MUSICAL BIO...
JYB'sJim Robison
with Billy Ray Cyrus
MUSICAL BIO...
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Dale Pequignot: Lead vocals, drums. In the late 1960’s, Dale was the drummer and lead singer for Howdy and the Relcknees. Like JYB, they were a dance / party rock n’ roll band. Dale’s tenure as a Relcknee gave him the experience needed to help found the Junk Yard Band. |
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Rick D Brown: Saxophone, guitar, keyboards, vocals. The newest member of the JYB, Rick is the only "professional" musician with an M.A. in music from Ball State University and a full-time gig as a private woodwind instructor. Rick played his first professional musical job at age 15 and moonlights now as a jazz and studio musician. Just for fun, Rick runs away to the circus for a week each year to play in the band. |
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Mike Hockaday: Bass, vocals. Mike is one of the original members of the Junk Yard Band. Mike learned his chops playing and singing cover tunes as part of a duet. Afer graduating college, he settled down in Fort Wayne, Indiana and joined the JYB in 1979 - 1980. Mike left the band in 2000 and recently rejoined to play bass for Bob Sweigart, who is retiring after 25 years with the JYB. |
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Don Miles: Drums, keyboards, vocals. Don hails from Indianapolis. Don started playing drums at age 14 and immediately began jamming with friends from school. While attending college at Purdue, he started a power trio called Panacea that did mostly rock covers but also wrote some original material. Once out of college he played with a benevolent group of musicians called People Helping People that played current pop tunes free of charge for non-profit organizations around Indianapolis. After settling down in Fort Wayne, Don sat in with a soft rock/jazz trio and played in the hard rock bands Modern Day Outlaws and Jailbreak before taking over Dale’s JYB drumming chores in 1993. Now relocated back in Indianapolis, Don still continues to provide JYB with his rock-steady percussion. |
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Greg Reszel: Greg is the newest member of the JYB but he has a long rockin' history in the Fort Wayne area. Greg has played in several bands in Fort Wayne, he teaches guitar and he is the lead design engineer for GREM, Inc, a high-end, custom guitar company in Fort Wayne! Rock on Greg! . |
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Jim
Robison: Equipment
manager, lighting tech. Aside from his contributions to the Junk Yard Band,
Jimmy works with the local Stage Hands Union in stage production, setting
up and tearing down for the many entertainment events that come to Fort
Wayne. Jimmy works with the Broadway Road Shows, the Ice Shows, the World
Wrestling Federation and the World Championship Wrestling events as well
as the many concerts that take place in Fort Wayne. Jimmy also works with
ESG Security, an Indianapolis based group that specializes in entertainment
/ crowd management. Employed as backstage security at most major Fort Wayne
shows, Jimmy has worked concerts with Ozzy Osborne, Kiss, the Beach Boys,
Chicago, Alabama, Billy Ray Cyrus, Reba McIntyre, Brooks and Dunn, and
has worked personal security for Steven Tyler of Aerosmith. Some of the
stories Jimmy can tell………
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