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| − | The Sonny Brite Band originally began with Sonny doing lead vocals and playing harmonica, Peter Gleeson on keyboards, John Dixon on guitar, Sam Stephenson on drums and Greg Vintar on bass. Only a few shows were played in this configuration before Peter, John and Greg left. The band reforemd adding Nancy St. Jarre on vocals, Rob Daniels on bass, John Heney on keyboards and Steve Shreyer on guitar. This version lasted only a short period of time before Nancy left. At about the same time, Rob left and was replaced by Jim Hay who would stay until the end of the band. While Nancy was not originally replaced, when John Heney left, the band added Hugh McNally on keyboards | + | The Sonny Brite Band originally began with Sonny doing lead vocals and playing harmonica, Peter Gleeson on keyboards, John Dixon on guitar, Sam Stephenson on drums and Greg Vintar on bass. Only a few shows were played in this configuration before Peter, John and Greg left. The band reforemd adding Nancy St. Jarre on vocals, Rob Daniels on bass, John Heney on keyboards and Steve Shreyer on guitar. This version lasted only a short period of time before Nancy left. At about the same time, Rob left and was replaced by Jim Hay who would stay until the end of the band. While Nancy was not originally replaced, when John Heney left the keyboard position, the band added Hugh McNally on keyboards while Heidi also came on as the groups second female vocalist. When Hugh and Heidi left, Dave Petrash came on board to take over the keyboard duites. At some point Steve Shreyer left and was replaced by another guitarist for a very short period of time. This guitarist might have been Sean Borton (although his page does not show this). At the same time this guitarist left, Dave also left. Les Birta joined as the bands final guitarist and Peter Gleeson returned to the keyboard role he had held over a year previous. This version of the band lasted until approximately August 1983. |
Revision as of 15:22, 1 February 2009
Sonny Brite Band 1982-83
Members
- Sonny Brite - Lead Vocals / Harmonica (original member)
- John Dixon - Guitar (original member)
- Steve Shreyer - Guitar
- Les Birta - Guitar (final member)
- Peter Gleeson - Keyboards (original and final member)
- Hugh McNally - Keyboards
- John Heney - Keyboards
- Dave Petrash - Keyboards
- Jim Hay - Bass / Lead Vocals (final member)
- Rob Daniels - Bass
- Sam Stephenson - Drums / Lead Vocals (original member)
- Greg Vintar - Bass (original member)
- Nancy St. Jarre - Lead Vocals (original member)
- Heidi McNally - Lead Vocals
- Rod Kapitan - Sound and lights
Biography
The Sonny Brite Band originally began with Sonny doing lead vocals and playing harmonica, Peter Gleeson on keyboards, John Dixon on guitar, Sam Stephenson on drums and Greg Vintar on bass. Only a few shows were played in this configuration before Peter, John and Greg left. The band reforemd adding Nancy St. Jarre on vocals, Rob Daniels on bass, John Heney on keyboards and Steve Shreyer on guitar. This version lasted only a short period of time before Nancy left. At about the same time, Rob left and was replaced by Jim Hay who would stay until the end of the band. While Nancy was not originally replaced, when John Heney left the keyboard position, the band added Hugh McNally on keyboards while Heidi also came on as the groups second female vocalist. When Hugh and Heidi left, Dave Petrash came on board to take over the keyboard duites. At some point Steve Shreyer left and was replaced by another guitarist for a very short period of time. This guitarist might have been Sean Borton (although his page does not show this). At the same time this guitarist left, Dave also left. Les Birta joined as the bands final guitarist and Peter Gleeson returned to the keyboard role he had held over a year previous. This version of the band lasted until approximately August 1983.