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Alan Benson
(Lead Vocals, Blues Harp, Percussion)
Alan hails from Monrovia, Ca.
Playing drums since I was 7 and the Trombone from 6th grade into college - off an on since 1985.
At 18 he played drums in Liverpool - a Beatles tribute band.
Alan has played drums in several local bands: The boys, Counterpoint, 4 Play, Amathist and Identity Crisis.
He has also filled in on drums for a few copy bands in the Pasadena area.
He calls himself a studio cat but is was mostly for food and gas money.
Partnered with D. Jay Howell in 1988 and formed Acoustic Generation - covers and originals.
Influences: Beatles, Billy Joel, Bruce Springsteen, et al.
Alan is currently playing with 8-Track
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Robert Gonzales
(Bass, Rhythm Guitar and Background Vocals)
Robert is a self taught Guitarist. He started playing guitar when he was 13 years old. Several years later, he picked up the bass guitar, and instantly fell in love with that bottom sound.
Robert enjoys playing a wide variety of music, Blues, Classic Rock, R&B, etc.
Robert has played with Moonrise, Smooth Rhythm, Bombs and Butterflies and has also played in his Church group (Pure Heart) for over 3 years. Robert has played at many different venues. Some are, Galaxy Theater, Fairgrounds, Concerts In The Park.
Robert plays a four string Ibanez Bass guitar and pushes the audio with a Carvin R1000 stack.
Robert’s Influences are, The Eagles, CCR, Santana, Stevie Ray Vaughn, Gary Moore, Los Lobos, Johnny Cash, The Beatles and the list goes on and on.
Robert is now playing with 8-Track
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Ron “Ronnie” Lehman
(Lead Guitar, Mandolin, Ukulele, Background Vocals)
- Ron has been playing since he was 13. His good friend brought over a Thrifty mart electric guitar and plugged it into a stereo.
He thought that was so cool, that he traded his BB gun for the guitar.
From that point on Ron with his Thriftymart electric, and a Tijuana acoustic guitar taught himself to play.
Ron's first band in high school was called Blu-wind. He also played with several others throughout his life until getting married.
Ron recently battled throat cancer. Ron vowed that he would get better and never stop playing again. Its been two years and no sign of the cancer returning!
Ron plays Fender, Gibson, Gretsch, and Guild guitars.
Influences: Jimmy Page, George Harrison, Eric Clapton, Brian Setzer, and BB King.
He is currently playing with 8-Track enjoying the music as well as the other members of the band
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Jerry Ranney
(Drums / Percussion)
Jerry started playing music at the age of Ten. He became a member of his first band at the age of 10 1/2.
Playing in garage bands, dance bands and a local rock and roll band. Jerry joined the High School
Concert band where he played the Hollywood Bowl and the Art Linkletter show. During this time Jerry
won a solo contest and was awarded a year of lessons with Walt Goodwin of the Philharmonic.
The band worked for Bob Eubanks playing a a variety of dance clubs, playing with artists such as
Sonny and Cher, The Righteous Brothers, The Temptations, The Olympics, Ike and Tina Turner, Sam and Dave,
Bobby Socks and Blue Jeans.
From there he took a job with a Motown band called the Soul Machine playing hotspots in the LA and OC areas.
During this Paul Littlechief picked Jerry up and he played the Casino circuit in Las Vegas and around the world.
Jerry was drafted into the US Army and served in VietNam. After returning from VietNam,
Jerry played the Country Band circuit. Playing with Fast Forward, Shine, Thunder Country, Danny Michaels,
Lou Martin and so many more that it is unbelievable and would fill this page..
Jerry has worked with bands around LA, OC and the Inland Empire. Presently he has found a home with
8-Track enjoying the music with the group.
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Mark Wilson
(Keyboards, Background Vocals and Some Guitar )
Mark is classically trained, playing since he was 5. Starting with an Accordian he then moved to piano at 8. He is also known to pick up a Bass or 6 string every now and then.
Mark was trained through the Pi Mu Saint Louis Institute of Music and his first synthesizer was a Roland SH1000 with a Wurlitzer 200A in 1978 .
He has worked in the studio with Carlo Reveles, Danny Hernandez and Kirk Klingbiel writing and performing original music with CADAMA / Gypsy Monkeys and has also done soundtrack work for video presentations.
Mark plays Roland and Yamaha Keyboards.
Influences: Alan Parsons, Bach, Rick Wakeman, Genesis. TSO, Styx and REO Speedwagon are but a few.
He is currently playing with 8-Track enjoying the music and having alot of fun!
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8-Track Blog
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3-5-10 NEW DRUMMER! and New Recorder!
Well, It was not hard to figure out that Jerry is a great fit. The guy is awesome. We also now have a new 8 Track Full Digital recording system!
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2-3-10 Practice went good. The Recordings are much clearer with the SM58 Microphones.!
We are working on the 3rd and 4th sets. As a group this is really the first time we have played these songs. Still have to get the background vocals choreographed. I still have to work on what keyboard to do in these songs that were intended for guitars. Oh will, that will come.
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2-23-10 Auditions for our new Drummer are going along.
A small setback. We lost Bob, our Drummer. We have auditioned a couple of people and found one that is really a standout. We hope that he will want to join, but we are continuing with the auditions next week. On a good note, the music is getting better by playing with different people. We have Alan and Danny to fill in for the meantime.
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