Steven Casper - Vocals, Guitar  Steven Casper is a Los Angeles based singer/song writer. Born in New York, Steven spent the next sixteen years of his life growing up in Japan, Italy, Nigeria and Mexico. Some of his bands (in chronological order) were The Bullet Boys, Vena Cava, Blood Red Roses, I Burried Paul and currently Steven Casper & Cowboy Angst. Steven's roots based songs are an intertwining of Blues, Folk, and Country with hints of the Beatles, Stones, Hendrix tossed in.Glen Lynskey - Guitars  Born in Wichita Falls, Texas. Glen came to Southern California at an early age. He started playing guitar at age 13 after six years of clarinet and saxophone studies. By age 18 he was playing around the clubs in Hollywood. He received a music degree from GIT at age 21. Since then he has appeared or played in motion pictures, TV, commercials, played live with major artists and has recorded on 100+ sessions. In 1996-97 he won best electric guitarist in the Northwest in an American Music/Fender sponsored event and 3rd in the National Jimi Hendrix competition out of 2000 guitarists that entered. He has a Valedictorian AA degree in electronics and for the past 20 years has worked in audio engineering. Today you can find Glen with a busy schedule of performing, recording and guitar instruction. Ross Levinson - Violin, Keys, Vocals  Ross Levinson grew up in Brooklyn, NY acting, acting out, playing violin and playing football. While living in New York Mr. Levinson composed for theater and dance. His work was featured in American Place Theater, Dance Theater Workshop and La Mama among others. Levinson collaborated with many choreographers including Jennifer Muller, Jill Becker, and Bill T. Jones and Arnie Zane. He recorded and performed with a wide variety of artists including Tom Waits, Harry Belafonte and Joan Jett as well as his own band Plan B. Plan B performed throughout NYC to enthusiastic crowds playing “alternative music”, a term Mr. Levinson coined. He then came west. Since moving to LA Mr. Levinson has scored the hit television series Midnight Caller and Reasonable Doubts and was nominated for an EMMY for his work on Falcone. He has scored Sit-coms including Raising Dad for the WB and His & Hers for FOX. Levinson has scored numerous commercials and documentaries including the Academy Award nominated Isaac In America and the documentary on PBS: They Came For Good. He has been the featured electric violinist in seminal films such as Terminator and Terminator 2: Judgement Day. Most recently Levinson finished the score for the award-winning independent feature film Jacks Or Better and the soon to be released Dot Com For Murder. He has scored numerous television commercials and radio spots. He met Steven Casper and has collaborated on quite a few of his musical endeavors. They also share a mutual love of karate. Mr. Levinson’s most favorite collaboration since moving west has been with his wife Nan….his son Jamie. Herb Deitelbaum - Bass, Vocals  Herb Deitelbaum, originally from Philadelphia, PA, has been musically inclined since age 12, playing drums, piano, and guitar. Since moving to California in 1975, Herb received two years of classical training while majoring in music at L.A. Valley College. Herb found his primary interest in bass guitar in the late 1970s and has worked in various bands through the years, finally breaking into the nightclub cover band circuit in Southern L.A. and Orange County with “Teazer” in 1980. From 1988 to 1995, while living in Tucson, Arizona, Herb began playing country music to round out and complement his rock and classical stylings. Currently, in addition to his work with Steven Casper, Herb plays bass and sings lead for L.A. based band, "Masters of the Past". Jay Nowac - Drums  Jay Nowac is originally from Euclid, Ohio, a suburb of Cleveland. Raised on rock-n-roll, Jay loved music at a very young age, and had always wanted to learn to play the drums. His family relocated to Los Angeles in 1986. After Jay finished high school he worked at a record store, where he explored blues, jazz, reggae, punk, R&B, country, and anything else he could get his hands on. He then bought a second hand drum set and taught himself how to play. Immediately he sought out other musicians to collaborate with, and has been at it ever since. Jay has been fortunate enough to have played with many super talented musicians over the years, and has performed and toured all over the west coast. He has played drums on over a dozen LP, EP, single, & compilation releases, and countless other recordings. He has played drums for The Longnecks, Piggyback, Big Wow, The Spitfires, I Buried Paul, and The Condors, just to name a few. Jay’s straight forward, “In the Pocket” style, forges a rock solid rhythm section that keeps your toes tapping. |
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