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Los Angeles Chapter Recording Academy Voting Member Darryl F Walker has been blessed with incredible talents. Since early childhood, when he could belt out “Sittin’ on the Dock of the Bay” with the passion of Otis Redding, Darryl has grown into one of the most exceptional vocal talents in the industry, and has graced some of the most prestigious venues and exclusive private events as well as notable jazz and R&B concerts in the country.

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Lee David Loughnane is an American trumpeter, flugelhorn player, vocalist, and songwriter, best known for being a founding member of the rock band Chicago
Hailed as one of the "most important bands in music since the dawn of the rock and roll era" by former President Bill Clinton, the legendary rock and roll band with horns, Chicago, came in at #9, the highest charting American band in Billboard Magazine's recent Hot 200 All-Time Top Artists. AndChicago is the first American rock band to chart Top 40 albums in six consecutive decades. 
Chicago was inducted into the 2016 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame!  This was their first nomination. They’ve been eligible since 1994. A long time coming! 
 Chicago’s lifetime achievements include two Grammy Awards, multiple American Music Awards, Founding Artists of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, a Chicago street dedicated in their honor, and keys to and proclamations from an impressive list of US cities. Record sales top the 100,000,000 mark, and include 21 Top 10 singles, 5 consecutive Number One albums, 11 Number One singles and 5 Gold singles. An incredible 25 of their 36 albums have been certified platinum, and the band has a total of 47 gold and platinum awards. 
 From the signature sound of the Chicago horns, their iconic Vocalists, and a few dozen of ever-Classic Songs, this band’s concerts are celebrations.  2017 marks the band’s 50th consecutive year of touring, without missing a single concert date!

Brennan Kilpatrick is a guitarist & vocalist, performer, songwriter, guitar instructor, and session musician. He has toured the United States and performed at many clubs & larger venues over the past decade, including: The Winter NAMM show, Del Mar Beach Camp Pendleton events, The Southern California Fair, The Yost Theater, House of Blues, The Viper Room, The Whisky Agogo, and more. His main projects include Midnight Satellites (alternative rock/blues), Dark Haven (melodic death metall), the Sal & Brennan acoustic trio and a brand new original project titled the Crooked Stones (rock, grunge, alternative).
Endorsed by Zemaitis Guitars, Scira Guitars, SKB cases, and GHS strings. He has received certificates for the following Berklee College of Music courses: Jazz Improvisation, Developing Your Muscicianship, Introduction to Music Production, and Songwriting as well as studying music theory and guitar under John Ziegler. His group, Midnight Satellites, won the 2015 Best Rock Award at the TVMA's for their record 'Past Presence Future.' They have also been featured in the Press Enterprise, Echo & Buzz, the San Diego Reader, and more. The metal project he's involved with, Dark Haven, released their self titled full length album on 1/31/17, their first release following the reunion of the band in 2016. The Crooked Stones is slated to release their debut EP later this year.
Websites/Social:
www.midnightsatellites.com
www.thecrookedstones.bandcamp.com
www.darkhavenmusic.bandcamp.com
www.reverbnation.com/thecrookedstones

Raised in the beautiful island state of Hawaii, John Valentine has spent most of his life entertaining in the heart of Waikiki, eventually becoming one of the most sought after live musicians in the islands.
John began his music career sharing the spotlight with high school friend Pat Miguel. The duo, known as Night Splendor, immediately found itself with a large and faithful following in the Waikiki circuit. They eventually joined the Dick Jensen Show performing their favorite impersonations.
John and Pat went on to perform with the Love Notes, an oldies review that was a huge favorite among the locals and tourists alike. With John’s vocal talent and musical direction, the Lovenotes became one of the island’s greatest sensations, taking time away from home to tour the Midwest and Tokyo Japan. While in Japan, John began to train and mentor his sister’s son Peter (Bruno) to dance and sing like Elvis.
The next step in John’s career took him to the 30th floor of the Sheraton Waikiki and the spectacular Hanohano Room. There he performed with the classic trio, Stardust led by Brian Robertshaw. During this time, he moonlighted as an Elvis impersonator in Aloha Las Vegas at the Beachcomber, along with his sister Bernie who paid tribute to Tina Turner and his nephew Bruno Mars who was the show’s Michael Jackson impersonator.
John along with Zanuck Lindsey formed Rock Hard Hawaii – an exciting band that gives a high-energy boost to conventions and other special events. The band features classic rock across the decades including a selection of contemporary music.
Today John is sharing his talent island-wide at a variety of venues including Moana Surfrider’s Beach Bar, Hard Rock Cafe and more. See the calendar for a current schedule.
John is honored and excited to share the stage with both Kalapana and the legendary Henry Kapono, both for shows here in Hawaii and on the road. Teaming up with these great musicians is an incredible opportunity to share the classic music of Hawaii across the globe. New performances are being released regularly. Keep an eye on the calendar and tour schedule for updates.
 
While entertaining has been his primary bread and butter, John’s true love is working in the recording studio as a producer. The Hawaii Music Award winning Guitars of Hawaii showcases Hawaii’s finest guitar players including the late great Mackie Feary & Danny Otholt.
Power of Two Johnny & Yvette Nii released a CD in 2006 that was honored a Hawaii Music Award nominee. Since then John has gone on to release many more CDs. Find John on iTunes or check out his CD page for more information.

“I write from the heart and always try to relate to others by writing what I’m feeling. It’s a direct reflection of who I am.” ~ Joanna Pearl
Joanna Pearl is a singer/songwriter with an undeniable passion for music that reflects in her dynamic vocal strength. Her true-to-life songwriting portrays the heart of a woman ranging from independence to vulnerability. When asked about where she gets her inspiration she commented, “I believe songs are a form of storytelling and I always try to convey that in my singing. If I can’t feel it, then I usually won’t do it any justice by trying to sing it.”
Joanna Pearl’s debut EP Sensitive Material (August 2014) was nominated for the 24th Annual LA Music Awards in three categories; Hot AC Artist of the Year, Hot AC Album of the Year, and Female Vocalist of the Year, winning Hot AC Album of the Year. Also in 2014 she was nominated for Best Pop Artist at the Temecula Valley Music Awards. Critics praised Sensitive Material not only for its musical polish, but also for its lyrical maturity, her sound is described as a mix between Rhythm and Blues, Pop and Soul. Joanna was awarded Reverbnation’s “Featured Artist of the Week” November 11-17, 2014; Ranking: #1 Locally; #75 Nationally; #90 Globally.
Sensitive Material has already received air-play on multiple radio stations, including; Clear Channel’s Q103.3 Temecula Valley’s Rock station, which debuted the single, “Sensitive Material” on the show “Sunday Night Music Meeting”, and is in rotation on 94.5 KMYT. Another single from the album, “Bag It Up”, caught the attention of industry professionals receiving radio air-play on San Diego’s 102.1FM KPRI.
In 2010, Joanna won the Cree Ingles Idol Search Season 8on YouTube. Joanna was praised for her powerful singing abilities, comparing her cover versions of Beyoncé, Jessica Simpson, KT Tunstall and Whitney Houston, as having a voice as-good-as or better than her counter-parts. In February 2013, Joanna was awarded the “40 Under Forty” achievement by the City of Murrieta and California State Senator, Joel Anderson. In addition, she has placed Top 12 in the Nation during the 2012 and 2013 Singer-Songwriter Competitions at the San Diego County Fair. In the summer of 2013, Joanna embarked on her first regional tour, including having been invited to play the House of Blues San Diego.
Joanna has performed for Olivia Newton-John, Patrick Dempsey, CA Senator Jeff Stone, Maryann Edwards (Mayor of Temecula), Tom Tait (Mayor of Anaheim), Melissa Melendez (State of California Assemblywoman), Rick Gibbs (Mayor of Murrieta) and Judy Chu (Congresswoman). In addition she has opened for Andy Grammer, MC Hammer and Tyrone Wells, including singing the national anthem for LA Galaxy and many other prestigious events.
Joanna is a member of The Recording Academy, Grammy Museum, ASCAP and a founding member of a Songwriting Camp in Orange County, CA. She is also an active humanitarian supporting many charities including the Susan G. Komen Foundation, The American Heart Association, Michelle’s Place, Oak Grove Center For Education Treatment & The Arts, Make a Wish Foundation, and many more. During the 2015 Rock Against Human Trafficking’s Grammy After Party, which she is an ambassador of, Joanna performed “Every Kind of People” (Robert Palmer) alongside Andy Fraser who penned the song. Additionally the proceeds of her original song “Whispers In The Wind” (released on iTunes) have been donated to charitable fundraising for breast cancer research, and is featured in“Murphy”, a Hollywood Independent Film, in which she received IMDB credit.
Facebook page: Facebook.com/JoannaPearlMusic
Instagram: @JoannaPearl
Twitter: @JoannaPearl
http://joannapearl.com/

KasticK's been in overdrive, having toured around the world since being chosen in 1989 to rule the drummers’ chair for Jamaica’s top backing band 809. KasticK has never looked back, nor taken any prisoners - As a Drummer, Music Director, and Producer – (Currently touring & producing alongside Grammy nominated Reggae/Pop/R&B artiste Maxi Priest & reggae Legend Bob Marley’s son Ky-Mani Marley (Reggae, Hiphop, Dancehall, Alternative) and having produced one of Jamaica’s hottest female Reggae, Punk, Rock export Tessanne Chin’s debut album “In Between Words” who went on to win America’s The Voice 2013 & currently working with Jamaica’s hottest sensation Faraji who was awarded the “Best Male Vocalist” at the World Championships of Performing Arts (WCOPA/WorldStars) Festival in Burbank California, Italee who was featured on Shaggys multi-platinum diamond selling album Hot Shot and producing the lead singer for the Wailers; Dwayne Anglin's debut CD coming out this summer 2017.

Rosemary Butler began her career playing bass and singing in an all-girl band named the Ladybirds. The band appeared on several LA area television shows before opening for the Rolling Stones in 1964. She then joined all-female hard rock band Birtha[1] who released two albums for Dunhill Records. After they split in 1973 she became a popular back-up singer in the late 1970s and early '80s. Her vocals were featured on Bonnie Raitt's album, Sweet Forgiveness, on songs "Gamblin' Man", "Runaway", "Sweet Forgiveness", and "Two Lives."

Butler has worked extensively as a back-up singer for Linda Ronstadt, James Taylor, Warren Zevon, Neil Young, Bonnie Raitt, Jackson Browne, and Rosanne Cash among others. She released a solo album, Rose, in 1983.

She sang in Japanese motion picture soundtrack Dirty Hero (汚れた英雄), its title track "Riding High" in 1982. She was also Co-Contractor of the 100 voice choir on Neil Young's album Living With War. She has vocal coached numerous famous voices. She cofounded "The National In Choir," an LA-based volunteer holiday choir with singer/lyricist Deborah Pearl.

www.rosemarybutler.com

Sometimes, you have to take a few roads, to find and make your own. That is the story of Steevie Steeves and Jon Decious, or as you soon will call them: Towne. Both were spending their lives looking for like-minded people that shared their love for music and desire for opportunity. As fate would have it, they found each other in the perfect place: a songwriting seminar in Wyoming. Nothing like a quiet town, with little to do, to make you focus on your passion, and for Towne, it is songwriting.

For singer Steevie Steeves, she learned the values of love and compassion from performing in musicals at a young age. Opera taught her how to perfect her voice and use it as a tool to strike emotion. As time went on, it was in country music that she found her own voice and continued her goal to give audiences moving vocals. Yet, she knew she was different because not everybody wants to sing and dance in their daily life, or dreams of being Freddie Mercury from Queen. However, somebody out there shared her life’s perspective: Jon Decious.

Jon Decious knew he wanted to be in music when he saw Guns N’ Roses “Welcome To The Jungle”, and was impressed by fellow bassist Andrew “Duff” Mckagan. Soon, Decious realized that his favor for George Harrison of The Beatles and Keith Richards of The Rolling Stones was a sign that he did not want to be a frontman; he wanted to be the “side-guy”. When he met Steevie, he knew he had found his other side. The yin to his yang. For Jon, Steevie was the mega-star he would be honored to play with in front of 50,000 people one day. As they shared their visions of music, they could not forget each other even if they tried. Their heart and soul was giving them a feeling that their musical pairing was meant to be.

Together, Jon and Steevie have a clear creative chemistry that makes viewers want to watch them playfully discuss and sing the meanings behind love-lorn lyrics. The musical kinship and respect they have for each other is a huge part of their charm on stage. The duo shines better together, especially because their personalities connect beautifully in difference and similarity. Decious has the dry-witted charm and Steeves has the sweet, smiling personality that will mutually enrapture fans.

It has been said on numerous occasions that Towne’s unfiltered, unscripted, and unconditional search for love and life’s truths makes them resonate with classic, country duos like Johnny Cash and June Carter, with the pizzazz of Fleetwood Mac. For Towne, music is a joy that they can only give to you, the listener, if they are receiving it. Hence, they will never stop creating because their music is their life, and, if you never stop living, how can you stop making a song?

www.townemusic.com

Lynn Mabry, born in a musical family & raised in church, singing was as natural as breathing. In 1975 she audition for Latin artist Coke Escovedo at the suggestion of a friend. To her surprise, she was hired as one of his lead singers and began performing weekends at the historic King Richards Night club in Jack London Square in Oakland CA., and opened for Earth Wind & Fire. The rest is musical history.

A few months later, seeing her professional potential, her cousin Sly Stone (of Sly & The Family Stone) hired her to sing on his solo project “Heard You Missed Me” album, and followed with a promotional tour opening for Parliament Funkadelic and Bootsy Collins. During the tour, George Clinton enlisted Lynn with the other back up singers for many of his production projects. By 1977, she and the other singers were asked to join the band. She toured & recorded with the funk family P-Funl for over 4 years. Through this, Clinton launched and produced her first album as one of the original Brides Of Funkenstein, entitled “Funk or Walk” that topped Billboard’s Top 10 dance charts in 1978.

She became a proud parent of her daughter Akasha born in December of ’79. Although she took a 2-year break from touring, Lynn was being sought after, and eventually returned back to the scene in 1981. Touring internationally with Rita Coolidge, and immediately following, became a member of the Talking Heads (’82 - ’84). Starred in their highly acclaimed hit feature film “Stop Making Sense” and video “Naive Melody”. Went on to appear in other musically driven motion pictures such as “Tape Heads” & “The Night Before”. Also appeared in and co-wrote the opening track for “Chasing Popi”. In 1988 she was hired as featured vocalist for George Michael’s ‘Faith” tour & “Cover to Cover” tour in 1991, and on to other tours with Don Henley, Feetwood Mac, and Stevie Nicks. From ’92 thru’94, performed as featured vocalist on tour with Bette Midler and appeared in Midler’s HBO Special “Diva Las Vegas”. Frequently appearing on many variety & award shows including The Tonight Show, David Letterman, Pat Sajack, Grammy, American Music and Image Awards among many others. 2013 appeared on Jimmy Kimmel, and Ellen backing up Kenny Rogers and The Killers.

Over the years Lynn has also recorded, toured, and or appeared in videos with artist such as Mick Jagger, Elton John, Rod Stewart, Celine Dion, Eric Clapton, Dave Stewart, Sheila E., Ernie Isley, Chris Isaac, Neil Shawn, and many more, including some of the mega A-list Japanese artist like Namie Amuro, Ichiki Yazawa, Ruichi Sakamoto, Minako Yoshida, and Masayoshi Takanaka.

In 1995 retired from touring and ventured into the music business by partnering with world-renowned performing artist & entertainer Sheila E., by becoming Vice President & Executive Director of their newly formed music production company Heaven Productions Music. Shortly after, she began managing Sheila exclusively in 1997 thru 2012. In 2011 launched her new management company White Rose Entertainment & Investment Group and adding to her management roster, songwriter & performer: Havis, Image Producer & Wardrobe Stylist: Roni Burks, and her newest client pop and R&B Artist: Justin Avery. She was featured in the Academy Award winning documentary “20 Feet From Stardom” 2014.

In addition to Lynn’s extensive previous music business involvement, she embraces her passion for children as a philanthropist. She is Co-Founder of the Elevate Hope & Elevate Oakland Foundations, promoting music and arts education for at risk youth in public and private institutions, as well as an alternative form of therapy for children with special needs. Music and the arts continue to be her main focus to assist in making a substantial difference in the world.

At present, she has returned to the stage performing with Sheila E., as well as being a proud grandparent of 2 lovely grandchildren.

A naturally gifted musician, San Diego born bassist Darryl Williams began playing bass at the young age of 13. Within two years he was playing at local clubs and events around the San Diego area, which includes opening up for smash RnB group Lakeside. He also played with Gospel Legend Shirley Caesar at age 16. After graduating from high school, Williams did a four-month tour of Japan with other young talented musicians, which he states as being "unforgettable". Upon returning to the States, that same band did a three-month tour opening for soul legend Al Green. After that tour, Darryl enrolled in the Jazz Program at San Diego State University and studied with San Diego legends Gunner Biggs and Rick Helzer. With a hunger to grow musically, he sought out other teachers as well which includes former Miles Davis and John Coltrane bassist Marshall Hawkins, Sarah Vaughn bassist Bob Magnusson, great San Diego bassist Cecil Mcbee Jr. and San Diego sax icon Hollis Gentry III. By age 21, Williams was a regular on the San Diego music scene performing regularly with artist like Hollis Gentry, Evan Marks and Patrick Yandall to name a few. In 1997, Williams moved to Las Vegas and performed regularly at all the prestigious Hotels and Casinos working with headliners and recording artist. One of the artist Williams performed regularly with was Las Vegas Hall Fame inductee Clint Holmes. In 1999, Williams was hired as Musical Director for The International House Of Blues Foundation and continued working with several artist and was involved several recording projects. From 2001 to 2003 he was one of the in house bassists at the world renowned Blue Note Jazz Club in which performed with sax legend Chico Freeman, RnB legend Angela Bofil and was the co-host of the Sunday Night Blue Note Jam Session. Williams was also the second call bassist for Chaka Khan from 2003-2004, which included several performances across the States. From 2003 to 2007 Williams worked with several recording artist in Las Vegas such as Ronnie Foster, Ghalib Ghallab, Tevin Campbell, Clint Holmes, Keith Washington, Skip Martin, Howard Hewitt and many more. In 2008 Williams relocated to California. Upon relocating, he released his first solo CD, “That Was Then” and received high praises from several top smooth jazz writers and dj’s. In a Jazz Times Magazine article dated October 2008, noted jazz writer Brian Soergel says, “ Is there room for another smooth jazz bassist to join the ranks of Wayman Tisdale, Brian Bromberg, Michael Manson and Gerald Veasley? In the case of Darryl Williams the answer is an enthusiastic yes”! Two songs from Williams debut effort were featured on the Weather Channel and can be heard today on Sirius XM radio, Music Choice and international and national radio stations alike. From 2008 to current, Williams has performed or toured with several of the top Contemporary Jazz Artist of today. Some notable names include Euge Groove, Michael Lington, Richard Elliot, Mindi Abair, Jeff Lorber, Peter White, Brenda Russell, Jeff Golub, Paul Brown, Darren Rahn, Jessy J, Everette Harp, Jeff Kashiwa, Eric Darius, "Queen Of Disco" Gloria Gaynor and many more. Williams continues to record today with several artists and can be heard on Jonathan Fritzen's upcoming release "Magical" as well as working on his second release, which he intends to release in January 2013. He is also the current touring bassist for the "White Hot Summer Groove Tour" which features artists Peter White and Euge Groove as well as Euge Groove’s regular touring bassist.
http://www.darrylwilliamsmusic.com/