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BARRY PRESTON

    Writer, arranger, lead guitarist, lead vocalist, and producer. Originally from New Jersey, he moved to Philadelphia as a child and has been playing in area bands since he was fifteen, making appearances from Boston to Florida. Preston plays electric and acoustic guitar, slide guitar, banjo, mandolin, harmonica, piano, and Hammond organ. He also has a background in horn and string arrangement. A prolific writer, Preston creates compelling songs that range in feel from savage to tender, and incorporate elements of Blues, Jazz, Funk, R&B, and Rock n’Roll. Preston produced the band’s first album, Predatory Heat, at Fulcrum Audio, a recording studio owned and operated by Preston just outside of Philadelphia.

 

TED PILEGGI

      Concise, tight bass lines that are a dialogue with the lead vocals. Ted started out his musical life as a guitarist and quickly expanded to drums and bass. Teds production values run the same course of precise work with string sections, horn stacks, and tight arrangements. Listen to "Wind on the Rise" - Ted recorded it in one take and produced a tale of life and loss.



GREGORY “JU JU” JONES

    Drummer, percussionist, and background vocalist. He claims he has been “drumming on something” since he was three years old. Though he has played in bands of various styles all his life, Jones is best known in his native Philadelphia for his work in jazz. He has played with such notables as Donald Byrd, Norman Brown, Kahn Jamal, Ruffus Harley, Biard Lancaster, Charles Franboro and the Sam Reed Orchestra. Jones attended the Granoff School of Music in Philadelphia which lists John Coltrane and the Heath Brothers among its former students. Jones names Rock, Jazz, and R&B as his major influences.

ED WAGNER

    Keyboards, organs, samples and production. Ed was weaned on computer programming and video editing, and has been doing some type of music production since grade school. Playing in Philadelphia area bands since age 16, Wagner draws from classic material ranging from Black Sabbath to Jimmy Smith and Roland Kirk as well as electronica and hip hop. Other pursuits include guitar, bass, drums and vocals; check The Euphio Question on myspace.