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Biography
The Midnight Riders started their reign of Northern Nevada in 1995 when the owners of a Reno Night Club called upon Billy James to form a “house band” for their club. The result was the very energetic, crowd pleasing band that has been treating audiences to their unique brand of performances all over Nevada. To quote one writer of the Fun & Gaming magazine in Reno, "...they have what it takes to stand out. They are five talented, young, personable (and cute) performers who are quickly earning a reputation as a high quality band. During performances, Midnight Riders like to include the audience into their act. "I love the way they interact with everyone in the room," said one fan. "They are having fun and you feel included in the good times." ' The show consists of songs from all over the spectrum. From one song to the next you don't know what style or brand of music you will hear. The band can be as versatile as the audiences they perform in front of. To quote another writer from the Fun & Gaming, "Just as you might assume from their youthful experience, the Midnight Riders combine country and rock hits from yesterday...and just yesterday." In one evening you can be assured to hear literally everything from A to Z. One moment you can hear a soulful rendition of a Merle Haggard classic such as, "That's The Way Love Goes", then they can turn around and rock the house with the latest Nickelback hit such as, "You Remind Me". |
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 On vocals and acoustic guitar, is Billy James. Billy is originally from Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. He began his professional music career in 1990 when he was a member of a Rock N’ Roll Tribute show, where he had the opportunity to work with the fifties rock icon, Buddy Knox. He migrated to Reno, NV in April of 1993 when he was hired to be the lead vocalist of a Reno band based at that time. He later left that band to form the Midnight Riders to be the house band for a popular Reno night club in January of 1995. Billy adds his own high-energy dancing to the bands dynamic onstage performance as well as occasionally joining the audience in the fun offstage. He keeps the energy up and interacts with the audience by telling jokes, doing toasts and taking requests |
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lead guitar, fiddle, vocals from Redding, California is Randy Sloan. Randy
joined the
Midnight Riders
in January of 1996. He
began his musical career at the age of 12 when he captured the Jr.-Jr.
National Fiddle Championship. He hasn't put his fiddle down since, unless
it's to rip into a hot guitar solo that would make any music fan sit up and
take notice. Randy has opened up for such acts as Dwight Yoakum, Vince
Gill, The Judds, and The Marshall Tucker Band just to name a few. Randy has
even worked with the living legend himself, Merle Haggard |
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On Bass Guitar, from Reno Nv is Dennis McGarvey. Having played in various Reno based bands Dennis credits include “Michael Furlong band” which was in itself several tribute bands including tributes to Rod Stuart, Tom Petty and various other artists. Most recently Dennis played bass for the popular band “Left of Centre”. Dennis says “I’m happy to be onboard with the Midnight Riders and look forward to entertaining all of you out there. See you at the show! |
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On
the drums, Rob Bonsell! Rob is originally from Pennsylvania and has moved
to Reno to play full time. He has been playing and studying drums for 16
years. He taught 2 different high school drumlines from 1999 to 2005 in PA.
He feels very fortunate to be able to do what he loves for a living and is
very glad to be a part of The
