Artist description four piece world beat/rock/soul/ensemble

Music Style Progressive Soul/World Beat Pop and some hard rock songs, too

Musical Influences Al Stewart/Mory Kante/ Santana/ Gypsy Kings/ Triumvirat/Juluka/Aphrodite's Child/Craig Fuller/Brazilian/Style Council/Segovia/Spanish...

Similar Artists Santana/Gypsy Kings/Vinx/Al Stewart/Jon Secada/Marc Anthony/Eric Clapton/(Our other tracks have been compared to KANSAS, THE WHO, FOREIGNER, SHOOTING STAR, VAN HALEN)

Artist History Mark was former vocalist for "VINX", whose band did lengthy worldwide tours with STING; and appeared with him on MTV live in 1991. RUSS plays 12-string guitar with ex-TRIUMVIRAT and MIKE OLDFIELD lead vocalist Barry Palmer's band;He wrote these songs as well, and is a junior-attorney.... DOUG BRISCOE broke teen hearts as a young,fast-picking, electric guitarist in the VERY popular Missouri resort shows in Branson and Lake of the Ozarks as lead guitarist for Denny Hilton and the Main Street Opry shows in the 80s-90s. He made a live guest appearance in a Barry Palmer concert in St. Louis in '99.... CHARLES "XYZ" PALMER is a studio engineer/bassist/electronics conoisseur and computer whiz from the Kansas City area (BUY ME A BEER!)

Group Members words, music, production, programming, RUSS; he is also playing mandolin and Spanishguitars;VOCALS/KEYS/VIOLA BY MARK "E" SMITH:The violin teacher toSting's daughter(and also appeared with Sting live on MTVin 1991)and ex-lead vocalist with"Vinx";local Missouri guitar guitar hero DOUG BRISCOE on Stratocaster licks;and self-styled,world-classBASSIST/ENGINEER:CHARLES "XYZ" PALMER...recorded in MISSOURI FEB 2K(guests on "Steel Wills" and "Dreaming Aloud": Charles Waltz was a founding member of "Shooting Star"; Norm Dahlor was the band's bassist)

Instruments mandolin, Spanish guitars, horns, viola, electric lead guitar, percussion, vocals best new sound exciting recommended hit music Latin beat world pop rock, violin, strings, brass, acoustic guitar, electric Stratocaster guitar, tambourine, Digi-Mon...

Albums "The Money Planet EP"

Location St. Louis, Missouri - USA

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