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Jimi has been playing guitar professionally since the age of 15. A native of Frederick Maryland, he has played extensively in the Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia, and Washington D.C. area. Jimi has shared the stage with national and international acts such as Duke Robillard, Ernie Hawkins, John Cephus, Wallace Coleman, Townsend Toller, Conway Twitty, Bill Anderson, Johnny Paycheck, and Mel Street. Jimi has played lead guitar in several Frederick-area bands over the years, including Jeannie C and the Country Caravan, Dakota, and the popular southern rock trio Dangerous Dan & the Moondog Band. In 1996, Jimi appeared at Hagerstown's Maryland Theatre and played lead guitar for "Always," the successful tribute to Patsy Cline. He has also worked as a studio guitarist in Baltimore, and been an avid blues afficionado for many years.
Paul Shultzaberger is a versatile percussionist and educator with a keen interest in all musical styles. He continues to study methods that promote performance and teaching skills. His philosophy is one that maintains a strong working knowledge of diverse musical disciplines to be paramount in developing a musician. Paul supports an extensive teaching and artist development schedule in addition to his performing.
Paul began taking private drum lessons from the legendary Bill Chester at age 11. Through Bill Chester, he met and subsequently studied with Boots Williams, Dawson Bugg and Johnny Smith. While still in high school, Paul was hired by Johnny Smith to help run his drum shop and teach. He continued his studies throughout his teen years. At 19, he left the Washington D.C. area and moved to Austin, Texas with the rock band "Varanasi" and toured the southwest and Mexico. As an adult, Paul studied vocals, harmony and theory with Gary Schwartz and continued studying percussion with Bobby Christensen, Boots Williams, Carmine Appice and others.
Bryan "Spanky" Lyburn was born into the Blues. Raised along the banks of the Mississippi River in Wabash, Arkansas, Spanky was first exposed to the Blues by his Uncle John, a Bluesman who played Guitar and Saxaphone. John introduced him to the recordings of Little Walter, Sonny Boy Williamson, and Junior Wells which sparked Spanky's love of the harmonica. Spanky's education brought him to the Mid Atlalntic region in the mid 90's where he met international recording artist Charlie Sayles. Charlie and Spanky became close friends and have played together on and off for years. In 2005, Spanky was invited to the International Blues Challenge in Memphis, Tennessee. Recently, Spanky has taken root in Frederick, MD
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