The
first set of players in Kelly's Lot were Homero Chavez, Alez Rylance,
David Walsh and Greg Graniere. These players were crucial to the
band's existence. Homero, Greg, David and Alex gave Kelly a chance
to play music and realize her love for songwriting and performing.
This was Kelly's first "real" band and they backed her
up with such solid playing it gave Kelly the confidence to go
for it.
But the first changes in the
band started before the recording of Test Drive. For a few reasons
the band decided to take a break. But the break lasted too long
and eventually everyone found other projects to work on. Kelly
looked to guitar player and producer, Perry Robertson, for some
guidance. Together they began organizing a new group of players.
Thomas Richter (lead guitar) and Sebastian Sheehan (drummer) came
on board after Perry and Kelly met them both through their love
of Harley Davidsons. Wes Precino had a short stint as the bass
player but he couldn't commit to the amount of gigs the band was
getting, so it was Chris Robertson, found through an audition
process, that got the job. Together with Bill Johnston on Sax,
these were the players on Test Drive.
But of course there were more
changes in the horizon!
Chris
Robertson, one of the best bass players out there, was happy to
be in Kelly's Lot. The band was honored to have him but alas Chris
moved away! Wes came back for a few gigs but eventually Bruce
Johnson came on board as the bass player. Bill Johnston eventually
played on every song with his variety of saxophones and a lonely
clarinet and became a solid member of Kelly's Lot. Thomas was
replaced by Rob Zucca, who owns a local cafe that the band plays
at and Sebastian was replaced by Brian Celano, a co-worker of
Bill and Perry. We met Mark Drews at some point in all this and
he shared bass duties with Bruce.
"Come to This" was recorded
with Johnston, Celano, Drews, Robertson, Zucca and Kelly. Jon
Weiner played drums with us after Brian was gone and Jonas filled
in for our drummers through the years. Sebastion came back when
Kelly convinced him to fill in for awhile. Now he's back in the
band putting smiles on everyone's faces, especially the crowds!
So here we are today with
Rob Zucca on lead guitar, bass player Mark Drews, Sebastian Sheehan
on drums and percussion, Bill Johnston on Sax, Perry Robertson
playing lead and rhythm guitar and of course Kelly Z singing her
heart out!
