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Jordan West |
Mark Templeton |
Kevin Templeton |
| Lead Vocals | Guitar, Keyboards, Bass, Vocals, Percussion | Drums, Vocals, Percussion |
| As a founding member of The WPLR Breakfast Band Jordan West has performed on the air or on stage at venues such as Toads Place and The Palace Theatre with Southside Johnny, Michael Bolton, Al Anderson (NRBQ), Meat Loaf and James Christian (House of Lords) among others. Also as band leader for The Whole Shebang he opened up for The Indigo Girls on the New Haven Green and Southside Johnny at the Milford Oyster Fest. From 1993 to 1996 as bass player for Mama Kettle Jordan toured the country with Tesla, Ted Nugent, Bad Company, and Lynyrd Skynyrd, at venues like Lakewood Amphitheatre in Atlanta and The Target Center in Minneapolis. He also opened up for Bon Jovi at The Meadows in Hartford. | Mark Templeton has performed as pianist wiith trumpet legends Freddie Hubbard, Dizzy Gillespie, Woody Shaw and Clark Terry, as well as saxophonists Kenny Garrett and Jerry Bergonzi. He has played at the Nice and Berlin Jazz Festivals, the World Expo 1991 in Seville, Spain and numerous other festivals and tours. His arranging and recording credits include work for Major League Baseball, Hall and Oates, PBS,and Wishbone Ash. Mark currently performs with the “Cast Of Beatlemania”, a touring production of the Broadway show “Beatlemania” featuring members of the original cast. He continues to collaborate with bass maestro Nat Reeves on various jazz projects, and plays classical and jazz solo piano as well. |
Kevin Templeton has been a working Drummer and vocalist for almost 20 years and was educated in Boston's Berklee College of Music, The Drummers Collective in New York City, the Hartford Conservatory in Hartford, Ct., and privately in many different places. In 1987, he toured America and Canada with Bill Haley's Comets playing Bally's Casino in Reno, Nevada. More recently he's been working locally in several bands at such places as Black Rock and Blue in Fairfield, Toad's Place in New Haven, Tuxedo Junction in Danbury, Downtime and The Rock and Roll Cafe in NYC, and Foxwood's Resort and Casino in Ledyard, Ct. He was inspired to take up drumming from listening to Mitch Mitchell, John Bonham and Keith Moon. |
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