Peter Stroud, www.65amps.com   Sheryl Crow's lead guitarist from 1999 to present, also played one tour with Don Henley as his lead guitarist in 2000. He played in the Atlanta local music scene around the mid to late 80’s with bands including Shebang, Caesar Speaks and Blue Picasso. He toured with Athens-based Dreams so Real in the early 90’s and went on to record and tour world wide with Seattle recording artist Pete Droge for four years up until joining Sheryl Crow. He has recorded with various artitsts including Stevie Nicks and Atlanta musician, Shawn Mullins.  He is also partnered with a close friend in a growing boutique amplifier business called 65 Amps now being used by a growing number of nationally recognized artists in America, Europe, Australia and Japan.

Jeff Carlisi, www.campjam.com   Co-founder and guitarist for .38 Special since its formation in Jacksonville, FL in 1974. Their 1981 release of Wild-Eyed Southern Boys went platinum and generated the well known Top 40 song "Hold On Loosely."  Since 2004, Jeff is co-founder and business partner with Dan Lipson in Camp Jam Co., a consortium of innovative music-experience programs specifically created to teach teamwork and enrich lives through rock ‘n’ roll, headquartered in Atlanta.

Rick Richards, Atlanta rock guitarist whose artistic identity and popularity took flight  in Atlanta's own,  The Desperate Angels,  even before the formation of Georgia Satellites in 1980. The Satellites’ hit single in 1986,  "Keep Your Hands to Yourself," went all the way to #2 on the Billboard chart.  The band called it quits after their 3rd album release in 1989, with  guitarist Rick Richards joining Izzy Stradlin's Ju Ju Hounds three years later; while singer Dan Baird pursued a solo career.  During the mid '90s, the Georgia Satellites’  Rick Richards and Rick Price reunited without Baird and still play together as The Hellhounds.

Tom Gray, commanded The Brains, an Atlanta band swept up in the hunt for hit new wave bands picked up by the Mercury label in the 80’s.   From Tom’s position behind the keyboards, he wrote the song "Money Changes Everything,” which Cyndi Lauper wound up turning into a radio hit in 1984. Other songs Gray has written  went on to be covered by performers such as Carlene Carter and Manfred Mann. He pulled a change in the '90s by starting up a combo entitled Delta Moon that specialized not in pop,  but in Delta blues.   Delta Moon had won the first prize in an international blues competition. This is an example of a group that has pushed ahead in terms of popularity despite absolutely no effort to be commercial. Indeed, the band was formed after Gray became a stay-at-home father desiring a musical project that would supposedly go no farther than the neighborhood bar scene.

Tony Brock, www.tonybrock.com   a founding member and drummer of The Babys, Tony has toured and/or recorded with Rod Stewart, Elton John, Jimmy Barnes, Jeff Beck, Bernie Taupin's Farm Dogs and Roy Orbison. He currently owns Rockin' Hoarse Studios, a Los Angeles based professional recording studio. 

Glenn Phillips, web link    An Atlantan since the age of 12,  the past 40 years, Glenn Phillips, has earned high acclaim as a inventive rock guitarist and composer, with 12 critically acclaimed collections of music out under his own name. Two of his releases in the 90’s received 4-star reviews in Rolling Stone. At the age of 17, he was  a founding member and songwriter of the legendary Hampton Grease Band. In 1973 Phillips began his solo career. Lowell George, the leader of Little Feat, called him "the most amazing guitarist I've ever seen," and Phillips frequently sat in with the band. Over the years, Phillips has toured and recorded regularly. He's also collaborated with artists as diverse as Bob Weir of the Grateful Dead, and Pete Buck of REM. Phillips' 1988 recording with Henry Kaiser received San Francisco's coveted Bammy award and NPR has played his music for many years on All Things Considered .

Jeff Calder, Guitarist, vocalist, and songwriter, Jeff Calder's career spans a history of nearly 30 years as a member of Atlanta's own The Swimming Pool Q's.  Founded in 1978 by Calder and guitarist Bob Elsey and singer Anne Richmond Boston,  The Q's were among the first generation of Georgia's celebrated New Wave bands, which included The B-52's and R.E.M.  They have recorded albums for A&M, Capitol and DB Recs.  Their most recent disc, Royal Academy of Reality (Bar-None), was released in 2003.  Calder has also pursued a career as a writer, and he performs with his old friend Glenn Phillips in their band the Supreme Court.  The Swimming Pool Q's are currently at work on their new album, Suddenly Not Yet.
 

Rex Patton,  one-time Atlanta DJ and VJ from the 70's went on to play bass with Atlanta's own Cruis-o-matic from 1977 to 1980,  shown in the b & w photo to the left when they opened The Sex Pistols' historic show at Atlanta's "The Great Southeast Music Hall"  in January 1978.  Patton filled the low end with The Satellites in 1982 and the 'Lectrifyin' Sissies' in 1986  (with Rick Richards, Darryl Rhoades and Brendan O'Brien)  which is still an ongoing concern, whenever they can sync up their schedules. In 2002 he teamed up with The Roosters (which includes Spencer Kirkpatrick and Steve Pace from Hydra) and has had the honor of backing up the legendary Chuck Berry several times over the past 2 decades.

Spencer Kirkpatrick,  cofounder and guitarist for Atlanta's  HYDRA, which took shape & name in 1970 with the addition of Orville Davis on bass to the already in place, Bruce Wayne and Steve Pace.  On Capricorn, they  released two albums and  spent most of the 70's  playing  their own Southern Rock/ British Blues opening for a multitude of headliner rock groups.   They released "Rock the World"  (Polydor) in 1977 but disbanded  at the end of that year.  Spencer  appears on discs of Wayne Bear Sauls, Eddie Stone, Donnie McCormick and on "Georgia Jam" of  Stevie Hawkins.   In 2005, Hydra reunited  for a concert  which  germinated an idea by Kirkpatrick to record it and make a live disc.... their first in 28 years appropriately titled "After All These Years, " (available through Emphasis Records.)  By the way, did you know Spencer played with The Atlanta Vibrations who opened for The Beatles at Atlanta Fulton County Stadium in August 1965? www.atlantamusicgroup.com

Steve Pace,  drummer and co-founding member of  Hydra with whom he played throughout the 70's  is still an active member of this group  performing live with them whenever they unite for a show. After the separation of Hydra in 1977, Pace went on to play with Whitford St. Holmes in the early 80's (Brad Whitford and Derek St. Holmes)  and then the  Swiss heavy metal band, Krokus,  in the mid 80's , who accomplished Gold and Platinum rankings in the “Top 100” of the American Billboard charts during that period. Pace currently plays with various bands including Butch and the Buckheads and works as a studio musician. His most recent disc, recorded  with Hydra  in 2005, "After All These Years" is available through Emphasis Records. www.atlantamusicgroup.com

Van Temple, www.theproducers.org singer/songwriter/guitarist and co-founding member of  The Producers, was born in Knoxville, TN. When asked if there was anything he would like added to his bio  for Atlanta Rock Reunion,  he thoughtfully stated:   “I never wanted to be a blonde!” This Beatles influenced group,  after forming in 1979 under another name, eventually changed their name  to The Producers in 1980 and was signed in ‘81 to Portrait (division of  CBS. ) From there they skyrocketed during the launch of MTV  with several Top Ten Videos on the air.  They set a precedence for Atlanta based bands playing the widely televised New Years Eve MTV Ball. After temporarily disbanding around 1984 due to executive shuffles at their new label, MCA,   the requests for their live performances continued relentlessly,  and to this day they still play live concerts.   Van was featured vocalist on Steve Morse’s “Stand Up” release in 1985.  He  still writes original music and performs with The Producers.  

Wayne Famous, www.waynefamous.com  co-founder and keyboardist/vocalist  of The Producers since its onset in 1980  was born in Memphis but grew up from an early age in Atlanta. His musical influence from  a young age was soul music and at age  17, in the late sixties, he got his first  break to play behind Columbia artist Billy Joe Royal with whom  he continued to back off and on over five  years as well as  playing on “big package” shows alongside many top recording artists of the late 60’s.    Wayne continues to play today with The Producers. The top hat image he donned in the early days earned  him the nickname “Wayne Famous”  by a friend of the band who tagged him with it during  a stately entrance into C.W. Shaws  one evening. The name has stuck ever since.

Bryan Holmes,  co-founder and drummer/vocalist of The Producers,  was born in Carrollton GA , a native Georgian.   Bryan has continued to perform live with The Producers throughout  the years and also played drums for Kansas on their 1995  U.S. tour.   Bryan has produced several CD’s in recent years while juggling the growth and success of his own business outside of the music field. He plans to continue producing artists , performing, building his family business and supporting his very talented and artistic daughters’ endeavors.

Moses "Mo" Moore,  co founder of Mother's Finest, he joined up with Glenn Murdock and Joyce Kennedy one month after graduating from high school 1970. As lead guitarist, Mo's ingrained influences of funk fused with rock made him known as one of the most high energy guitarists of the time. Now, 37 years later, he still plays with Mother's Finest touring Europe and the U.S. In 2002, Mo released his first solo collection "Cartoon You" on Hed Rhythm Records. www.moses-mo.slatdesigns.com

Jonny Hibbert,  by his own account, has played sax at a zillion one nighters. He was an original member of Darryl Rhoades and the HaHaVishnu Orchestra, a founding member of The Dynamic Atlanta Cruise-O-Matic, a partner in The Incredible Throbs. He sang on, produced, and manufactured the first REM record on his indie label, Hib-Tone Records. Jonny Is a partner in the law firm of Hibbert and Hamilton in Decatur, GA.