional southern Gospel. Guitarists that
have inspired Johnny's development are James Burton, Reggie Young, Chet
Atkins, and Brent Mason. Although versed in many guitar styles, Johnny
favors the clean "Telecaster" approach to guitar playing. Johnny has played
in groups that have performed in Florida, Louisiana, and on 16th Avenue
in Nashville; these venues include live radio and TV. Johnny is also the
lead guitarist for local group Southern Bred. Johnny's talents bring so
much to this group and we are fortunate to have him as a member of The
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JOHN BEAN - KEYBOARD/VOCALS
John started piano lessons in the 2nd grade, played keyboards or bass
guitar with several 80's bands covering the Cars, Brian Adams, .38 Special,
Grand Funk Railroad, etc. In the 90's, he played piano for a country group
called the Overnite Success, covering Alan Jackson, Alabama, Vince Gill,
Garth Brooks, etc. The last ten years John has played keyboards, guitar,
or bass guitar in several church worship bands around Bartlett, TN...It
is a treat to have John as a part of The Express. |
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ZACH ROBBINS - PERCUSSION
Zach has been playing drums for over 15 years, getting his start playing Southern Gospel in church before moving on to rock, blues, jazz, and country. Although his early musical influences consisted mostly of alternative rock bands, he had the opportunity to play with several world-class musicians within the jazz and blues genres over the past 10 years, which have greatly broadened his musical perspective. Musicians such as Willie Pettis, Larry Lee, Ronnie Stockdale, Mickey Gregory, and Ed Finney have all left marks on Zach's approach to music, although he credits his mother Dianne for instilling within him a love for music at an early age. In addition to playing with The EP Express, he also enjoys sharing the stage with his wife Erin in the Grace Community Church worship band. Zach brings a lot of energy and excitement to The Express and we are proud to have him as our primary percussionist. |
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JACK SYFAN - BASS GUITAR/VOCALS
Jackson Sytone (my stage name with a really funny story) has been playing electric bass for 25 years having switched from guitar previous to that. Jack's first solid gig was with Memphis alternative rocker Greg Hisky who had a number 1 bestselling album on college radio in 1989-1990. After that jack has played with numerous memphis acts such as Made For Mojo, the Bobby Lawson band and Razen Cane. Currently Jack subs for several memphis bands and occasionally can be seen in north Mississippi honkeytonks sitting in with the swamprockers The Legendary Arkabutla Frog Giggers.
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CATHY HARRIS
- VOCALS Cathy is a retired veteran of the U.S. Marine Corps and the
U.S. Navy Reserve having served in both forces. Cathy is an outstanding
vocalist and has performed for many years as a solo artist. She has performed
with numerous choirs and is presently a vocalist for the Grace Community Church Contemporary Christian Band and Worship Team. She is also a songwriter, has
recorded one of her songs in Nashville and performs almost every genre
of music. She brings to the group her abilities to harmonize and offers
a unique blend of color to our music with her abilities. Her influences
include Elvis Presley, Patsy Cline, Enya, Linda Ronstadt, Pat Benatar
and Reba McEntyre just to name a few. Cathy has played a great part in
all of our back up vocals as well as lead vocals on some of our variety
material and it's a joy to have her as a member of The Express. |
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LUCY BLACK
- VOCALS Lucy is another outstanding vocalist; lending her voice in
her Church choir as a leading soprano and soloist. Her ability to hit
those extreme high soprano notes is a wonder to us all. Lucy has also
performed many times as a solo artist and has many years of solo experience.
She is also a demo singer for Dennis Bourroughs a Christian song writer.
Her influences include Tina Turner, Shania Twain, Alanis Morrisett and
many others. Lucy continues to give us everything she has vocally with
her harmonies and lead vocal abilities and we are very pleased that she
is a member of The Express. |
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LAURA STARNES
- VOCALS A Memphis native, who has been singing since she was 5. She
comes from a family of singers and performers. Her parents are one of
her greatest influences because of the many different genre's of music
they played for her as a child. She has studied under the direction of
Ed Riddick at Bartlett High School and Karen Sanders of Bartlett, TN.
Both well known in the area for their talents. Their direction helped
to define her sense of harmony, making it easy for her to find the harmonics
of any song and blending in well with it. Her style of music ranges from
Italian and Latin arias to Country and Modern Pop. She is also a kindergarten
teacher in the Cordova area and loves to bring the element of music, as
a learning tool, into her classroom. Laura brings a lot of virsatility
and great harmony parts and lead vocal abilities to The Express and
we are excited to have her as a member. |
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VIRGINIA MILLER - SOUND
ENGINEER A band of any kind is only as good as the person bringing
out the best sound possible and we feel like we have one of the best there
is. Virginia is one of the best sound engineers that we have had the pleasure
of ever working with. She has a natural talent for balancing and blending
multi-channel audio in a manner that optimizes every performance. Virginia
is the primary reason we are able to sound as good as we do. As if that
wasn't enough, Virginia is also a fantastic vocalist as is evident with
her other band Southern Bred in which she is one of the lead vocalist.
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