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Rio Grand
P r e s e n t a t i o n
Rio Grand (country / southern rock / rock band) is four talented
musicians (from Odessa, Texas, United States of America) who blend their rough
earthy sound with the flavors of southern rock favorites the likes of the Allman
Brothers Band and Marshall Tucker. It's new and familiar at the same time. Here
is their story.
- Danny began his musical career as a roadie for a south Texas
band. Down time between shows left room for one of the band members to show
him a couple of chords on the guitar. Those three chords sparked an intrest
in performing that has been going strong ever since. "Once it's in your
blood - it's hard to stop" he says. Life on the road landed him a regular
gig with capital recording artist Allison Paige which in turn united him with
Tommy Rennick and Graham Artist Management. Two years later their combined efforts
brought to life Rio Grand and a record deal with Curb Records.
- Being a relative of Tex Ritter had music in Lance's blood
from the day he was born. His biggest influence was Elvis and his dream was
to one day become a recording artist. He had no intentions of stopping until
he reached his goal, Carnegie Hall. He also performed the National Anthem for
the Green Bay Packers and attended the University of Texas on two music scholarships.
During his college years he appeared nightly at Herbert Graham's club Graham
Central Station in San Antonio perfecting his skills as an entertainer. It was
from there that he was introduced to the other members of Rio Grand and his
ralization of becoming a recording artist came to fruition.
- Tommy started dabbling in music at the age of 16 when his
uncle bought him a red Gremlin bass. With influences from Creedence Clearwater
Revival, Tom Petty and the Beatles, he honed his playing skills and landed his
first gig at 19 with 37 South a Corpus Christi hometown band of his high school
buddies. Four years at Texas A&M and a music degree later, he began playing
with Allison Paige where he met Danny Rivera. It was a year later that the two
formed what was to become Rio Grand.
- The youngest of three musical brothers, Fred, began playing
guitar at age 11. As the boys grew they began playing nightclubs and bars from
El Paso to Jacksonville. Over time they found they enjoyed the art of writing
original music over performing and disbanded. Fred pressed on with various bands
but found most members not too interested in maintaining a grueling tour schedule
so in frustration he took a day job and a break from the business. It wasn't
long after that he was approached by a member of Herbert Graham's Management
team and asked him if he'd be interested in playing with a new band called Rio
Grand. He'd seen them perform and his answer was "It's magic and I have
to a part of it."
- DANNY RIVERA - Lead Vocals, Acoustic & Electric Guitar,
Banjo, Dobro, & Lap Steel.
- LANCE LESLIE - Backing & Lead Vocals, Acoustic Guitar, & Harmonica.
- TOMMY RENNICK - Bass Guitar, Backing Vocals.
- FRED STALLCUP - Lead & Acoustic Guitar, Backing Vocals.
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