Biography
Scott Rees
Australian native Scott Rees' home was at the top of a hill overlooking the Bondi beach when a man attempting to walk this steep incline in the heat knocked at the door to ask for a glass of water. Scott's mom couldn't believe her eyes when she saw Roy Orbisonstanding there. She had taken 4 year old Scott to Orbison's concert just the night before. After Roy's visit, Scott picked up his older brother's guitar and hasn't put it down since!
Scott found his was to the American music scene in 1996. "I wasn't born in America", but I got here just as fast as I could", claimed Rees earlier this year at Florida's May SunFest music festival where he played to an audience of ten thousand and was selected "Best of the Bunch" by Palm Beach Post music critic, Charles Passey.
HONEYFISH was the first band Scott put together in the early 90's to play covers at local Australian pub gigs. When he later introduced some of his original tunes and found them so well recieved, he formed a new band called HARD that toured Australia and Hawaii, opening for such national acts as the Divivyles. While playing Mango Jam in Hawaii, a scout from Bugeater Records, an independant label in Boca Raton, Florida, "discovered" Scott's unique talent.
Writing about life's experiences and emotions, and influenced by mentors including Bono and Chris Cornell, Scott's distictive voice has a vibrant quality and broad range that makes you sit up and really take notice of the lyrical content. Each time you hear a song repeated, it takes on a new flavor, a heavier or more melodic twist.
Scott semi-relocated from Queensland to the USA to record a five song EP with producer Kevin Elson entitled CIRCUMSTANCES. CIRCUMSTANCES was unleashed to much local air play and Scott began playing variouslarge capacity venues, increasing his his profile to open for national acts.
On September 9, 1998, Scott was the opening act for Sister Hazel and Allman Brothers at the Coral Sky Amphitheatre, West Palm Beach, Florida.
While gaining strong attention from a number of major record labels, Scott is currently collaborating with songwriter Desmond Child to complete his first full length CD.
Scott's Favorite Rees songs are Woman and Jenna's Lullaby.
Chris Yerina
Acoustic Guitar
- Date Of Birth: 12/10
- Birthplace: Gloversville, NY
- Musical History: Played guitar for 10 years. Was in a band called Kimsagro for four years.
- Musical Influences: Dave Navarro, Jimi Hendrix, and his father.
- Schooling: High School, and 1/2 a semester of the Art Institute of Ft. Lauderdale for Music Audio and Visual Production.
- Daytime Occupation: Delivery Driver
- Favorite Rees Song: Bottle of Gin and Bubble
Bobby Franano
Keyboard
- Date Of Birth: 2/9
- Birthplace: Kansas City, Missouri
- Musical History:Signed a record deal with his band THE FRONT with Columbia Records, and another record deal with his band BAKERS PINK with Epic Records. Also signed a record deal with Sire Records in 1987. Has played keyboard since he was fifteen.
- Musical Influences:The Doors, The Beatles, and Led Zepplin.
- Schooling: High School
- Daytime Occupation: Professional Artist
- Favorite Rees Song: Dangerously Addictive, and Bottle of Gin
Pete Sebastian Iannacone
Bass Guitar
- Birthplace: New York
- Musical History: He has played Jazz , funk, 70's music,and played for Natalie Cole, Rosco Martinez Pat Methaney, and Orangehead.
- Musical Influences: Earth, Wind, and Fire, Weather Report, The Beatles, and Soundgarten.
- Schooling: Berkely College of Music.
- Daytime Occupation: Full Time Musician
- Favorite Rees Song: Woman and Black & Blue
Dominique Flores
Lead Guitar
- Date Of Birth:3/7
- Birthplace: Norfolk, Virginia
- Musical History: Scoring, Music fatiguing, commercial work for quite a few famous people...
- Musical Influences: Gino Vanelli, Prince, and Garbage.
- Schooling: High School, Bachelor's in International Studies with a minor in Japanese.
- Daytime Occupation: Bugeater Records.
- Favorite Rees Song: Jenna's Lullaby
John Yarling
Drums
- Date Of Birth: 4/18
- Birthplace: Detroit, Michigan
- Musical History: Began at age 13, played in rock-n-roll bands, Rythym & Blues groups, Jazz, Blues, and recorded in all those settings. Was in a band called LITTLE NICKI AND THE STICKS.
- Musical Influences: Everything from Charlie Parker to Led Zepplin to Chuck Berry to Ohio Players to Soundgarten.
- Schooling: High School, and 2 years of Music College.
- Daytime Occupation: Sleeping and making phone calls.
- Favorite Rees Song: Black & Blue
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